Buffalo, New York, February 24, 2025 – Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, is pleased to announce that Michael N. Vranjes has been appointed to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens board of directors.
The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is located on South Park Avenue in Buffalo, New York. The Botanical Gardens is a national historic site, education center, event venue, and tourist destination full of exotic horticulture treasures from around the world. The Botanical Gardens is the product of landscaping architect Frederick Law Olmsted, glass-house architects Lord & Burnham, and botanist and plant-explorer John F. Cowell.
As counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group, Vranjes concentrates his practice on patent prosecution and the protection of technology in various technical disciplines, with an emphasis on mechanical, biomedical, optical, software, and electrical inventions.
Vranjes attended the University at Buffalo, earning a dual Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace and mechanical engineering, as well as his Juris Doctor degree. As a former mechanical engineer, Michael provides clients with the unique perspective of an attorney who not only understands the science behind many different technologies, but also the legal side required to protect their rights.
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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®.