Bond Announces 16 Attorneys Named 2023 Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch

August 18, 2022

(Syracuse, NY): Bond, Schoeneck & King is pleased to announce 16 of the firm's attorneys have been recognized as 2023 Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch. These awards are recognitions given to attorneys who have been in private practice for five to nine years.

Ones to Watch in Albany:

  • Mara D. Afzali: Commercial Litigation
  • Jessica M. Blanchette: Corporate Law
  • Paul J. Buehler III: Labor and Employment Law – Management
  • Nihla F. Sikkander: Labor and Employment Law – Management

Ones to Watch in Buffalo:

  • Nicholas J. Hoffman: Antitrust Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Riane F. Lafferty: Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment

Ones to Watch in Garden City:

  • Jacqueline A. Giordano: Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment

Ones to Watch in Naples:

  • Emma L. Osborne: Trusts and Estates

Ones to Watch in New York:

  • Ayanna Y. Thomas: Education Law

Ones to Watch in Rochester:

  • Claire G. Bopp: Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation
  • Nicholas P. Jacobson: Labor and Employment Law – Management
  • Theresa E. Rusnak: Labor and Employment Law – Management

Ones to Watch in Syracuse:

  • Samuel P. Burgess: Health Care Law
  • Stephanie H. Fedorka: Labor and Employment Law – Management
  • Amber L. Lawyer: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Privacy and Data Security
  • Sunny I. Tice: Real Estate Law

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys through peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity. 

Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC is a law firm with 275 lawyers serving individuals, companies, nonprofits and public sector entities in a broad range of practice areas. Bond has 10 offices in New York State as well as offices in Boston, Kansas City, Naples, West Palm Beach and Red Bank, New Jersey.