Sharon Prise Azurin
Partner
Buffalo
(716) 847-7088
sazurin@phillipslytle.com
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Ms. Azurin concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate, commercial and health law, including business and not-for-profit corporation formation and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. As the firm’s Not-For-Profit Practice Team Leader, Ms. Azurin also counsels not-for-profit and health care clients on a broad array of issues, including corporate governance, compliance and other transactional arrangements.
Admitted to Practice
- New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York
Honors and Awards
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America©
- Named to The Responsible 100, City & State, 2022
- Listed in Legal Elite of WNY, Business First of Buffalo and Buffalo Law Journal, 2014
Education
- State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1999
- State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management, M.B.A., with distinction, 1999
- Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, B.S., 1991
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Health Law Section
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Business Law and Governance Practice Group
- Fraud and Abuse Practice Group
- Bar Association of Erie County
- Banking Law Committee, Past Chair
- Corporation Law Committee
- Health Care Law Committee
- New York State Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Not-for-Profit Corporations Law Committee
- Health Law Section
- Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY), WNY Chapter
- Public Sector & Non-Profit Attorneys Committee
Present Activities
- Mercy Hospital Foundation, Board of Directors, Vice Chair
- Cornell Hotel Society
- University of Buffalo, State University of New York
- UB Alumni Association
- UB Law Alumni Association
- UB School of Management Alumni Association
- The Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association, Past Member of Board of Directors and Former Treasurer
Past Activities
- Trocaire College, Board of Trustees, Vice Chair
- Girl Scouts of Western New York
