Bond, Schoeneck and King, PLLC announced today that it has successfully completed its planned combination with Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, resulting in a 52-lawyer office. This makes Bond one of the largest law firms in Buffalo and Upstate New York. The combination was first announced on Sept. 30. More >>

The law partnerships of Bond, Schoeneck and King, PLLC and Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP voted today to combine their firms which will create a 51-lawyer Bond office in Buffalo that will expand services available to clients, better position Bond to meet the legal needs of a growing Buffalo and Western New York economy, and place Bond among the largest firms in each of the four major Upstate markets. More >>

Hiscock & Barclay and Damon Morey today announced the firms have established a 275-attorney, super-regional law firm with a wider array of special client services and expertise built on more than 250 years of combined legal experience.

The new firm, to be called Barclay Damon effective today, has substantial offices with 30 to 105 attorneys each in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany. Barclay Damon also has growing offices in New York City, New Jersey, Boston, Toronto, New York’s Southern Tier, and Washington, D.C. More >>

Harris Beach PLLC is pleased to announce the expansion of its statewide health care practice with the addition of four partners, namely Julie M. Bargnesi, Patrick B. Curran, Amy Archer Flaherty and Meghann N. Roehl, formerly with the Damon Morey law firm in Buffalo, NY. The transition will take place by June 1, 2015. All four are noted for their medical malpractice defense and representation of hospitals, health care systems, nursing homes, physicians, dentists and other licensed medical professionals throughout Western New York. In addition to their health care services practice, they also bring experience in appellate work, general and product liability, regulatory compliance, governmental investigations, and professional disciplinary matters. The four partners will be joined by two associates, Daniel J. Brady and Jason T. Britt, one senior counsel, Janice A. Barber, four nurse consultants and five administrative assistants, bringing the office up to 30 attorneys and 70 people including support staff. More >>

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, one of Rochester, New York’s oldest and largest law firms, announced today that it is opening a Buffalo, New York office, effective October 6, 2014. The Firm also announced that four Buffalo based attorneys will be joining the Firm as partners, effective as of the same date. The attorneys include business litigator and debtor’s/creditor’s rights attorney and William F. Savino, private equity and corporate lawyer Christian J. Henrich, general business lawyer Anthony L. Eugeni, and business litigator, Brian D. Gwitt. All four attorneys were formally with the Buffalo firm, Damon & Morey, LLP, where Savino served as the Chairman of the Business Litigation and Insolvency practices and Henrich served as the Co-Chair of the Business and Corporate practice and Chair of the Private Equity practice. More >>