Tim Muck | Barclay Damon LLP
Barclay Damon LLP announces the addition of Tim Muck as a partner in the firm’s trusts & estates practice area. Muck develops thorough planning, tax and succession strategies that help achieve clients’ personal and business objectives. He provides guidance on all business and estate-planning matters, including estate, gift and income-tax planning, preparation of wills and trusts [&hel[...]
Karen Schaefer | Barclay Damon LLP
Barclay Damon LLP announces the hiring of Karen Schaefer as trusts & estates practice area co-chair. Schaefer provides clients with comprehensive counsel on all aspects of estate planning and business-succession matters. She advises on gift and income-tax planning; administration of trusts and estates; preparation of wills, revocable living trusts and irrevocable trusts; durable powers of att[...]
Rachelle Nuhfer | Barclay Damon LLP
Barclay Damon LLP announces the hiring of Rachelle Nuhfer as an associate in Barclay Damon’s trusts & estates practice area. Nuhfer works with clients in the planning, administration and litigation of trusts and estates matters, providing experienced and strategic counsel to protect assets and achieve clients’ objectives. Among other matters, she offers guidance in the preparation [&h[...]
Nicole O’Brien | Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP named Nicole O’Brien as the firm’s director of information technology. O’Brien will lead Harter Secrest & Emery’s IT department and be responsible for developing and implementing the firm’s information technology strategies. Her responsibilities will include overseeing the firm’s technology operations and infrastructure, developing and executing infor[...]
Amy Marra | Clark Patterson Lee
Clark Patterson Lee announces the hiring of Amy Marra as human resources director. As an accomplished HR and organizational development leader, Marra will work closely with CPL’s HR team to oversee and enhance a full range of people-related activities, including onboarding and training, team-member development, recruitment and retention, compensation and benefits and HR policies and […]
Stephen Pyrkosz | Clark Patterson Lee
Clark Patterson Lee announces the hiring of Stephen Pyrkosz as a project architect. Pyrkosz will work with the architectural team to use the design-build delivery method on a variety of project types. He has more than 20 years of industry experience and most recently served as assistant project manager at Bergmann. Pyrkosz has a bachelor’s […]
James Basile | Clark Patterson Lee
Clark Patterson Lee announces the hiring of James Basile as a senior associate for the civil engineering division. Basile will manage civil/site projects and help train and mentor younger team members. With nearly 20 years of industry experience, he joins CPL after serving as civil discipline leader at Bergmann. Basile has an associate’s degree in civil […]
Chris Marron | Empire Commercial Construction
Empire Commercial Construction, a retail-specific division of leading regional commercial building contractor TAYLOR – The Builders, announces the promotion of Chris Marron to project manager. He has been hired to continue expansion of the company’s retail-specific growth in the Upstate New York region and beyond. Previously a junior project manager for TAYLOR – The Builders […]
Jerry Mosier | Taylor – The Builders
TAYLOR – The Builders announces the addition of Jerry Mosier to its project management team. Mosier has been hired as a project manager to assist in estimating, planning, scheduling and coordination in all phases of select TAYLOR projects. Mosier joins the TAYLOR team after spending the last 15 years with Industrial Furnace Company (IFCO) as project engineer. […]
Pina LaDelfa | Taylor – The Builders
Taylor – The Builders announces the addition of Pina LaDelfa to the accounting team as a controller and will supervise all aspects of accounting and contract administration. A certified public accountant and graduate of Nazareth College,LaDelfa will be actively involved with project managers in developing job performance and cost-to-complete reports, while supporting the CFO directly.
Jenna Gordon | SWBR
SWBR announces the hiring of Jenna Gordon as a finance assistant. In this role, she will be responsible for project resource planning, budgeting and billing. Gordon is a graduate of Nazareth College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in finance. She resides in Rochester.
Kim Mura | SWBR
SWBR announces the hiring of Kim Mura as senior marketing coordinator. In her new role, Mura will be responsible for managing and integrating the firm’s public relations, social media and content marketing efforts. Additionally, she will assist with the firm’s brand management, business proposal preparation and event planning. Her previous role at SWBR was marketing coordinator […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Negligent performance: Rosenthal v. Syracuse University, et al.
- Second Circuit – Visual Artists Rights Act: Kerson v. Vermont Law School Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Former foreclosure referee: Opinion 22-157
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – College honorarium: Opinion 22-156
- Second Circuit – Reasonable accommodation: Tafolla v. Heilig
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Primisch v. Peroxychem LLC
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Judicial candidacy: Opinion 22-155
- Fourth Department – Defamation: Lavine v. Glavin
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Law clerk: Opinion 22-154
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Review of another judge’s actions: Opinion 22-153
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Charitable contributions: Opinion 22-150
- Second Circuit – Class action settlement: Moses v. The New York Times Company
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