Excellence in Law honored

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About 300 people celebrated as The Daily Record honored the 2019 Excellence in Law winners during an awards luncheon Thursday, June 6, at the Hyatt Regency Rochester.

The 2019 winners were:

Top Women in Law

• Kathryn Bruns, Faraci Lange, LLP
• Leslie M. Connolly, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
• Christina M. Deats, Law Offices of Pullano & Farrow PLLC
• Carey Ann Denefrio, Littler Mendelson, P.C.
• Sandra Doorley, Monroe County District Attorney’s Office
• Kelly Gotham, NYS Unified Court System
• Laura A. Myers, The Wolford Law Firm LLP
• Anita L. Pelletier, Nixon Peabody LLP

Up & Coming Attorneys

• Jennifer Aronson-Jovcevski, Boylan Code LLP
• John P. Bringewatt, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
• Craig Diallo Carson, Law Office of Craig D. Carson PLLC
• Maxwell Cohen, Monroe County District Attorney’s Office
• Jillian Dunbar, Phillips Lytle LLP
• Tyler Ellis, Morgenstern DeVoesick PLLC
• Emily R. Fusco, Trevett Cristo
• Frances M. Kabat, The Zoghlin Group, PLLC
• Lucrecia Z. Knapp, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
• Anastasia M. McCarthy, Hurwitz & Fine P.C.
• Anna S. M. McCarthy, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
• Marybeth McCarthy, Monroe County Public Defender’s Office
• Anne M. McGinnis, Harris Beach PLLC
• Kat Murphy, Nixon Peabody LLP
• Lesley E. Niebel, Faraci Lange LLP
• Abigail M. Norris, Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC
• Jessica L. Paulin, Nixon Peabody LLP
• Nicholas S. Proukou, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
• Lindsay A. Rabitz, Broadstone Real Estate, LLC

Unsung Legal Heroes

• Patrick Burke, Barclay Damon LLP
• Jim Dukette, Empire Justice Center
• Judy Gray, Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC
• Kimberly Heller, Lacy Katzen LLP
• Kristi Hughes, Empire Justice Center
• Nancy E. Lopez, Nixon Peabody LLP
• Clara E. Onderdonk, Ernstrom & Dreste, LLP
• Brenda Rivera, Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. (LawNY)
• Catherine Shrock, Segar & Sciortino, PLLC
• Raymond Squilla, Telesca Center for Justice
• Tracey Tronolone, Monroe County Public Defender’s Office