Buffalo, New York, March 13, 2025 – Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, is pleased to announce that John G. Horn has been appointed to the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo board of directors.
For more than a century, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has enhanced and encouraged long-term philanthropy in the Western New York community. A 501 (c)(3) organization, the Community Foundation’s mission is: Connecting people, ideas and resources to improve lives in Western New York. Established in 1919, the Community Foundation has made the most of the generosity of individuals, families, foundations and organizations who entrust charitable assets to the Community Foundation’s care.
A partner in Harter Secrest & Emery’s Litigation practice, Horn has litigated complex business, construction, Native American law, and environmental disputes in state, federal, appellate, and tribal courts, as well as in mediation and arbitration. He has been selected as a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America-Trial Lawyer Honorary Society. Horn is recognized by Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America®, and Super Lawyers and is the recipient of the 2020 Community Leader Legal Award from the National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York.
Horn earned a B.A. from the University of Rochester, an M.A. from Northwestern University, and received a J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He is active in several professional and community organizations, including serving as director of the Minority Bar Foundation and a Diversity & Inclusion Council member for the Buffalo Niagara Partnership. Horn served as Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Buffalo office from 2009-2023. With decades of volunteer work for community and civic organizations throughout Western New York, Horn currently serves as Chair of Harter Secrest & Emery’s Inclusion and Equity Committee.
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®.