2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers

FIFTY-SEVEN PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2019 UPSTATE NEW YORK SUPER LAWYERS^® AND RISING STARS LISTS

Forty-one attorneys included on Super Lawyers^® list and 16 named Rising Stars

Buffalo, N.Y. – Phillips Lytle LLP is honored to announce 57 of its attorneys have been named to the 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. The Phillips Lytle selectees include 37 attorneys from the firm’s Buffalo office, three attorneys from its Rochester office, and one attorney from the firm’s Jamestown office. Thirteen Phillips Lytle attorneys from the firm’s Buffalo office, and three from the firm’s Rochester office, were cited as 2019 Upstate New York Rising Stars. The 57 attorneys cover 22 practice areas.

Attorneys from Phillips Lytle’s Buffalo office named to the Super Lawyers list include:

• Frederick G. Attea (Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Raymond H. Barr (Employee Benefits)
• Alan J. Bozer (Business Litigation)
• William J. Brennan (Business Litigation)
• William J. Brown (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Craig R. Bucki (State/Local/Muni)
• William D. Christ (PI General: Defense)
• Douglas W. Dimitroff (Communications)
• James D. Donathen (Employment & Labor)
• Deborah A. Doxey (Banking)
• Kevin J. English (Business Litigation)
• David P. Flynn (Environmental)
• James R. Grasso (Employment & Labor)
• Robert M. Greene (Health Care)
• Mary Jo Herrscher (PI – Products: Defense)
• Kevin M. Hogan (Environmental Litigation)
• Paul F. Jones (PI – Products: Defense)
• William P. Keefer (Health Care)
• Gary F. Kotaska (Securities & Corporate Finance)
• Craig A. Leslie (PI – Products: Defense)
• Kenneth A. Manning (Business/Corporate)
• Lisa McDougall (Health Care)
• David J. McNamara (Business Litigation)
• Sean C. McPhee (Business Litigation)
• Paul E. Morrison-Taylor (PI General: Defense)
• David J. Murray (Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Michael B. Powers (Business Litigation)
• John G. Schmidt Jr. (Business Litigation)
• Ronald S. Shubert (Real Estate)
• Lisa L. Smith (PI – Products: Defense)
• James W. Smyton (Business/Corporate)
• Adam S. Walters (Land Use/Zoning)
• James W. Whitcomb (PI – Products: Defense)
• Sharon L. Wick (Estate & Probate)
• Alan M. Wishnoff (PI General: Defense)
• Preston L. Zarlock (Business Litigation)
• Paul B. Zuydhoek (PI – Products: Defense)

Buffalo-based attorneys named to the Rising Stars list include:

• Elizabeth A. Bove (Business Litigation)
• Joanna J. Chen (Class Action)
• Erin E. Connare (PI – Products: Defense)
• Andrew P. Devine (Business Litigation)
• Patrick T. Fitzgerald (Environmental)
• Kenneth Graham (Business/Corporate)
• Kenneth A. Grossberg (Estate & Probate)
• Brendan S. Lillis (IP)
• Amanda L. Lowe (Business Litigation)
• Jeffrey M. Monaco (Banking)
• Kimberly R. Nason (Environmental)
• Nicolas J. Rotsko (Business Litigation)
• Jacob S. Sonner (Business Litigation)

Attorneys from Phillips Lytle’s Rochester office named to the Super Lawyers list include:

• Richard M. Beers, Jr. (Real Estate)
• Mark J. Moretti (Construction Litigation)
• Linda T. Prestegaard (Employment & Labor)

Rochester-based attorneys named to the Rising Stars list include:

• Anthony M. Carello (Real Estate)
• Anthony J. Iacchetta (Real Estate)
• Kevin J. Mulvehill (Employment & Labor)

Gregory L. Peterson (Real Estate) of the firm’s Jamestown office is also included on the list.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

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