Awards and Recognition

Damon Morey LLP has always been recognized as a continuously growing organization. Our professional reputation in the legal community is highlighted by the various accolades we continue to receive each year. While not a complete list of the firm’s accomplishments, the following is a sample of some of our awards and recognitions:

ALFA INTERNATIONAL
Damon Morey is a member of the ALFA International legal network. ALFA International is a global network of independent business focused law firms. Founded in 1980, ALFA International is the oldest legal network and remains one of the largest and strongest. The ALFA organization is comprised of 145 member firms with 85 members in the United States and 60 members in Latin and South America, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Africa, Australia/New Zealand, and throughout Asia.

With only one firm in each major metropolitan area, membership in ALFA is competitive and based upon peer recommendation and evaluation. Damon Morey is proud to be the representative in Buffalo, New York. To learn more about this prestigious organization, visit www.alfainternational.com

BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA®
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” In 2011 alone, Damon Morey had 26 attorneys selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® 2012  


SUPER LAWYERS
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. In 2011, a total of 16 Damon Morey attorneys earned the designation as Super Lawyers in New York State as named by Super Lawyers magazine. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers. Additionally, Damon Morey attorneys Thomas Drury and William Savino have been named to the Top 50 Upstate New York Attorneys and for the first time William Savino was named to the Top 10 Upstate New York Attorneys.
 
MARTINDALE HUBBELL
Recognized for high professional legal standards and ethics by both peers and clients receiving a Preeminent AV Rating where "A" signifies the highest level of legal ability, while "V" denotes very high adherence to the professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability, and diligence.

OTHER HONORS

  • Named as a member of the New York Law Journal's Top 100 (firms ranked by size)
  • A member of the Of Counsel 700 Largest US Law Firms
  • Awarded the Large Law Firm of the Year Award by Bar Association of Erie County's Volunteer Lawyers Project in both 2004 and 2005
  • Recognized as one of the three top law firms in Buffalo, New York by Corporate Board Member Magazine and Business First of Buffalo