Three Barclay Damon attorneys have been ranked in City & State’s 2023 Upstate Power 100 list: Neil Breslin, of counsel, was ranked ninth; Will Barclay, partner, was ranked 52nd; and Connie Cahill, managing partner, was ranked 81st. The list features “the people who are making this upstate’s time to shine,” including the top leaders in elected office, academia, business, and not-for-profits.
Neil is ranked alongside fellow New York State Senators Tim Kennedy, Michelle Hinchey, Rachel May, Jeremy Cooney, Samra Brouk, and Sean Ryan. About Neil, the article states: “The longtime Insurance Committee chair, Neil Breslin added the ethics committee chair to his portfolio this year. Breslin is a former president of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators.”
Will, minority leader of the New York State Assembly, is ranked with Robert Ortt, minority leader of the New York State Senate. About Will, the article states:
Barclay is celebrating the completion of Oswego’s downtown redevelopment. Ortt and Barclay make appointments to a number of state panels, including the Carpet Stewardship Advisory Board, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute board of directors in Buffalo and the state Commission on Judicial Conduct. They also are legally required to receive numerous briefing reports on such issues as state audits, housing loans, nighttime road work and hearing aid regulations, along with serving on the state land acquisition advisory council.
About Connie, the article states:
Connie Cahill knows bonds. Cahill has focused her legal career on public finance, gaining expertise on New York’s public finance laws to provide valued counsel to state and local government entities, including school districts on bond issues. She is bond counsel to more than 100 municipalities and school districts and has worked on projects funded through the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, the state Environmental Facilities Corp. and the state Municipal Bond Bank Agency.
Click here to see the full 2023 Upstate New York Power 100 list.