March 2006
03/28/2006 Damon & Morey Attorney Carol Snider To Serve As A
Featured Panelist At National Retail Conference
03/25/2006 Eight Damon & Morey Attorneys Named to “Best Lawyers
in America”
03/15/2006 Damon & Morey Newsletter Details Recent Changes in
Employee Benefits Law
03/10/2006 With Unprecedented Firm Growth Comes New Management
Appointments at Damon & Morey
03/09/2006 Immigration Attorney Michael E. Marszalkowski Joins
Damon & Morey As Special Counsel
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Damon & Morey attorney
Carol G. Snider will serve
as a featured panelist at ALFA International’s 5th Annual National
Retail Conference to be held in Palm Beach, Florida on June 7-9, 2006.
The conference entitled Teamwork for Tomorrow: Strategies for
Retail Success was created as a forum for representatives from the
retail industry and their legal counsel to discuss the central issues
and trends causing problems and exposures.
A featured conference panelist, Ms. Snider is a Partner at Damon &
Morey LLP, who is a member of both the Litigation Department and the
Environmental Practice Group. Her primary focus has been in the area
of environmental exposure litigation, environmental coverage and
product liability.
ALFA International is a global network of independent law firms.
Founded in 1980, ALFA is the oldest legal network and remains one of
the largest and strongest today. The ALFA organization is comprised of
120 member firms with 85 members in the United States and 35 members
in Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific Rim. In the
United States, ALFA members maintain offices in 95 of the 100 largest
metropolitan areas.
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Damon & Morey LLP
is proud to announce that eight of the firm's partners were named as
Best Lawyers in America© - 2007 Edition by Woodward White.
Published since 1983, The Best
Lawyers in America© recognizes attorneys from across the United
States in fifty-seven distinct legal specialties. The list is compiled
through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 16,000 of the top
lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
The current edition is based on more than 415,000 detailed evaluations
of lawyers by other lawyers.
The following Damon & Morey partners
were named Best Lawyers in America© for 2007:
Melinda G. Disare - Labor and
Employment Law
Thomas J. Drury - Personal
Injury Defense Litigation
Anne C. Evans - Real Estate
Law
Vincent J. Moore - Real Estate
Law
Gust P. Pullman -
Intellectual Property Law
William F. Savino -
Commercial Litigation
Frederick A. Wolf - Land Use &
Zoning Law
Gregory C. Yungbluth -
Corporate Law
These individuals join
Christopher T. Greene (Health
Care Law), James N. Schmit
(Labor and Employment Law), and
Robert J. Plache (Trusts and Estates), who are presently and
were previously listed in the guide.
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Damon & Morey LLP has
published a new issue of Action Alert, the quarterly firm newsletter
that notifies clients, contacts, and the community-at-large about the
important changes in Employee Benefits Law. Authored by
Pamela J. Fielding, the
March issue discusses Qualified Retirement Plans and Fringe & Welfare
Benefit Plans.
Ms. Fielding is an attorney and human
resources consultant with nineteen years of experience in all aspects
of employee benefits law, including the design, drafting, compliance,
and administration of defined benefit, 401(k), ESOP, health and
welfare, and executive compensation plans. She has advised clients
with respect to employee benefits in mergers and acquisitions; COBRA
and HIPAA compliance; fiduciary duties; and multiemployer withdrawal
liability. She has represented employers in connection with ERISA
litigation matters, IRS and DOL audits, and PBGC proceedings.
Ms. Fielding has extensive experience
working with Fortune 500, multi-national; tax-exempt and governmental
organizations. Previously, she was a Senior Manager in the Global
Employment Solutions Practice with both Deloitte Tax LLP and Ernst &
Young LLP.
A free copy of the publication may be
downloaded from this site by clicking
here.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – In support of the firm's continued
growth, Damon & Morey LLP announced changes to its management team.
