Moses to receive OCBA Distinguished Lawyer award

SYRACUSE — Edward J. Moses, a partner at Mackenzie Hughes LLP, has been named the 2019 Distinguished Lawyer award recipient by the Onondaga County Bar Association (OCBA). 

Moses will receive the award at OCBA’s 144th annual dinner on Oct. 23 at the Syracuse Marriott Downtown.

The Distinguished Lawyer award recognizes “a superior commitment to excellence in the legal profession,” according to a news release from Mackenzie Hughes. Moses, who was also recognized by the OCBA last year for his 50 years of legal service, is a corporate law attorney whose practice concentrates on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, business formations and succession planning. 

Moses currently serves on the legal committee and as an honorary trustee on the board of trustees at the Christian Brothers Academy, a member of the board of directors of the Georgetown Club of Central New York and its University Regional Alumni Interview Committee, and as a member of the Catholic Charities – House of Providence Annual Dinner Committee, per the release. 

Moses was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court in 1974, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit in 1976, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in 2005. 

A graduate of Syracuse University’s College of Law in 1968, Moses attended Georgetown for his undergraduate degree. Moses also served in the U.S. Coast Guard, where he specialized in port security.