Mary Jo S. Korona

Paul G. Barden is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Health Care Law, Litigation - Health Care and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Paul G., who practices law in Rochester, New York, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Paul G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Harry Trueheart, the firm’s Chairman Emeritus, focuses his practice on helping clients resolve business disputes, particularly international disputes, through litigation, arbitration and mediation. What do you focus on? Dispute Resolution I litigate a wide range of business disputes from investment, to M&A to competition, accounting and technology issues in courts and in arbitrations. I have particular experience in international arbitration, representing both businesses and governm...

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...

Josh Steele serves as a representative for both private and public sector employers in Pittsford, New York, covering diverse employment law matters. His experience spans from tackling wage and hour class action lawsuits to managing litigation and administrative proceedings under pivotal regulations such as Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the New York Labor and Human Rights Law. Alongside his work i...

Kyle D. Gooch is a seasoned attorney at Harris Beach Murtha, located in Pittsford, New York. His practice is concentrated in complex commercial litigation, appellate practice, and litigation involving environmental matters. Kyle handles diverse cases, including consumer class actions, trademark infringement, false advertising disputes, and more. He has extensive experience representing clients in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer products, food and beverage, and finan...

Shawn Griffin, based in Pittsford, New York, is an attorney at Harris Beach Murtha, focusing on municipal, commercial, and corporate law. He assists clients in both private and public financing transactions. His work emphasizes various commercial and real estate transactions, involving industrial development agencies, urban renewal organizations, local development corporations, land use, zoning, and federal, state, and local incentives. His experience encompasses structured financing, includi...

James Locke is a business lawyer with experience in a wide range of business law matters. He has been the lead attorney on large public company mergers and on numerous asset and stock acquisitions and dispositions of public and private companies. Mr. Locke is also engaged in counseling boards of directors of public companies, in representing clients with respect to continued compliance with federal securities laws, and in certain venture capital and other financings, including those in the te...

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...

Bob Burgdorf’s practice concentrates on general real estate law, zoning, and legal services to higher education institutions. Representative clients include private developers, public utilities, college and universities, energy companies and commercial landlords and tenants. What do you focus on? Land use and zoning I have concentrated much of my practice in representing companies in contested land use and zoning projects, including securing permitting for more than 1,500 cell tower sit...

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...