Associate Members
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Raymond Meier, Esq.
501 Main Street
Utica, New York 13501
BS&K has a long history of representing the public sector with a comprehensive array of services to meet their varied and sophisticated needs. Our Municipalities Practice Group draws upon the expertise of attorneys from across the firm to match their areas of concentration with the many and sometimes complex legal issues facing our municipal clients. Our client roster includes 34 cities, 31 counties, 130 towns, 91 villages, 46 school districts and 14 governmental agencies. Our Bond Counsel/Public Finance Practice offers two principal benefits: first, with offices throughout New York State, we are available on short notice to attend meetings, review financing plans and consult with parties. Second, as an Upstate based firm, our fees are typically lower than similarly qualified New York City firms.Our Construction Practice is focused on legal services to owners. We participate in the negotiation and execution of construction contracts and other contract documents necessary for projects to proceed in a timely manner and within cost estimates. When disputes arise, we counsel our clients on negotiation strategies, and we prosecute litigation, arbitration, other forms of dispute resolution, and surety bond claims, as required. Our Energy Law Practice counsels clients about legal obligations that can arise in connection with the purchase, sale, production and distribution of energy under New York State and federal laws and regulations. Our Environmental Law Practice regularly assists municipalities to resolve environmental issues arising under local, state and federal environmental laws and regulations including. Regulatory Compliance, State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") matters, redevelopment of Brownfield sites, and Environmental Enforcement and Litigation. our attorneys are well known, and are respected by state and federal regulatory representatives, both at the regional and headquarters level. Our Government Relations Group represents clients before the New York State Legislature, the Executive branch and all state agencies, including the Departments of Environmental Conservation, Law, State, Labor, Transportation and Taxation and Finance. We have drafted and shepherded through the legislature special legislation. Our Labor and Employment Law Practice serves clients with unionized workforces in such matters as collective bargaining, labor arbitration and representation before the National Labor Relations Board or appropriate Public or State Labor Relations Board in both unfair labor practice and representation matters. For non-unionized clients, we provide assistance in the preparation of personnel policies, including counseling on employee screening and testing, supervisory training, and advice in responding to union organizing campaigns. Our Litigation Practice represents municipalities in a wide range of matters in both state and federal courts, defending municipalities in numerous Article 78 proceedings, defending breach of contract and other claims, including construction disputes. We have represented municipalities and their employees in Section 1983 and other civil rights actions in Federal and State Courts.
Web Address: http://www.bsk.com/
Burke, Miele & Golden, LLP
Richard B. Golden, Esq.
30 Matthews Street
P.O. Box 216
Goshen, New York 10924
Web Address: http://www.bmglawyers.com/
Colucci & Gallaher, P.C.
Anthony J. Colucci III, Esq.
2000 Liberty Building
424 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14202-3695
Web Address: http://www.colucci-gallaher.com/
Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C.
Joshua Heintz, Esq.
555 East Genesee Street
Syracuse, New York 13202
The Syracuse-based law firm of Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C., formerly known as Lombardi Devorsetz Stinziano & Smith, P.C., was established in 1966 when Senator Tarky Lombardi, Sidney Devorsetz, Francis D. Stiniziano and Lynn H. Smith joined together in private practice in downtown Syracuse, New York. Partners William J. Gilberti, Jr. and Joshua H. Heintz joined the firm in 1978 and 1982 respectively. The firm, which still includes former New York State Senator Tarky Lombardi, Jr., now has offices in Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and New York City. Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C. has developed the largest environmental practice in the Northeast, regularly representing a number of Fortune 100 and 500 companies and government entities.
Web Address: www.gilbertilaw.com
Hancock Estabrook, LLP
John F. Corcoran, Esq.
1500 AXA Tower 1
100 Madison Street
Syracuse, New York 13202
Hancock Estabrook, LLP is one of Upstate New York’s leading law firms. We represent clients in a number of different industries, offering counsel and representation on a wide array of legal topics. Our attorneys are recognized in their practice areas as having both the knowledge and experience to represent clients in complex legal matters. At the same time, our attorneys in various practice areas function seamlessly with one another to provide comprehensive and efficient delivery of legal services. Our Firm was founded in 1889 and now occupies four floors of the MONY (Mutual of New York) Tower complex. To this day, the Firm's history is carried on by the founder's grandson, Stewart F. Hancock, Jr., who rejoined the Firm after a distinguished career serving on New York State's highest tribunal, the Court of Appeals. Our legal services are provided in a timely and responsive manner providing our clients with value and personal attention. Our Firm's clients range from corporations traded on national stock exchanges to small local businesses and not-for-profit organizations, and from emerging companies to long-standing enterprises. The Firm's reputation for excellence in handling complex legal matters in its primary practice areas of law is unsurpassed.
Web Address: http://www.hancocklaw.com
Harris Beach PLLC
Patrick M. Malgieri, Esq.
99 Garnsey Road
Pittsford, New York 14534
As one of the largest firms in the city, Harris Beach is often called on to handle situations that demand significant resources. But the firm is well-known for far more than its size. Harris Beach attorneys are known for their ability to apply the unique perspective and creative solutions needed in today’s business environment. They handle multi-million dollar business acquisitions and divestitures, issue bonds for the NYS Thruway and NYS Dormitory authorities and serve as counsel to Fortune 500 companies in complex business litigation. Harris Beach attorneys also guide health systems through regulatory changes, represent public and private organizations in labor and employment issues and construct Initial Public Offering (IPO) plans so the region’s high-tech firms can take their place on the trading board.
