FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 14, 2021
Contact:
Oliver F. Hays
Phillips Lytle LLP
716-847-5444
PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP NAMED 2020 EMPIRE STATE COUNSEL® LAW FIRM HONOREE FOR PRO BONO WORK
-Nine Phillips Lytle Attorneys Included in 2020 NYSBA Empire State Counsel® Program-
Buffalo, N.Y. – Phillips Lytle LLP has been named as one of the 2020 New York State Bar Association Empire State Counsel® Law Firm Honorees based on the total number of pro bono hours completed by nine attorneys at the firm in 2020. The honorees will be presented with awards at the Justice for All Awards Ceremony being held virtually on Thursday, January 21, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Each year, the New York State Bar Association acknowledges the exemplary pro bono work of two individual attorneys and several law firms as Empire State Counsel® honorees. Launched in 2006, the Program recognizes NYSBA members who, during the calendar year, perform 50 hours or more of pro bono legal services.
Attorneys from Phillips Lytle included on the list are:
- Erin C. Borek, Senior Associate, Buffalo
- Colin X. Fitzgerald, Associate, Buffalo
- Alissa M. Fortuna Brennan, Associate, Rochester
- Marc H. Goldberg, Special Counsel, Albany
- David H. Kernan, Partner, Buffalo
- Kenneth A. Manning, Partner, Buffalo
- Gregory L. Peterson, Partner, Chautauqua
- Joseph Schafer, Associate, Buffalo
- Richard Weingarten, Senior Associate, New York City
