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86 Lippes Mathias Attorneys Recognized in the 2025 Edition of "The Best Lawyers in America©"

August 15, 2024 | Press Releases

Lippes Mathias today announced that 86 of the firm’s Albany, Buffalo, Clarence, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Rochester, Syracuse, and Washington, D.C.-based attorneys have been listed on the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, The Best Lawyers in America: Lawyer of the Year and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch.

Attorneys recognized as Lawyers of the Year in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America list and their practice areas include:

Buffalo, N.Y.

Jillian E. Deck
- Banking and Finance Law

Jacksonville, Fla.

Robert G. Riegel, Jr.
- Labor Law – Management

Rochester, N.Y.

Svetlana K. Ivy
- Appellate Practice

Lippes Mathias attorneys and their respective practice areas who have been named to the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America include:

Albany, N.Y.

Conor E. Brownell
- Commercial Litigation
Frank J. Fanshawe
- Health Care Law
Matthew L. Hosford
- Health Care Law
Keith R. Jacques
- Government Relations Practice
- Labor Law – Union
Anoush Koroghlian-Scott
- Health Care Law
David E. Siegfeld
- Elder Law

Buffalo, N.Y.

Scott S. Allen, Jr.
- Commercial Litigation
Brian J. Bocketti
- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships
- Commercial Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Kevin J. Cross
- Commercial Litigation
Jillian E. Deck
- Banking and Finance Law
Thomas J. Fennell
- Real Estate Law
Raymond L. Fink
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
Nisha V. Fontaine
- Immigration Law
Scott E. Friedman
- Business Organizations (Including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Corporate Law
Thomas J. Gaffney
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
Hon. Carol E. Heckman (Ret.)
- Appellate Practice
- Arbitration
- Commercial Litigation
- Mediation
- Native American Law
Margaret A. Hurley
- Litigation – Real Estate
Gregory T. Ivancic
- Corporate Law
Elizabeth M. Klarin
- Immigration Law
David M. Knapp
- Insurance Law
John J. Koeppel
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Venture Capital Law
Christian M. Lovelace
- Corporate Law
Brian C. Mahoney
- Commercial Litigation
Eileen M. Martin
- Immigration Law
Kevin T. Merriman
- Insurance Law
Paul A. Mitchell
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
John A. Mueller
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
Michael L. Nisengard
- Real Estate Law
Helen Osgood
- Commercial Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Jennifer C. Persico
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Municipal
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Municipal Law
Brendan J. Rich
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
Amy Habib Rittling
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Mediation
Paul J. Schulz
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Blaine S. Schwartz
- Real Estate Law
Ryan V. Stearns
- Real Estate Law
Courtney Donahue Tasner
- Trusts and Estates
Charles E. Telford III
- Trusts and Estates
Dennis C. Vacco
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Paul F. Wells
- Real Estate Law
Alan S. Wexler
- Real Estate Law
Andrew M. Wilson
- Immigration Law

Clarence, N.Y.

Gary P. Bluestein
- Litigation and Controversy
- Tax Law
Daniel F. Brown
- Commercial Litigation

Jacksonville, Fla.

Daniel D. Akel
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Corporate Law
Edward C. Akel
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Tax Law
Alessandro A. Apolito
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
Kathleen H. Cold
- Corporate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
Musa K. Farmand
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Michael J. Lufkin
- Employment Law – Management
Thomas R. Ray
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
Bethany Ray Reichard
- Commercial Litigation
Robert G. Riegel, Jr.
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Christopher A. Walker
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law

New York, N.Y.

Matthew D. Asbell
- Trademark Law

Rochester, N.Y.

Kelly S. Foss
- Commercial Litigation
Svetlana K. Ivy
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
Amy L. Reichhart
- Environmental Law

Syracuse, N.Y.

Marc S. Beckman
- Health Care Law
Stephen H. Cohen
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Health Care Law
Michael J. Compagni
- Health Care Law
Andrew M. Knoll, M.D.
- Litigation – Health Care
Bruce A. Smith
- Health Care Law
Laura L. Spring
- Litigation – Labor and Employment

Washington, D.C.

Klint A. Cowan
- Native American Law
Brendan P. Kelleher
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
Michael G. Rossetti
- Native American Law

Attorneys who have been named to the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch list and the practice area(s) they were selected in include:

Albany, N.Y.

Victoria M. Craft
- Trusts and Estates
Gregory T. Myers
- Litigation – Labor and Employment

Buffalo, N.Y.

Sean P. Balkin
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Mary M. Balkin Cannata
- Corporate Law
Richard R. Capote
- Real Estate Law
Hannah E. Cominsky
- Commercial Litigation
Ashley M. Emery
- Labor and Employment Law – Employee
Donell L. Gibson, Jr.
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Anthony M. Kroese
- Commercial Litigation
Kathryn V. Myrtle
- Native American Law
Andrew J. Olek
- Corporate Law
Jessica M. Peraza
- Elder Law
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
Mitchell J. Ream
- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Joseph W. Schafer
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tessa R. Scott
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
Eliza P. Shea
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
- Corporate Law
Carmen A. Vacco
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Caroline R. Vilardo
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law

Jacksonville, Fla.

Mark D. Canfield
- Litigation – Real Estate

Rochester, N.Y.

Matthew V. Paris
- Insurance Law

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About Lippes Mathias LLP

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm with nearly 200 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Clarence, Albany, Long Island, New York, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, and Syracuse, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Cleveland, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla. and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.

Year after year, Lippes Mathias is proud to be recognized by The Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News - Best Lawyers®, Super Lawyers, and Chambers USA. For more information, visit www.lippes.com.

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