Attorneys from Law Firm of Frank W. Miller join Hancock Estabrook

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Attorneys Frank W. Miller, Thomas J. Murphy, and Giancarlo Facciponte of the Law Firm of Frank W. Miller have joined Hancock Estabrook, LLP, effective June 12.

Miller and Murphy joined the firm as partners, while Facciponte came aboard as an associate, per the Hancock Estabrook website. 

The lawyers involved focus on civil litigation, employment law, and education law. 

Besides the attorneys, two legal assistants also joined the firm, Timothy Murphy, managing partner of Hancock Estabrook, tells CNYBJ in an email. They’re all now working in the firm’s downtown Syracuse office in Equitable Tower I, he notes.

In its announcement, Hancock Estabrook didn’t disclose any terms of the transaction that added the new attorneys and legal assistants.

“Hancock Estabrook has always been a well-respected and knowledgeable leader in the Central New York legal community,” Frank W. Miller, founder and managing partner of the Law Firm of Frank W. Miller, contended in a new release. “I believe our Firm’s special expertise will complement their varied practices, and we are excited about their attorneys being able to help our Firm’s existing clients in many areas beyond our primary practices of litigation, employment and education.” 

Hancock Estabrook now has 61 attorneys and an overall employee count of 123, Murphy adds.