BUFFALO, NY – Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP today announced 32 of the firm’s Buffalo and Albany attorneys have been included on the 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers and Upstate New York Rising Stars lists. Earlier this year, Super Lawyers also recognized two attorneys in the firm’s Florida offices.

Attorneys recognized on the 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list and the practice areas they were selected in are:

• Brian J. Bocketti, Banking
• Kevin J. Cross, Business Litigation
• Mark C. Davis, Business Litigation
• Raymond L. Fink, Bankruptcy: Business
• Scott E. Friedman, Business/Corporate
• Robert E. Ganz, Business Litigation (Albany)
• Amy Habib Rittling, Employment & Labor
• Carol E. Heckman, Business Litigation
• Gerald S. Lippes, Business/Corporate
• William E. Mathias, Business/Corporate
• Jennifer C. Persico, Business Litigation
• Brendan J. Rich, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Blaine S. Schwartz, Real Estate
• Paul F. Wells, Real Estate

Amy Habib Rittling was also recognized among the Top 25 Women, who ranked top of the list in the 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers nomination, research and review process.

 Lippes Mathias attorneys selected to the 2019 Upstate New York Rising Stars list and the practice areas they were selected in include:

• Christina H. Arthurs, Estate & Probate
• Sean P. Balkin, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Conor E. Brownell, Business Litigation (Albany)
• Sarah H. Brennan, Business/Corporate
• Richard R. Capote, Real Estate
• Jason T. Daniels, Health Care
• Thomas J. Fennell, Real Estate
• Eliza Friedman Shea, Business/Corporate
• Emily G. Hannigan, Employment & Labor (Albany)
• Vincent M. Miranda, Employment Litigation: Defense
• Stacey L. Moar, Business Litigation
• Sean M. O’Brien, Business Litigation
• Matthew R. Palmieri, Real Estate
• Richard M. Scherer, Jr., Business Litigation
• Tessa R. Scott, General Litigation
• Eric M. Soehnlein, Business Litigation
• Lauren A. Suttell, Health Care
• Andrea H. Vossler, Mergers & Acquisitions

Super Lawyers rates outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations by practice area. For more information, visit superlawyers.com.