Hancock Estabrook, LLP

ABIDEMI M. DONOVAN has joined Hancock Estabrook, LLP as an associate attorney, working across all departments of the firm. She earned her law degree from Albany Law School, where she served as a teaching assistant for constitutional law and employment discrimination and as an executive editor for the Albany Law Review. During her tenure at Albany Law School, Donovan was a legal intern at the Litigation Bureau for the New York State Office of the Attorney General and volunteered with the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, National Lawyers Guild, and Disability Rights Advocates. She is fluent in German. Donovan is admitted to practice law in New York state. Recently retired New York State Fourth Department Appellate Division Justice

EDWARD D. CARNI has re-entered private practice as a partner in Hancock Estabrook’s appellate and litigation practices, after more than 25 years on the bench. Judge Carni became an associate justice of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department in 2009. He previously served on the Appellate Division, Second Department and at the trial level as a Supreme Court justice and as a Syracuse City Court judge. As a judge, he presided over many complex cases including commercial, construction, insurance, municipal, products liability, professional liability, and serious personal-injury matters. He also has served as chairman of the Judicial Hearing Officer Selection Advisory Committee - Fourth Department and liaison for the Fifth Judicial District Article 81 Committee. Prior to serving as a judge, Carni was a member of the Syracuse Common Council and was a practicing attorney. He earned his bachelor’s degree from SUNY Cortland and law degree from Whittier College School of Law.