Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, announced that seven of the firm’s partners in Rochester and Buffalo have been named “Lawyer of the Year” in their practice area by The Best Lawyers in America© 2020:
- Jerauld E. Brydges: Litigation – Securities (Rochester)
- John G. Horn: Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants (Buffalo)
- William A. Hoy IV: Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Rochester)
- Thomas J. Hurley: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Buffalo)
- James M. Jenkins: Corporate Governance Law (Rochester)
- Paul D. Sylvestri: Land Use and Zoning Law (Rochester)
- Robert C. Weissflach: Litigation – Labor and Employment (Buffalo)
Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys provided more than 6.7 million detailed evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Inclusion in Best Lawyers® is considered a singular honor. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.