Phillips Lytle names new Rochester office leader
Phillips Lytle LLP has appointed its next Rochester office leader, succeeding Jillian M. Dunbar, who guided the firm’s recent relocation to Innovation Square.
Phillips Lytle adds 12 new lawyers
Phillips Lytle LLP has added 12 new attorneys across its office locations over the last six months.
Phillips Lytle LLP names new managing partner
Phillips Lytle LLP has appointed a longtime partner to become its new managing partner, effective Jan. 1.
Phillips Lytle adds four lawyers as part of recruitment push
Phillips Lytle LLP has announced the hiring of four new attorneys as the firm moves closer to a recruitment goal of hiring 40 new attorneys.
Phillips Lytle names Marks diversity partner
Attorney Kelly E. Marks has been named diversity partner at Phillips Lytle LLP. In the newly created position, Marks will focus on the development, coordination and implementation of the firm’s strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives for the firm and in the broader legal community.
Mark F. Pincelli | Phillips Lytle LLP
Mark F. Pincelli has joined Phillips Lytle LLP as an associate in the firm’s Rochester office. Pincelli concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation and labor and employment litigation. […]
Borbor-Sawyer makes National Black Lawyers list
Samuel Borbor-Sawyer, an attorney in the Buffalo office of Phillips Lytle LLP, has been named to the National Black Lawyers list of Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers in New York […]
Phillips Lytle LLP hires eight lawyers
Phillips Lytle LLP has announced the addition of eight new attorneys. Joshua S. Wallace, an associate, is based in the firm’s Buffalo office. Wallace concentrates his practice in the area […]
Phillips Lytle LLP elects five partners
Buffalo, N.Y. – Phillips Lytle LLP attorneys Joanna J. Chen, Patrick T. Fitzgerald, F. Kenneth Graham, Kenneth A. Grossberg, and Kimberly R. Nason have been elected to become partners as […]
Tara Ward | Phillips Lytle LLP
Tara Ward has joined Phillips Lytle LLP as an associate in the firm’s Rochester office. Ward concentrates her practice in the area of commercial litigation. Her experience includes serving as […]
Tristan D. Hujer | Phillips Lytle LLP
Tristan D. Hujer has joined Phillips Lytle LLP as special counsel based in the firm’s Buffalo office. Hujer concentrates his practice in the area of commercial litigation. A trial litigator, […]
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Habeas Corpus: Brown v. James
- Fourth Department – Comptroller authority: Scanlon v. Miller-Williams
- Fourth Department – Confidential witness: People v. Sanchez
- Second Circuit – Interest-on-escrow accounts: Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A.; Hymes v. Bank of America, N.A.
- Fourth Department – Relation back doctrine: Poindexter v. The State of New York
- Fourth Department – Double jeopardy: People v. Royal
- Fourth Department – Real property claims — Summary judgment Penn v. Rochester Rev Holdings, LLC
- Second Circuit – Breach of lease agreement: Delsha 60 Ninth, LLC v. Free People of PA LLC
- Court of Appeals – Zoning: Smith et al. v. Town of Thompson Planning Board, et al.
- Fourth Department – Right to Appeal: People v. Nixon
- Court of Appeals – Vehicle and Traffic Law: Second Child, et al. v. Edge Auto Inc., et al.
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