Best Lawyers in America® Names 16 Bond Attorneys 2025 "Lawyer of the Year"
August 15, 2024
Bond, Schoeneck & King is pleased to announce that 16 of its attorneys have been named the 2025 "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America for their respective practice areas. Only one lawyer in any practice area in a city is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year." Bond attorneys receiving this recognition in their respective cities and fields are:
Albany:
- Michael D. Billok: Labor Law – Management
- Sanjeeve K. DeSoyza – Employment Law - Management
- Hermes Fernandez: Administrative / Regulatory Law
Buffalo:
- Vincent O. Hanley: Litigation – Land Use and Zoning Law
- Daniel P. Forsyth: Labor Law – Management
- Randall M. Odza: Employment Law – Management
Kansas City:
- Richard J. Evrard: Sports Law
Long Island:
- Terry O’Neil: Employment Law – Management
Rochester:
- Edward P. Hourihan, Jr.: Construction Law
Syracuse:
- Kevin M. Bernstein: Environmental Law
- Stephen A. Donato: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Peter A. Jones: Labor Law – Management
- Larry P. Malfitano: Education Law
- Robert A. LaBerge: Employment Law – Management
- Jeffrey B. Scheer: Corporate Law
- Matthew N. Wells: Public Finance 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 an AmLaw 200 law firm with more than 300 lawyers serving individuals, companies, nonprofits and public sector entities in a broad range of practice areas. Bond has 15 offices, including 11 in New York State, as well as in Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Kansas.
