Even attorneys have been elected to the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association.
The 30-member Executive Committee oversees the management and administration of the state bar within policies determined by its governing body, the House of Delegates, according to the association.
The new executive-committee members include the following six lawyers from Upstate:
- Alyssa M. Barreiro of Binghamton, vice president of the 6th Judicial District. A graduate of Binghamton University and the Syracuse University College of Law, Barreiro is a partner of Levene Gouldin & Thompson. She is the founder and chair of the Health Law Practice Group.
- T. Andrew Brown of Rochester, vice president of the 7th Judicial District. A graduate of Syracuse University and University of Michigan Law School, Brown is the corporation counsel for the City of Rochester and managing partner of Brown & Hutchinson.
- Hermes Fernandez of Albany, vice president of the 3rd Judicial District. A graduate of Le Moyne College and Syracuse University College of Law, Fernandez is a member of Bond, Schoeneck & King. He is co-chair of the firm’s Health Practice Group.
- Bryan D. Hetherington of Rochester, member-at-large. A graduate of LaSalle College and Cornell Law School, Hetherington is the chief counsel of the Empire Justice Center.
- Elena DeFio Kean of Albany, member-at-large. A graduate of the College of Saint Rose and Albany Law School, Kean is a partner of Towne, Ryan & Partners. She concentrates her practice on labor and employment and municipal law matters.
- Stuart J. LaRose of Syracuse, vice president of the 5th Judicial District. A graduate of Le Moyne College and Western New England University School of Law, LaRose is a solo practitioner. He concentrates his practice in family law and criminal law.
Their terms began on June 1.
The 75,000-member New York State Bar Association says it is the largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. It was founded in 1876.θ
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