Harter Secrest & Emery Celebrates 55 Lawyers in the 2025 Best Lawyers and 14 in Ones to Watch

Rochester, New York, August 15, 2024 – Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, is pleased to announce that 55 of the firm’s attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® and 14 attorneys were selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America 2025 editions. The firm’s honorees are recognized across 64 fields of practice.

The HSE attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers^® are:

Peter H. Abdella	Anthony T. Lee
Kenneth W. Africano	Alexander R. McClean
Daniel J. Altieri	Ralph K. Merzbach
John A. Anderson	Benjamin E. Mudrick
Thomas R. Anderson	C. Christopher Murillo
Michael J. Berchou	Frank A. Novak
Jerauld E. Brydges	Martin W. O’Toole
Jeffrey J. Calabrese	Edward Pelta
Edward Case	Christopher M. Potash
Joseph G. Casion	Kelly A. Pronti
Margaret A. Catillaz	Patrick J. Quigley
Daniel W. Collins	Michael Roche
Gregory J. Coughlin	Glenn R. Schieck
Michael Damia	Brian B. Shaw
Phillip A. Delmont	Sheldon K. Smith
Megan K. Dorritie	Steven Y. Solomon
Anne F. Downey	Erika N.D. Stanat
Timothy M. Fitzgerald	Paul D. Sylvestri
Nicholas Gatto	Patrick M. Tomovic
Joshua E. Gewolb	Edward H. Townsend
F. Paul Greene	Thomas M. Tuori
Amy L. Hemenway	Melissa M. Valle
Paul W. Holloway	Jeffrey A. Wadsworth
John G. Horn	Robert C. Weissflach
Thomas J. Hurley	Mark R. Wilson
Amy J. Kellogg	Craig S. Wittlin
David M. Kresock

The HSE attorneys recognized as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America are:

Ryan C. Altieri	Tammy L. Garcia-Klipfel
Lindsey N. Bober	Chloe J. Macdonald
Jessica N. Clemente	Anna S.M. McCarthy
Christina M. Deats	Margaret K. Rhoda
Matthew A. Eldred	Rayza Santiago
Jonathan R. Jasinski	Kristin F. Zimar
Caitlin F. Kireker

Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. For the 2025 list, more than 23 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 80,000 leading lawyers being honored in the 31st edition. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America selection recognizes lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. Like traditional Best Lawyers awards, a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognition is based entirely on peer review.

About Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP is a full-service business law firm with attorneys throughout New York representing clients ranging from individuals and family-owned businesses to Fortune 100 companies and major regional institutions. With offices in Rochester, Buffalo, Albany, Corning, and New York City, New York, the firm and its attorneys are consistently recognized by the industry’s leading law firm and attorney ranking programs, including Chambers and Partners, Best Law Firms^® and The Best Lawyers in America^®.