Bond Announces Albany Attorneys Named 2026 “Lawyers of Year” and Best Lawyers in America®
August 21, 2025
Bond, Schoeneck & King is pleased to announce that two attorneys in its Albany office have been named “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective areas of law and seven Albany attorneys have been named the 2026 Best Lawyers in America. Bond attorneys receiving this recognition in their respective fields are:
Lawyer of the Year:
- Sanjeeve K. DeSoyza: Employment Law – Management
- Thomas W. Simcoe: Trusts and Estates
Best Lawyers in America:
- John M. Bagyi: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Sanjeeve K. DeSoyza: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Hermes Fernandez: Administrative / Regulatory Law and Health Care Law
- Ryan P. Keleher: Commercial Litigation
- Stuart F. Klein: Commercial Litigation
- Robert F. Manfredo: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Thomas W. Simcoe: Trusts and Estates
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 an AmLaw 200 law firm with more than 300 lawyers serving companies, nonprofits public sector entities and individuals in a broad range of practice areas. Bond has 14 offices, including 10 in New York State, as well as in Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Kansas.
