(Syracuse, NY): Bond, Schoeneck & King is pleased to announce 19 of the firm's attorneys have been recognized as 2024 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 and Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Nihla F. Sikkander: Labor and Employment Law – Management

Ones to Watch in Buffalo:

• Nicholas J. Hoffman: Antitrust Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law

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:

• Samuel G. Dobre: Labor and Employment – Management
• Ayanna Y. Thomas: Education Law and Labor and Employment - Management

Ones to Watch in Rochester:

• Claire G. Bopp: Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation
• Stephanie H. Fedorka: Labor and Employment Law - Management
• 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
• Amber L. Lawyer: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Privacy and Data Security
• Elizabeth L. Morgan: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Amy G. Rhinehardt: Environmental Law
• Brendan M. Sheehan: Commercial Litigation
• 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 nearly 300 lawyers serving individuals, companies, nonprofits and public sector entities in a broad range of practice areas. Bond has 16 offices, including 11 in New York State, as well as in Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Kansas.