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Francis (Chris) Affronti is a divorce, family law lawyer and appellate advocate. He handles cases where the marital estate might involve two blue collar employees who own a house and have some retirement accounts. At the same time, he handles high conflict custody cases and divorces with complex financial issues and extensive marital estates. He is a meticulous and strategic thinker. He handles child support, maintenance, and family offense cases in Supreme and Family Court. He prepares QDROs...

Matthew Ryen is a Rochester, New York native and an attorney with Lacy Katzen LLP . He counsels individuals and businesses across a wide range of legal matters, with a focus on practical guidance tailored to each client’s goals. His practice includes Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, as well as Business Organizations, including LLCs and partnerships. Before joining Lacy Katzen LLP, Matt served as a law clerk with the United States Department of t...

Jacqueline M. Thomas is a Partner with Lacy Katzen LLP in Rochester, New York, and serves as Chair of the firm’s Personal Injury Litigation Department. With more than 25 years of experience as a trial attorney, her practice is focused on personal injury litigation on behalf of plaintiffs. Her work includes Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, representing individuals and families harmed by negligence. Jacqueline handles a wide ran...

Kevin Tompsett serves clients in Pittsford, New York at Harris Beach Murtha, focusing on creditor debtor rights and insolvency matters. He represents a diverse range of clients, including banks, credit unions, finance companies, and long-term care facilities, in consumer and commercial litigation involving replevin actions and fraudulent conveyance cases, as well as the enforcement of money judgments. Within his practice areas of bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights, Kevin assists both secur...

I am the Chief Trial Counsel for The Barnes Firm in New York and California. In addition, I am the Co-Chair for the Labor Law Department at The Barnes Firm. I began practicing law in 1989. I have focused my practice to the representation of people who have been injured in construction accidents, motor vehicle crashes and while using defective products. I have won numerous million dollar verdicts and settlements for my clients in the more than three decades as a personal injury trial lawyer. I...

Carolyn Nussbaum is a partner in the Commercial Litigation group, and a member of the Securities and Governance Litigation team as well as the Class Action team. Carolyn represents companies and their management and leaders who confront business disputes. She is also the Managing Partner for the Rochester office of the firm, where she oversees policies impacting nearly 300 employees. What do you focus on? I concentrate my commercial litigation practice in four main specialized areas, using mo...

Tenacious. Focused. Strategic. These are the core qualities upon which Steve Jones has built his employment litigation practice. Steve is a trusted advisor and experienced trial attorney representing employers of every size. Steve leads the firm’s Labor & Employment Class Action Team and is regularly called upon to defend “bet the company,” high-stakes litigation. His experience includes defense of over 50 class and collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (...

Dave handles a broad range of disputes in state and federal courts, focusing on commercial disputes, construction litigation, intellectual property disputes, including patent and trade dress infringement, surety defense, insurance coverage disputes and product liability matters. He represents clients across many industries, including accounting, agricultural, electrical components, liquor distributors, photographic, mining, printing and sporting goods, as well as mall developers and builders....

“I enjoy identifying novel and practical solutions to clients’ real world issues and helping them to achieve their objectives in a cost-effective manner.” Chris focuses on sophisticated commercial transactions, banking and commercial financing and general corporate law. He represents business clients and entrepreneurs at all stages of their business development, negotiating and documenting matters, complex organizational documents (e.g., sophisticated shareholder, operating ...

John Powers has represented the interests of catastrophically injured individuals for over 50 years. For more than 35 consecutive years, he has been selected by a nationwide vote as one of "The Best Lawyers in America" for his representation of plaintiffs in three separate areas of practice: “medical malpractice law”; “product liability litigation”; and “personal injury litigation.” In 2013, John was named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in...