Mr. Baird is Of Counsel to the Firm. Mr. Baird's practice focuses on estate planning, wills and trusts, estate administration, and general business law. Mr. Baird received his BA from Haverford College in 1972 and his JD from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law in 1983.

Mr. Baird devotes considerable time to public service matters. He is a trustee of The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation and has been active in numerous local charities. Mr. Baird received the Nichols School Distinguished Alumni Award and the University at Buffalo School of Law's Community Service Award.

Ms. Chadsey is a Partner with the Firm. Her practice includes commercial and environmental litigation, commercial financing and environmental and real estate law.

Ms. Chadsey has represented clients in litigation matters throughout the United States in both state and federal courts, covering a broad spectrum of issues, including commercial disputes, trademark infringement, environmental matters, employment issues, real estate and foreclosure matters and municipal law matters. Ms. Chadsey has also represented clients on appeal to both state and federal appellate courts. She represents clients in commercial arbitrations and is a certified commercial mediator.

Ms. Chadsey regularly represents both lenders and borrowers in commercial financing transactions. She has represented both private and public entities in the acquisition of real property and its development.

Ms. Chadsey has extensive experience with both state and federal environmental laws and programs, including the Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, along with their state counterparts. Ms. Chadsey was environmental counsel to a former Fortune 500 company, now privately held, for 19 years. In such capacity, she was involved with M&A transactions, regulatory compliance and defense of both private and governmental environmental claims. Currently, she represents businesses, lending institutions, municipalities and commercial borrowers in property investigation and remediation projects, real property acquisition and development and Brownfield re-development programs. Ms. Chadsey also represents corporate, commercial, financial and municipal clients that have been identified as Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) under CERCLA and other federal and state environmental regulatory programs and has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in actions under the New York State Oil Pollution Spill Act.

Ms. Chadsey received a B.S. in Regional and Urban Planning from SUNY College at Buffalo in 1983 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1987 where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a Teaching Assistant in the Law School’s Clinical Program. Ms. Chadsey is admitted to practice in New York State, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, all New York federal courts and bankruptcy courts and is also admitted to the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Chadsey sits on the Board of Directors of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. a NASDAQ listed company and holding company for the Northwest Savings Bank. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Northwest Savings Bank. Her volunteer and community service includes her work as a member of the Board of Directors of the University District C.D.A., Inc. / Gloria J. Parks Community Center. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Western New York Land Conservancy.

Ms. Eagen is an Associate with Kavinoky Cook LLP. She concentrates her practice in the areas of intellectual property law, including trademark prosecution and litigation, as well as general business litigation. Ms. Eagen is admitted to practice law in the State of New York (2010), and the United States District Court Western District of New York (2010).

Ms. Eagen graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. She graduated cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 2009 with a Juris Doctor degree.

Ms. Eagen is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the Bar Association of Erie County.

Mr. Gardner is a Partner with the Firm. He represents a wide range of private companies and public companies as their general counsel, securities compliance counsel and in connection with specific transactions, including private offerings. Mr. Gardner has particular experience advising publicly held exploration stage resource companies whose shares trade in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to his general business and securities practice, Mr. Gardner is U.S. counsel to an international public authority. Mr. Gardner's practice areas include securities law, corporate law, general business transactions, venture capital financing and business combinations.

Mr. Gardner received a B.A. with honors from Brown University in 1981 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1984. Mr. Gardner is admitted to the state bars of New York and Massachusetts. Mr. Gardner is listed in "Best Lawyers in America" and “Superlawyers.”

Mr. Gardner is an adjunct professor at the University of Buffalo Law School where he teaches a clinical course in corporate and securities law. Among his public service experience, Mr. Gardner was President of the Board, and then Chairman of the Board, of Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, New York from 1997 to 2002. He is currently a member of the Board of the Michigan Street Historical Preservation Corporation which owns and operates the Nash House Museum on Nash Street in Buffalo, NY. Mr. Gardner is also pro bono counsel to The Colored Musicians Club of Buffalo.

Ms. Hochfield is Special Counsel to the Firm. Her practice is concentrated primarily in appellate advocacy, mediation and employment law. She is a certified mediator for the United States District Court, WDNY.

Ms. Hochfield received her law degree magna cum laude from State University of New York at Buffalo and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pennsylvania State University. She is admitted to practice in all New York Courts; United States Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. District Courts, Western, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York; and the U.S. Tax Court.

Ms. Hochfield is a member of Erie County, New York State and American Bar Associations, and the Women's Bar Association of New York. She is former Chair of the Appellate Practice Committee and Human Rights Committee of the Erie County Bar Association, a member of the Labor and Employment Law Sections of the American and N.Y.S. Bar Associations, and the Federal Court Practice, Labor Law, Appellate and Human Rights Committees of the Erie County Bar Association.

Ms. Hochfield’s honors and awards include Who’s Who in the Law, Business First and Buffalo Law Journal, 2007, 2008 and 2009, for Appellate Practice; Outstanding Legal Service Award, Buffalo Citizens' Council on Human Relations; Outstanding Service Award, Buffalo Branch, N.A.A.C.P.; Human Relations Award, Citizens' Council on Human Relations; Faculty Award for Distinguished Achievement in Federal Taxation, SUNY at Buffalo Law School; and Commendation, Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe for supervising elections in Bosnia pursuant to the Dayton Peace Accords.

Ms. Hochfield has lectured at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law in a seminar on Law and Social Change and a seminar on Federal Practice. She has been a frequent lecturer in continuing legal education programs in employment law, appellate practice and civil rights.

Ms. Maibohm is an Associate with the Firm. She concentrates her practice in the areas of securities and business law, including SEC compliance, corporate finance, and commercial contracts. Ms. Maibohm is admitted to practice law in the State of New York (2006).

Ms. Maibohm graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New York College at Brockport in 2001 where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 2005 where she received her Juris Doctorate. During Law School, Ms. Maibohm served as the Publications Editor of the Buffalo Human Rights Law Review (2003-2005) and as an associate of the Buffalo Environmental Law Journal (2003-2005).

Ms. Maibohm is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Erie County Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York.

Mr. Rodwin is a Partner with the Firm, and is the founding partner of the Firm's Toronto office, which opened in 1989. Mr. Rodwin lived in Toronto from 1989 through 1991, during which time he devoted his time to working with the Firm's Canadian clients. Although presently based in the Firm's office in Buffalo, New York, Mr. Rodwin chairs the Firm's Canadian practice group and he spends considerable time in the Firm's Toronto office. A substantial portion of Mr. Rodwin's legal practice consists of assisting Canadian companies doing business in the United States. In addition, Mr. Rodwin practices U.S. corporate law, with an emphasis on corporate planning, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property.

Mr. Rodwin is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine (B.A., magna cum laude 1977) and a cum laude graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (J.D., 1980). Mr. Rodwin has taught courses at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, including courses in corporate taxation and corporate reorganizations. Mr. Rodwin is a frequent lecturer in Canada on U.S. legal issues for Canadian companies doing business in the U.S. Mr. Rodwin has also lectured at the Annual Institute on Taxation sponsored by the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management.

Mr. