Twenty-Four Woods Oviatt Attorneys Named to "Best Lawyers in America" List.
Twenty-Four Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 21st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Five attorneys have been named the Best Lawyers' 2014-15 Rochester, NY "Lawyer of the Year." Only a single lawyer in each practice area, in each community is being honored as a "Lawyer of the Year." The complete list is below:
Jack M. Battaglia- Lawyer of the Year
Practicing in: Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Tax Law - Criminal
William G. Bauer - Lawyer of the YearPracticing in: Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
R. Thompson Gilman - Lawyer of the Year
Practicing in: Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
Paul S. Groschadl - Lawyer of the Year
Practicing in: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
James P. McElheny - Lawyer of the YearPracticing in: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Warren B. Rosenbaum - Lawyer of the YearPracticing in: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation - Real Estate
BEST LAWYERS 2014
Kelley Ross Brown
Practicing in: Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Betsy D. Brugg
Practicing in: Land Use and Zoning Law
Philip L. Burke
Practicing in: Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
Louis M. D'Amato
Practicing in: Real Estate Law
Gordon S. Dickens
Practicing in: Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
Gordon E. Forth
Practicing in: Corporate Law
Jerry A. Goldman
Practicing in: Land Use and Zoning Law - Development, Environmental, Government Relations, Land Use, Municipal, Real Estate, Zoning, Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Gregory W. Gribben
Practicing in: Corporate Law
Robert D. Hooks
Practicing in: Litigation - Construction
Robert W. Kessler
Practicing in: Trusts and Estates
Harry P. Messina, Jr.
Practicing in: Corporate Law - Banking, Business Planning, Corporate Compliance, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Family Businesses, Leveraged Buyouts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Private Funds, Publicly-Held Companies, Real Estate, Securities, Technology, Venture Capital
Mitchell S. Nusbaum
Practicing in: Real Estate Law - Commercial, Finance, Shopping Center Transactions, Sports Facilities Development and Planning, Tax Certiorari
Donald W. O'Brien, Jr.
Practicing in: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Anthony R. Palermo
Practicing in: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation - Product Liability, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation - Real Estate, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation - Securities, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants - Automobile, Pharmaceutical
René H. Reixach, Jr.
Practicing in: Elder Law, Health Care Law
W. Stephen Tierney
Practicing in: Real Estate Law - Commercial, Tax Certiorari
Samuel O. Tilton
Practicing in: Real Estate Law
Kristopher J. Vurraro
Practicing in: Real Estate Law
