(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.