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We asked a group of 40 Under 40 alums how they stay connected to their peers, inside and outside their business sector. Keeping tabs on social media, attending community events, volunteering, joining organizations and good old-fashioned socializing out on the ...

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, has promoted four women to senior management positions on the firm’s administrative team. Elizabeth E. Hofmeister, an attorney who was hired about 14 years ago as director of legal recruiting and professional development, is now ...

The Rochester office of Thomson Reuters Corp., in the Aqueduct Building at 50 E. Broad St., in downtown Rochester, is closing. Jeffrey S. McCoy, a spokesman for the Toronto-based international mass media and information company, confirmed the news in an ...

As he marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Faraci Lange Attorneys, co-founder Angelo Faraci explained that his focus on personal injury cases was borne out of necessity, rather than any carefully planned career decision. Since graduating from Albany ...

Heidi Schult Gregory, leader of the health care industry team at Harris Beach PLLC, is the firm’s new managing partner for the Rochester office. She replaces Phillip G. Spellane, who was managing partner for four years. Spellane now will continue ...

George H. Moses, the chairman of the board of the Rochester Housing Authority, has accused of lying to the FBI. Moses, 50, was charged Tuesday with making false statements to special agents of the FBI. He’s facing a maximum penalty ...

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Optimax Systems Inc. President Michael Mandina and CEO Rick Plympton lead the nation’s largest prototype optics manufacturer. They supply precision optical components, such as semi-conductors, aerospace, and medical instruments for the military and industry in the United States and overseas. ...

The New York State Court of Appeals has removed Rochester City Court Judge Leticia D. Astacio from the bench. The state Commission on Judicial Conduct, in April, recommended her removal for six charges of misconduct and Astacio appealed to the ...

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When Rami Katz came to Rochester in 2001 to get an MBA, he never dreamed he would still be here almost 18 years later. But the chief operating office of Excell Partners Inc., a venture capital fund affiliated with the ...

Now that the legal marketplace has spent at least a decade in the digital age, the next challenge is to keep pace with the evolving technical landscape. E-discovery and sophisticated presentation tools and software have become commonplace in many courtrooms ...

HairZoo, the styling salon business that operates 10 locations in the Rochester area, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to close at three locations in the next 30 to 60 days. The company started in 1975 by Gary ...

A national sporting goods retailer based in Chili is being sued by high-end eyewear maker Oakley Inc. for allegedly selling counterfeit Oakley products. “Products bearing the Oakley marks were obtained from defendant and have been examined and confirmed counterfeit by ...

The defendants in a lawsuit over control of several beauty pageants say a federal complaint filed Monday is baseless. In a statement emailed Friday, defendants Stephanie Williams, Crown Garland and Cosmos International Pageants wrote that: “The allegations in the complaint ...

A Rochester woman who operates several beauty pageants is suing a Virginia company for trademark infringement and numerous other claims. Rochester-based Mrs. United States National Pageant Inc. filed the suit Monday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of ...