James W. Smyton

• Corporate Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Not-For-Profit
• Real Estate
• Venture Capital & Technology

Closely-Held Entities; Corporate Contracts; Family Businesses

• New York
• U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. Supreme Court

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^©
• Selected for the Upstate New York Super Lawyers^® list, 2007-2020
• Listed in Legal Elite of WNY, Business First of Buffalo and Buffalo Law Journal
• Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled or Disadvantaged of Western New York, Inc., Volunteer Services Award

• Kent College of Law, J.D., with distinction, 1971
• State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., 1966

• American Bar Association
• Bar Association of Erie County
  • Grievance Committee
• New York State Bar Association
  • Senior Lawyers Section

• Buffalo Maritime Center, Board of Trustees, Vice President
• Federal Court Mediator, Western District of New York
• National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York, Board Member
• Zoological Society of Buffalo, Foundation Trustee
• Presbytery of Western New York, Board of Trustees

• Erie County Bar Foundation, Board of Directors
• Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Chair and Board Member
• Zoological Society of Buffalo, Chair and Board Member
• Presbytery of Western New York, Board of Trustees, President
• National Federation for Just Communities, National Board of Directors
  • Former Chair