Legal Services of Central New York (LSCNY) has appointed a director of development and four staff attorneys. Michael J. Balanoff has been named LSCNY’s director of development. Previously, he was a member of the law firm of Bousquet Holstein PLLC since 1998. Balanoff has been a practicing lawyer in Syracuse for more than 42 years. […]
Legal Services of Central New York (LSCNY) has appointed a director of development and four staff attorneys. Michael J. Balanoff has been named LSCNY’s director of development. Previously, he was a member of the law firm of Bousquet Holstein PLLC since 1998. Balanoff has been a practicing lawyer in Syracuse for more than 42 years. Ashley M. Kaplan has joined LSCNY’s advocacy group as a staff attorney. She previously worked with Olinsky Law Group. Kerisha Hawthorne-Greer has joined the LSCNY Binghamton office as a staff attorney after having graduated from SUNY Buffalo Law School. While in school, she interned with NYS Supreme Court Justice Tracey A. Bannister, the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, and Neighborhood Legal Services. Sharon A. Sorkin has also joined the Binghamton office. She began at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP and after moving to Syracuse, she joined the civil program of the Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society while also teaching First Amendment Law at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Adam Crowley has joined the LSCNY Syracuse office as a staff attorney. He previously worked at Gale, Gale & Hunt LLC as an associate attorney. From 2011-2013, Crowley was a litigation associate at White & Case, LLP, New York, N.Y. From 2010-2011, he was a public interest fellow at LSCNY.
