A total of 79 Harris Beach PLLC attorneys have been named to the 2019 edition of Super Lawyers, a peer-based rating service that recognizes attorneys and their work in more than 70 practice areas.
The list includes six Harris Beach associates who have been named as Super Lawyers for the first time.
Super Lawyers are selected in every state based on peer recommendations and reviews along with independent research. The list represents a guide for people seeking legal services.
Thomson Reuters, which compiles Super Lawyers, estimates that only five percent of attorneys nationwide make the list each year. Super Lawyers also recognizes attorneys under 40 and those with fewer than 10 years of practice as Rising Stars.
The following Harris Beach attorneys, along with their practice areas for which they were recognized, were named to Super Lawyers for 2019. (Asterisk * denotes first-time being named to list)
Cynthia Weiss Antonucci
Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury – Products, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice
Doron M. Bar-Levav
Government Finance, Securities & Corporate Finance
Brian A. Bender
Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury – Products, Business Litigation
Peri A. Berger
Rising Star: Business Litigation, Personal Injury – Products, Closely Held Business
John Buhrman
Rising Star: Business/Corporate
Todd Bullard
Business Litigation, Government Contracts
David M. Capriotti
Business Litigation, Civil Litigation
David M. Clar
Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
Michael E. Condon
Rising Star: Real Estate, Business/Corporate
Emily D. Crowley
Rising Star: Health Care, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice
Judi Abbott Curry
Class Action/Mass Torts
Patrick J. Dalton
Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance
David J. Dino
Rising Star: Business Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury – General, Personal Injury – Products, E-Discovery, General Litigation
Christopher A. DiPasquale
Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice, Estate & Trust Litigation
Matt Dudley
Rising Star: Land Use/Zoning
David J. Edwards
Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Construction Litigation
Frederick H. Fern
Class Action/Mass Torts, Civil Litigation, Personal Injury – Products
Timothy Fitzgerald
Real Estate, Banking, Land Use/Zoning
Allison B. Fiut
Rising Star: Appellate, Civil Litigation
Terrance P. Flynn
Business Litigation, Government Relations, Personal Injury – Products, Criminal Defense: White Collar
William M. Flynn
Energy & Natural Resources, State, Local & Municipal
Douglas A. Foss
Business Litigation
Kelly S. Foss
Rising Star: Business Litigation
Aaron Frazier*
Rising Star: Business Litigation
Abbie Eliasberg Fuchs
Personal Injury – Products, Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury – General
Roy R. Galewski
Employment & Labor
Douglas Gerhardt
Employment & Labor
Pamela B. Goldsmith
Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice
Kyle D. Gooch
Rising Star: Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Civil Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts, Appellate
Stanley Goos
Class Action/Mass Torts, Construction Litigation
Heidi Schult Gregory
Health Care, Business Litigation
Anila C. Gunawardana*
Rising Star: Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice
Kelly E. Jones Howell
Rising Star: Personal Injury – Products, Class Action/Mass Torts, Civil Litigation
Svetlana K. Ivy
Rising Star: Business Litigation, Appellate
Amanda E. Jackson
Rising Star: Employment & Labor, Schools & Education
Barbara R.H. James
Estate Planning & Probate, Elder Law
Edward Karan
Rising Star: Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
Brendan P. Kelleher
Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation, Schools & Education
Wendy A. Kinsella
Bankruptcy, Creditor Debtor Rights
David H. Kochman
Personal Injury – Products, Personal Injury – General, Class Action/Mass Torts
Andrew D. Komaromi
Government Finance
Tracie L. Lopardi
Employment & Labor, Schools & Education
Brian C. Mahoney
Business Litigation
Patrick M. Malgieri
Banking, Real Estate
Michael J. Masino
Civil Litigation, Business Litigation, Personal Injury – Products
Sean McCabe*
Rising Star: Real Estate
David M. Mehalick
Employee Benefits, Business/Corporate, Estate Planning & Probate
Julian Modesti
Business Litigation, Appellate, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Daniel J. Moore
Employment & Labor
James R. Muldoon
Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property
Steven P. Nonkes
Rising Star: Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property
Tyler A. O’Reilly *
Rising Star: Mergers & Acquisitions
Aubrey A. Ohanian
Rising Stars: Energy & Natural Resources, Business Litigation, Appellate
Christopher C. Palermo
Business Litigation, Personal Injury – Products, Class Action/Mass Torts
Brendan M. Palfreyman
Rising Star: Intellectual Property
Mitchell J. Pawluk
Rising Star: Administrative Law, Gaming, Lobbying, Government Contracts
Audrey Patrone Peartree
Estate Planning & Probate
Michelle Piasecki
Rising Star: Energy & Natural Resources
Joseph D. Picciotti
Environmental
Scott D. Piper
Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation
Jaime L. Regan
Rising Star: Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury – Products
Steven J. Rice
Personal Injury – General, Civil Litigation, Construction Litigation
Nicholas C. Roberts*
Rising Star; Business Litigation, General Litigation, Appellate
Brian Roy
Rising Star: Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation
Cathy Ryan
Real Estate, Banking
Charles W. Russell
Real Estate, Banking, Land Use/Zoning
Karl J. Sleight
Business Litigation
Neal L. Slifkin
Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property
Laura W. Smalley
Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation
Philip G. Spellane
Business Litigation, Eminent Domain, Professional Liability
Craig M. Spierer
Intellectual Property, Business/Corporate, Food and Drugs
Edward A. Trevvett
Employment & Labor, Schools & Education
Marni B. Weiner*
Rising Star: Personal Injury – General
Beth Ela Wilkens
Banking, Business/Corporate, Securities & Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions
Thomas E. Willett
Business/Corporate, Securities & Corporate Finance
Ted H. Williams
Business Litigation
Alan M. Winchester
E-Discovery, Personal Injury – Products
Lee E. Woodard
Bankruptcy, Creditor Debtor Rights
Dale A. Worrall
Business Litigation, Antitrust Litigation
About Harris Beach
Founded in 1856, Harris Beach and its subsidiaries provide a full range of legal and professional services for clients across New York state, as well as nationally and internationally. Harris Beach is among the country’s top law firms according to The National Law Journal and ranks as a BTI Elite law firm based on in-depth interviews of more than 600 corporate counsel at the world’s largest and most influential companies. Clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately-held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations and individuals. Principal industries Harris Beach represents include education, energy, financial, food and beverage, health care, insurance, manufacturing, medical and life sciences, real estate developers, science and technology, veterinary medicine, and state and local governments and authorities. The firm’s more than 200 lawyers practice among offices throughout New York state in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Melville, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Uniondale and White Plains, as well as in New Haven, Connecticut and Newark, New Jersey. For more information, go to www.harrisbeach.com.