Christopher T. Greene has
been named Chair of the Firm, and
Peter S. Marlette has been named Managing Partner.
Thomas J. Drury,
Franklin W. Heller and
Barbara L. Schifeling will
continue as members of the firm’s Management Committee along with Mr.
Greene and Mr. Marlette.
“Our attorneys’ knowledge and experience partnered with our deep
commitment to client service have made our firm successful and respected
in the marketplace. It is with pride – both in what we have accomplished
and what is yet to come - that I take on my new role as Firm Chairman,”
said Christopher T. Greene.
Mr. Greene will continue to be involved in overall firm management, but
he will focus his efforts on strategic direction, business development,
and community involvement. A Senior Partner in the firm’s Business and
Corporate Department, he works primarily with closely-held businesses
and not-for-profit corporations. His practice focuses on health care
corporate and regulatory matters, corporate and partnership formations,
business start-ups, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, debt and
equity financing, and franchising. Mr. Greene received his B.A. degree
from Amherst College and his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the State
University of New York at Buffalo.
“Since 1917, our firm has represented and advised businesses and
individuals across the state and across the country. With eighty-three
attorneys, Damon & Morey is one of the largest law firms in Western New
York. In my role as Managing Partner, we plan to continue to diversify
our practice while expanding our expertise, geographic reach, and
national and international client base,” said Peter S. Marlette.
Mr. Marlette will continue to provide firm leadership while also being
responsible for day-to-day firm management and the ongoing
implementation of the firm's strategic plan. A Senior Partner in the
Litigation Department, Mr. Marlette devotes a substantial portion of his
practice to the defense of high exposure products liability, toxic
substance, and trucking litigation. He also represents corporations in
large commercial litigation and arbitrations both domestically and
internationally. Mr. Marlette received his B.A. degree from Dartmouth
College and his J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Damon & Morey LLP is a full-service law firm calling on the knowledge
and experience of eighty-three attorneys. The firm’s major areas of
practice include Business and Corporate Law, Business Litigation &
Insolvency, General Litigation, Labor & Employment, Probate, Trust, &
Estate, and Real Estate and Banking. Founded in 1917, the firm currently
maintains three offices - the firm’s headquarters in Buffalo with
additional offices in Rochester and Batavia.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Damon & Morey is proud to announce
that Michael E. Marszalkowski
has joined the firm as Special Counsel. Mr. Marszalkowski will serve as
the chair of the firm’s Immigration Practice Group.
Mr. Marszalkowski focuses his practice on immigration law including such
matters as business immigration, immigrant visas, labor certification,
physician waivers, national interest cases, removal matters, asylum
cases and family unification.
Additionally, he has developed an international reputation for his
expertise in entertainment related matters. His clients include
recording artists, award winning directors and cameramen in the film and
television industry, producers and engineers in the recording industry,
and production, sound and lighting companies in the entertainment
industry. Mr. Marszalkowski also represents professionals in the
information technology industry, physicians and medical professionals,
multi national executives, as well as professional athletes and coaches.
Mr. Marszalkowski is general counsel for Vive, Inc., a not for profit
refugee agency. A frequent lecturer, he has spoken on immigration topics
at numerous seminars and conferences. He has provided attorney training
for such organizations as the Bar Association of Erie County and the
Volunteer Lawyers Project. He is also the former, three-time Chair of
the Immigration Law Committee of the Bar Association of Erie County.
Mr. Marszalkowski received his B.A, cum laude, and his J.D., magna cum
laude, from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Damon & Morey LLP is a full-service law firm calling on the knowledge
and experience of eighty-three attorneys. The firm’s major areas of
practice include Business and Corporate Law, Business Litigation &
Insolvency, General Litigation, Labor & Employment, Probate, Trust, &
Estate, and Real Estate and Banking. Founded in 1917, the firm currently
maintains three offices - the firm’s headquarters in Buffalo with
additional offices in Rochester and Batavia.
