RBJ Legal Excellence Awards 2023 | BridgeTower Media | 28 June 2023 | Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 E Main St, Rochester, NY 14604, US

With the Legal Excellence Awards, The Daily Record and Rochester Business Journal pay tribute to all the ways in which legal professionals work to make our community stronger.

Award categories:
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• Civil Legal Services
• In House Counsel
• Law Firm Administrator
• Law Firm Diversity
• Law Firm Innovation
• Leaders in Law
• Lifetime Achievement
• Paralegal
• Pro Bono Excellence
• Up and Coming Lawyers

2022 Honorees

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• Theodore Baum - McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP

Civil Legal Services
• Vivian M. Aquilina, The Legal Aid Society of Rochester

In House Counsel
• Tiffany D’Angelo, Allstate Insurance
• Shannon L. Hillier, Livingston County
• Robin Stein, Morgan Properties

Law Firm Administrator
• Christopher Gill, Nixon Peabody LLP
• Lyndsay Houle, Connors & Ferris, LLP
• Nicole J. O’Brien, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Law Firm Diversity
• Hurwitz Fine P.C.

Leaders in Law
• Maritza Buitrago, Seventh Judicial District, Monroe County Family Court
• Jeffrey J. Calabrese, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
• Kelly Gotham, NYS Unified Court System
• Grace M. Hanlon, Office of Court Administration
• John G. Horn, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
• Svetlana Ivy, Harris Beach PLLC
• Jason Livingston, Esq, Law Offices of Pullano & Farrow
• Kevin Joseph Mulvehill, Phillips Lytle LLP
• Seema Ali Rizzo, Gallo & Iacovangelo LLP
• Mark Whitford Jr., Barclay Damon LLP

Lifetime Achievement
• Donald O. Chesworth, Tully Rinckey PLLC
• Ann E. Evanko, Hurwitz Fine PC
• Thomas A. Fink, Davidson Fink LLP

Paralegal
• Nicole Harris, Law Offices of Pullano & Farrow PLLC
• Carla Penazek, Harris Beach PLLC
• Julie Wallace, The Zoghlin Group, PLLC
• Erin A. Warr, Zea Proukou PLLC
• Debra L. Williamson, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Pro Bono Excellence
• Leah T. Cintineo, Underberg & Kessler LLP

Up and Coming Lawyers
• Taylor L. Baker, Goldberg Segalla LLP
• Natasha Burdick, Legal Aid Society
• Serena M. Compitello, Underberg & Kessler LLP
• Elizabeth Curwin, Manning & Napier
• Ninteretse Jean Pierre, Nixon Peabody LLP
• Sean McCabe, Harris Beach PLLC
• Lakeshia McCloud, Legal Assistance of Western NY Inc.
• Senovia M. Moncada, University of Rochester, Office of Equity & Inclusion
• Sarah A. Pellerin, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
• Lydia M. Rainey, Wesley Clark & Peshkin LLP
• Glenn R. Schieck, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
• Jessica Simon-Rutledge, City of Rochester