Upstate New York Super Lawyers Articles

Three Black women attorneys on race, diversity and justice in Western New York

Culture is key for Albany law firm

How an encounter with a stingray led Cheryl Meyers Buth to the NBA

Don Thompson was fighting injustice decades before the Daniel Prude case

Before she was a tech lawyer, Jennifer Beckage was in on the internet’s ground floor

Discovery with Chris Affronti

Kathleen Sweet reflects on her father, her practice and that nomination to the federal bench

She's using her law career to advocate for her health care peers

MBAWNY helped Sarah Washington as a law student; now she’s paying it forward as its next president

Michael Oropallo on the only outdoor and wildlife legal team in the country

John Elmore doesn’t recount glory days. He keeps living them

Discovery with Lindy Korn

Florina Altshiler wanted to work high-level felonies. She found them in Anchorage

Brendan Palfreyman is so good at repping craft breweries, they named a beer for him

From a Hollywood life to Albany law, the common theme was communication

Personal injury lawyer Jim Scime came out on the other side of trauma and helps his clients do the same

Rochester lawyers Bernadette Catalana and Kelly Odorisi get candid about women and the law

David Adams raced boats around the world before deciding to work for the rest of his life

Margie Soehl brings a global perspective to intimate situations—even her own

Ed Menkin knows his clients want a lawyer “who is bold, who is self-confident, and who is ready to kick some ass”

Theresa Conroy gives it up for Hamilton, wit, secretive singing and a questionable sandwich

Joe Hanna is the hardest-working person in the room

How Phillips Lytle is helping revitalize Buffalo

Be it suspected murderers, sex offenders or terrorists, everyone deserves a fair trial in James Harrington’s book

Our profession is especially at risk for depression, but you need not feel alone

Building schools and clinics in Kenya with Jim Towne

The Rochester lawyer tells us what’s good in the neighborhood

Farmer/attorney Ginger Schröder could give Henry David Thoreau a run for his (metaphoric) money

Why scientific misconduct lawyer Barry Nelson Covert knows more about space dust than you do

How E. Stewart Jones Jr. deals with a powerful legacy

Tax and estate planning attorney Deborah Weber talks eggshell audits, offers in compromise, and why she doesn’t represent tax protesters

How Mike Schiavone left Italy and came to represent one of New York’s most famous professional sports teams: the Buffalo Bills

IP attorney and hydrologist Alana Fuierer of Heslin Rothenberg is on the cutting edge of cleantech

Few can frame a case better than construction-accident expert Daniel Santola

Janet Callahan, partner at Hancock Estabrook, never intended to become a lawyer and yet became the first female managing partner at a large firm in Syracuse

Ann E. Evanko solves employment law problems and mentors the next generation

Three attorneys reflect on how they helped victims of 9/11 through Trial Lawyers Care

Bruce J. Wagner, shareholder at McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, on the strategy involved in matrimonial law, the importance of writing skills in appellate work, and his experiences as a town justice

Stephen R. Coffey earned his stripes in the Albany District Attorney’s Office before he was recruited to O’Connell & Aronowitz as the firm’s first and only trial lawyer. Three decades later, the criminal defense attorney and personal injury litigator is a senior partner at the firm, and has learned along the way that money isn’t everything, luck is crucial, and fallibility is just part of human nature.

Mae D’Agostino protects doctors and hospitals

Terrence M. Connors on the challenge and responsibility of personal injury law

Fracturing rocks in the Appalachian Basin with Thomas West

Margaret Catillaz has the world knocking at her door

Richard Griffin traces his evolution from pit bull to mediator and remembers Malcolm X

Alleged terrorists, accused cops: Joseph M. LaTona defends them all  

Big or small, Donald W. Boyajian makes each case count        

After more than four decades in practice, Susan Robfogel still enjoys a challenge        

Three attorneys tell of serving their country        

Jim Grossman fights for the disabled and the organizations that help them       

From treating patients to defending doctors, Catherine Gale brings a human touch        

Mark J. Mahoney plays it straight

As a 1960s radical, Barbara Handschu reined in repressive police tactics with her eponymous decree

Dan D. Kohane’s snow globe collection keeps him working in a winter wonderland

First Amendment attorney Michael J. Grygiel keeps information flowing