Bond, Schoeneck & King is pleased to announce 18 of the firm's attorneys have been recognized as 2026 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
• Erin M. Callahan: Labor and Employment – Management

Ones to Watch in Buffalo:

• Daniel R. Carosa: Intellectual Property Law
• Andrew R. Mark: Education Law, Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Kathleen McGraw: Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Sarah K. Spencer: Real Estate Law

Ones to Watch on Long Island:

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

Ones to Watch in New York:

• Mallory A. Campbell: Education Law, Labor and Employment Law – Management 
• Samuel G. Dobre: Labor and Employment – Management
• Elizabeth Heifetz: Immigration Law
• Jason F. Kaufman: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Ones to Watch in Syracuse:

• Jonathan L. Gray: Corporate Law
• Amber L. Lawyer: Business Organizations (including LLC’s and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Privacy and Data Security
• Elizabeth L. Morgan: Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Daniel J. Nugent: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Hannah Redmond: Labor and Employment Law – Management

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.