57 Barclay Damon Attorneys Selected to 2026 Upstate New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

Barclay Damon had 38 attorneys selected to the 2026 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list and another 19 attorneys selected to the 2026 Upstate New York Rising Stars list.
Each year, no more than 5 percent of lawyers in New York are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive the designation. Additionally, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected to receive the Rising Stars honor.

2026 Upstate New York Super Lawyers honorees – Albany office:

• Linda Clark: Health Care (also included on the Top 25 Women list)
• Yvonne Hennessey: Environmental Lit (also included on the Top 50 and Top 25 Women lists)
• Michael Murphy: Employment Lit: Defense
• Melissa Zambri*: Health Care

2026 Upstate New York Rising Stars honorees – Albany office:

• Brienna Braman: Employment & Labor
• Dena DeFazio: Health Care
• Jamie Dughi Hogenkamp: Health Care
• Amanda Miller: PI – Products: Defense

2026 Upstate New York Super Lawyers honorees – Buffalo office:

• Corey Auerbach: Land Use/Zoning
• Jim Domagalski: Business Lit
• Meghan Dwyer: PI – Products: Defense
• Rosemary Enright: Employment & Labor
• Mike Ferdman: Business Lit
• Jen Flannery: Estate & Trust Lit
• Herb Glose: Health Care
• Chris Greene: Health Care
• Bob Heary: Employment & Labor
• Jen Leonardi: Civil Lit: Defense
• Peter Marlette: PI – Products: Defense
• Art Marrapese: Employee Benefits
• Mark McNamara: Eminent Domain
• Mike Moore*: Securities & Corp Fin
• Heidi Ruchala: Class Action
• Vince Saccomando: Civil Lit: Defense
• Carol Snider: Environmental Lit
• Kevin Szczepanski: Insurance Coverage

2026 Upstate New York Rising Stars honorees – Buffalo office:

• Bridget Daley Atkinson*: Prof. Liability: Defense
• Andrew Carroll: Civil Lit: Defense
• Daniel Coleman: Eminent Domain
• C. J. Englert: Insurance Coverage
• Ari Goldberg: Land Use/Zoning
• Jordan Kilijanski: Mergers & Acq
• Rex McKeon: Business/Corp
• Sarah O’Brien: Business Lit
• Rebecca Valentine*: Environmental

2026 Upstate New York Super Lawyers honorees – Rochester office:

• Tom Cronmiller: PI – Products: Defense
• Tony Piazza: Insurance Coverage
• Mark Whitford: Insurance Coverage

2026 Upstate New York Rising Stars honorees – Rochester office:

• Bridget Steele: Health Care
• Earl Storrs III: Insurance Coverage
• Jessica Tariq: Insurance Coverage

2026 Upstate New York Super Lawyers honorees – Syracuse office:

• Robert Barrer: Prof. Liability: Defense
• David Burch: Business Lit
• Rick Capozza: Environmental
• John Cook: IP Lit
• Jon Devendorf: Business Lit
• Jeff Dove: Bankruptcy: Business
• Chris Harrigan: Employment Lit: Defense
• Matt Larkin: PI – Products: Defense (also included on the Top 50 list)
• Buster Melvin: Employment & Labor
• Mike Oropallo: IP Lit
• Michael Sciotti: Employment & Labor
• Rob Thorpe: Employment & Labor
• Christina Verone Juliano*: PI Med Mal: Defense

2026 Upstate New York Rising Stars honorees – Syracuse office:

• Kayla Arias: Business Lit
• Danielle Katz: Business/Corp
• Nicole Mastrocinque: Business Lit

*Denotes that an attorney has been listed for the first time.

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