Web Address: http://www.harrisbeach.com/main.cfm
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
Robert P. Smith, Esq.
One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 42nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP is the only national law firm in the United States whose practice is devoted primarily to public finance and public projects. Each of our specialty areas supports and complements our municipal transactions practice. The Firm has more attorneys engaged in the full time practice of public finance and projects than any other law firm in the country. This concentration of expertise constitutes an unparalleled resource for our clients. The Firm is consistently ranked among the top in the nation among law firms in terms of volume as bond counsel and underwriters' counsel, according to Thomson Financial, and on a cumulative basis, the Firm has been ranked first nationally since 1980 (when statistics began to be compiled). Hawkins has participated in virtually every type of transaction in the public finance arena. Our project finance and public contracts practices are also distinguished in their breadth and experience. The Firm also has the richest heritage in terms of service to the municipal industry. Founded in 1854, the Firm has been recognized nationally for its bond opinions since the late 19th century. Our attorneys have taken part in many of the landmark undertakings in our nation's history, including tollways, port authorities, housing finance agencies, environmental facilities, fiscal recovery agencies, and non-profit institutions. Hawkins has evolved into a full service public finance law firm of over 100 lawyers. The Firm’s New York office is on the site of Alexander Hamilton's law office, at 67 Wall Street. The Firm now also maintains offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento, California, Washington, D.C., Newark, New Jersey and Hartford, Connecticut. Areas of Practice: Public Finance, Public Law, State and Federal Securities, Tax, Real Estate and Redevelopment, Banking, Eminent Domain, Procurement, Contract, and Privatization.
Web Address: http://www.hdw.com
Jackson Lewis LLP
Greg A. Riolo, Esq.
One North Broadway
White Plains, New York 10601
Jackson Lewis LLP is dedicated to representing management exclusively in workplace law and related litigation. With 20 offices and 375 attorneys nationwide, the firm has a national perspective and sensitivity to the nuances of regional business environments. Jackson Lewis represents employers before state and federal courts and administrative agencies on a wide range of issues including discrimination, constitutional claims, wrongful discharge, wage/hour, affirmative action, immigration, and pension and benefits matters. Jackson Lewis negotiates collective bargaining agreements, participates in arbitration proceedings and represents union-free and unionized employers before NLRB and other federal and state agencies. The firm counsels employers in matters involving workplace health and safety, family and medical leaves and disabilities. The firm devotes a significant portion of its practice to management education and preventive programs. This approach helps limit exposure to grievances, charges and lawsuits. Moreover, we are guided by the principle that a positive work environment results in enhanced morale and increased productivity.
Web Address: http://www.jacksonlewis.com/
Kirby McInerney LLP
Joanne M. Cicala, Esq.
830 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022-3903
Kirby McInerney has a well-earned reputation for integrity, tenacity and innovative approaches. We have achieved and are pursuing landmark results in the fields of securities fraud, corporate governance, consumer, healthcare and antitrust litigation. Our clients include public and private institutions, including governmental entities, Taft-Hartley funds, and other aggrieved institutions and individuals. These parties have suffered financial injuries by some form of malfeasance ranging from securities to Medicaid fraud to antitrust violations. As part of our recovery services for investors, KM monitors client market investments to enhance awareness of possible fraud, understand its significance to our clients' investments, and form the appropriate response. We are retained on a contingency basis, and are paid only if successful in recovering losses. Our fee policy allows our clients to access legal rights and remedies that might otherwise be uneconomical. Because we put ourselves at financial risk in these recovery efforts, we carefully review the merits of all litigation proceedings, both class and individual, before we commit to any litigation initiatives. KM repeatedly has demonstrated the ability to take a case to trial and win; a rarity among the plaintiff's security bar. We have tried securities class actions, massive antitrust cases, and engaged in numerous complex arbitrations. We distinguish ourselves by providing our clients with true strong trial capabilities. Well known trial skills demonstrate at once our competence and capacity, tools that are needed to obtain top dollar on a consensual basis, rather than face a trial. We also pride ourselves on taking unique and innovative approaches to the formulation of litigation strategies that will provide greater benefits to our clients and shareholders. We have produced the most significant swift securities resolutions in the annals of the field, and recovered well in excess of a billion dollars for our clients.
Web Address: http://www.kmslaw.com
Nixon Peabody LLP
David Schraver, Esq.
1100 Clinton Square
Rochester, New York 14604
Nixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest multipractice law firms in the United States, with offices in fourteen cities and more than six hundred attorneys collaborating across fifteen major practice areas. The firm’s size, diversity, and state-of-the-art information systems enable us to offer a comprehensive, integrated range of legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters.
Web Address: http://www.nixonpeabody.com/default.asp
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Thomas E. Myers, Esq.
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10103
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP opened its New York office in 1984. Today, with nearly 200 lawyers in New York, it is among the top forty law firms in the city. Our size, broad-based practice in New York, and international presence clearly position Orrick as a global player today and in the future.
Web Address: www.orrick.com
Roemer Wallens & Mineaux, LLP
James W. Roemer, Esq.
13 Columbia Circle
Albany, NY 12203
Roemer Wallens & Mineaux LLP is a law firm with offices in Albany, the state capital of New York. The firm has a respected reputation for providing its clients with responsive, thoughtful, creative, efficient and effective legal services. The firm is resolution-oriented and recognizes that all aspects of the practice revolve around its clients’ ability, directly and with the assistance of counsel, to negotiate the best possible results.
Web Address: http://rwmattys.com/rwm