Rochester, New York, August 17, 2023 – Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, is pleased to announce that six of the firm’s partners in Rochester and Buffalo have been named “Lawyer of the Year” in their practice area by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition. The attorneys recognized and their areas of recognition are:
- Peter H. Abdella | Litigation – Construction and Litigation – Real Estate; Rochester, NY
- Phillip A. Delmont | Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Buffalo, NY
- John G. Horn | Litigation – Real Estate; Buffalo, NY
- Christopher M. Potash | Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Rochester, NY
- Craig S. Wittlin | Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Rochester, NY
- Robert C. Weissflach | Litigation – Labor & Employment; Buffalo, NY
Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. For the 2024 list, more than 13.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 76,000 leading lawyers being honored in the new edition. “Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.