Laura L. Spring has joined Cohen Compagni Beckman Appler & Knoll, PLLC as a partner in the employment practice group. She has been a practicing attorney for more than 25 years. Spring is a graduate of the University of Buffalo and Pace University School of Law. Gregory D. Eriksen has joined the firm as an associate. He will practice with both the health care and litigation practice groups. Previously, Eriksen worked as a litigation attorney in Syracuse. He also served as a law clerk to Frederick J. Scullin, U.S. District Court judge, Northern District of New York. Eriksen is a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law and Middlebury College.