Hurwitz & Fine names new managing partner

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Jody E. Briandi has been named managing partner of the Buffalo-based law firm Hurwitz & Fine P.C., as of May 1.

“I am honored to take on the role of managing partner and fortunate to be supported by an outstanding and talented team of attorneys, along with a dedicated staff,” Briandi said in a news release.

Briandi has spent her entire legal career at Hurwitz & Fine, joining the firm in 1997.

Briandi co-chairs the litigation department, and is an experienced trial attorney and in appellate courts.

She also leads the firm’s 24-hour emergency response team, premises liability, retail and hospitality liability, and trucking and commercial transportation practice groups.

Briandi is a member of the bar association of Erie county, New York State Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, Western New York Defense Trial Lawyers Association,  National Retail and Restaurant Defense Association, and Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel.

Briandi was most recently honored as a WNY Legal Elite member by Buffalo Business First and selected to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers Top 50 Lawyers and Top 25 Women lists.

Briandi will be replacing Ann E. Evanko, who has served as CEO and managing partner since 2008.

“I am so grateful that the firm entrusted me with being its managing partner for more than a decade and now is an excellent time to transition to new leadership,” Evanko said in the release.

“After 40 years with Hurwitz & Fine, I am stepping back from the managing partner responsibilities in order to focus on my practice, family, and new pursuits. While this change is bittersweet, I am certain that Jody and the board will continue to build on the accomplishments to date and bring the firm to new heights,” Evanko said in the release.

Evanko will remain with Hurwitz & Fine, continuing to chair the employment law practice group and focusing on her growing mediation/ADR practice.