BUFFALO, NY – Blaine S. Schwartz, a partner at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, has been appointed as a vice president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo. Mr. Schwartz has served on the board of directors for the past six years.

For more than a century, the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo has been the center of the Buffalo Jewish community. Guided by Jewish values, convenes, the Federation convenes, inspires, collaborates, leads and enriches the Jewish community locally, in Israel and around the world.

At Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, Mr. Schwartz practices in the firm’s Real Estate practice group. He brings a wealth of experience to the firm’s commercial real estate clients and regularly negotiates complex real estate agreements and sophisticated loan documents in addition to efficiently and creatively structuring, negotiating and documenting all types of commercial real estate transactions. 

Mr. Schwartz is also chairman of the Board of Trustees of Jewish Family Service of Buffalo & Erie County and is a vice president of the Bureau of Jewish Education.