BAEC Bulletin | Winter 2022 | 11
Bench and Bar In the News
Phillips Lytle LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Patrick T. Fitzgerald has joined the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. After previously serving in the firm’s Land, Environment and Energy Practice Group, Mr. Fitzgerald is lending his expertise from a prior role with a high profile private equity and investment firm as a member of Phillips Lytle’s Corporate Practice Group. Mr. Fitzgerald focuses his practice on corporate law.
V. Julia Luyster has been admitted to practice in the State of New York after 26 years practicing as a member of the Florida Bar. She continues to practice in both jurisdictions in general civil litigation, appeals, trial support, and family law. She is located in Erie County with her family.
Daniel J. Michalek has been named Junior Partner at Stillwell Midgley Visco. Daniel is a Buffalo native and a 2011 graduate of Michigan State University College of Law. At our firm, Daniel’s practice focuses on the defense of claims against hospitals and healthcare facilities, medical, dental and other healthcare providers, toxic tort defendants, and other personal injury litigants.
Barclay Damon announces Andy Oppenheimer has joined Barclay Damon’s Corporate and Tax Practice Areas. His primary office location is Buffalo. Oppenheimer is a seasoned tax and transactional lawyer whose practice focuses on cross-border and domestic tax and corporate matters involving partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. He advises business clients on a wide range of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, debt and equity financings, and joint ventures. He also advises individuals on their domestic and cross-border tax planning and represents clients in tax disputes with the Internal Revenue Service. Dominick F. Roa has joined Stillwell Midgley Visco as an associate attorney. Dominick is a Buffalo native and earned his J.D. from The University at Buffalo School of Law in 2019. Dominick’s practice is largely devoted to insurance defense litigation for healthcare clients, nursing home litigation, medical and dental malpractice litigation, premises liability, and other personal injury litigants. Kevin Stadelmaier has become the First Deputy Defender at the Erie County Bar Association’s Assigned Counsel Program. Stadelmaier previously served as the Chief Attorney in the Criminal Defense Unit at the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo. He serves on the Board of the NYS Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is that association’s Legislative Chair. Andrea Tarshus , founder of Tarshus Law Firm, has been appointed to the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce board of directors. She was sworn in during a ceremony on January 24, 2022. In 2015, Ms. Tarshus established Tarshus Law Firm, headquartered in Grand Island, which offers a full range of business and corporate law services. She has over a decade of legal experience, providing counsel to a diverse clientele of small businesses, corporations, and organizations throughout New York State.
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