2023 Honorees

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)

Steven V. Modica
Modica Law Firm

CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES

Mary Beth Conway
JustCause

Ariel Cruz
The Legal Aid Society of Rochester

IN HOUSE COUNSEL

Jared Olson
L3Harris

LAW FIRM ADMINISTRATOR

Kristie Ball
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Jamie Page
Harris Beach PLLC

Johanna Winter
McConville Considine Cooman & Morin, PC

LAW FIRM DIVERSITY

Harris Beach PLLC

LEADERS IN LAW

Katherine H. Karl
Underberg & Kessler LLP

Laura Linneball
Wilder & Linneball, LLP

Jill Paperno
Empire Justice Center

Amber Peshkin
Wesley Clark and Peshkin

Amy Reichhart
Lippes Mathias

Michelle Schwach
NYS Unified Court System

Sheldon Smith
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Erika Stanat
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Michael Buckley 
Boylan Code LLP

Greg Connors
Connors & Ferris

Anna Lynch
Underberg & Kessler LLP

Karen Morris
Brighton Town Court; Monroe Community College

PARALEGAL

Pauline Kiser
Xerox Office of General Counsel

Stephanie Koszelak
Wesley Clark & Peshkin

Heidi Leisten
Boylan Code LLP

Susan Matthews
Harter Secrest & Emery

Allyn Van Dusen
Harris Beach PLLC

PRO BONO EXCELLENCE

Erin Elmouji
Weaver Mancuso Brightman PLLC

Joseph Wilson
Barclay Damon

UP AND COMING LAWYERS

Teagan Dolan
Faraci Lange

Kristen Dombroski
McConville Considine Cooman & Morin P.C.

Ericka Elliott
Underberg & Kessler LLP

Stephen Fantuzzo
Nixon Peabody LLP

Jenny Holmes
Nixon Peabody LLP

Nicole Intschert
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department

Jonathan Jasinski
Harter Secrest & Emery, LLP

Robert Marks
Boylan Code LLP

Ibrahim Tariq
Harris Beach PLLC

Erin Train
Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Andrew M. Washburn
Underberg & Kessler LLP

Kristin Zimar
Harter Secrest & Emery