WebTitle Agency recently celebrated the grand opening of its new location at 500-A Canal View Boulevard in Brighton. The relocation of the corporate headquarters for WebTitle, along with partner companies Cascade Settlement Agency and Customized Lenders Services, took place in ...

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Fifty Rochester attorneys recently spent the lunch hour “walking a mile in the shoes of a VLSP client.” The interactive panel discussion was hosted by Harter Secrest & Emery LLP on Oct. 25.  Panelists as well as attendees shared their ...

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The Foundation of the Monroe County Bar held a reception Oct. 24 at the Center for Youth on Monroe Avenue to thank those who have donated to the 2012 Raise the Bar annual appeal. Center for Youth Executive Director Elaine ...

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Twenty-seven volunteer attorneys and 3 volunteer interpreters turned out Saturday, Oct. 20, to assist approximately 20 young people applying for the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The clinic and the continuing legal education seminar that preceded it Oct. ...

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Four Seventh Judicial District Supreme Court candidates are vying for two seats. All four were on hand for the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorney’s Judicial Candidates Lunch on Oct. 18 at the offices of Nixon Peabody. City Court Judge ...

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The Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys held its annual New Members Reception on Oct. 3. In addition to casual socializing, GRAWA Program Co-Chairs Meghan Lynch and Elaine Cole introduced the new members in attendance and shared a few facts ...

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Literacy Volunteers of Rochester held its 12th annual Brain Game competition on Oct. 11. With 15 teams signed up to participate in the live trivia competition, the event generated a net profit of $22,000 to support LVR’s one-on-one tutoring program ...

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Seventh Judicial District Administrative Judge Craig J. Doran shared his time with the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys last week for a “chamber chat” — one of GRAWA’s signature programs that provide an opportunity for casual conversation between attorneys ...

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Members of the Young Lawyers Section of the Monroe County Bar Association enjoyed an evening cruise last week on the Genesee River and Erie Canal.   The event, aboard the Mary Jemison, was to socialize and welcome new lawyers. Among ...

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Margaret Somerset, of Underberg & Kessler LLP, who has experience in mediation, spoke in a two-hour CLE program Sept. 14, joining Joseph Regan of Faraci Lange LLP and James Morris of Morris & Morris. James Moore served as moderator of ...

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Nannette Nocon of Nocon & Associates has been a financial planner for nearly 30 years, so she is very familiar with the question: How much money do I need to retire? On Sept. 10, in conjunction with a program hosted ...

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Now in its eighth year, the Rochester Legal Diversity Clerkship Program organized an evening of “8 minute mentoring” for this year’s 13 students selected from a wide field of candidates. The Diversity Clerkship was launched in 2005 by the Monroe ...

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