16 | May/June 2022 | BAEC Bulletin
2022-2023 Elections
Candidates for Deputy Treasurer, Treasurer-Elect
Elect one
Since completing his clerkship with the late Judge John T. Elfvin more than two decades ago, John Horn has been a lawyer with Harter Secrest & Emery. A Chambers USA-ranked Band 1 litigator, John has handled complex commercial, construction, Indian law, and environmental matters throughout New York State and beyond. Among John’s most notable litigation achievements has been making new contract, environmental, and land use law in the New York Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. John has led HSE’s growth in Western New York through his role as Partner in Charge of the firm’s Buffalo office since 2009. John’s community contributions have included service on the boards of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hauptman- Woodward Medical Research Institute, the Minority Bar Foundation, and the National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York. Among the service recognitions of which he is proudest are the NFJC’s If elected, I would bring a diverse perspective to the Board of Directors as an in-house attorney, as a minority, as a working mother, and as a first-generation attorney. I currently work as a Senior Attorney at National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation. Prior to my current role, I was an Associate at Connors LLP and Goldberg Segalla LLP. I am actively involved in the planning of the Empire State Legal Diversity Career Fair as a committee member. I have also been an active participant with the Bar’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. In 2021, I served as President of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York (MBAWNY). I also served MBAWNY as Vice President-Elect (2020), as a Director (2019), and as Corresponding Secretary (2018). I have also been actively involved in SUNY Buffalo’s Law Alumni Association’s Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Group. I am currently serving as President. Prior to serving as
Community Leader Legal Award, the New York State Bar Association’s Empire Counsel Pro Bono Award, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York’s Pro Bono Special Service Award, and the NYSBA’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award. A 1985 graduate of City Honors High School, John went on to earn degrees from the University of Rochester, Northwestern University, and Loyola University Chicago School of Law. In 2001, he was a founding board member and tutor in Erie County’s Lawyers for Learning program at P.S. 17, and today he mentors UB Law School students through the Minority Bar Association of Western New York’s mentoring program. John and his wife Janice, a Vice President of Human Resources at Rich Products, are the proud parents of twin daughters Ava and Brooke, who are finishing up their first years of college at George Washington University and the University of Miami. President, I served the following executive roles on the board, Vice President/President- Elect, Treasurer, and Treasurer-Elect. I am also a Director on the board for the Defense Trial Layers Association of Western New York. Aside from volunteering in the Western New York Legal community, I also volunteer for Nichols School and Buffalo Prep. I would encourage BAEC activities that (1) foster justice and fairness, (2) engage diverse voices/perspectives, and (3) improve our profession. I believe I have earned the trust and respect of my peers, and I respectfully ask for your support.
John G. Horn
Partner Harter Secrest & Emery, LLP
Sarah M. Washington Senior Attorney National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
New Perspective, New Day, Vote Washington!
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