People news: Westfall Law adds Conroy as associate attorney

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Devon M. Conroy has recently joined Westfall Law PLLC as an associate attorney, the Syracuse–based firm announced on Dec. 15.

Conroy has experience in the areas of premises liability, motor-vehicle accidents, labor law, construction-site accidents, medical and professional malpractice, contract disputes, and workers’-compensation defense.

Prior to joining Westfall Law, he worked in private practice at a medium-sized defense litigation firm in Syracuse, where he gained experience in civil litigation at the state and federal level. Westfall Law’s news release didn’t name Conroy’s previous law firm.

Conroy is originally from Alaska, where he grew up working in construction and commercial fishing for salmon. Conroy attended law school at Syracuse University College of Law. Following law school, he commissioned in the United States Air Force as a judge advocate, where his responsibilities included the prosecution and defense of felony and misdemeanor-level courts-martial and the practice of contract, fiscal, and operational law with U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

He continued his military service after leaving active-duty and is currently a captain in the New York Air National Guard.

Westfall Law is based in the Armory Square area of downtown Syracuse and its law-practice areas include environmental, real estate, business, tax, construction, litigation, estate planning, probate, and immigration, per its website. Melody Westfall is the firm’s managing attorney.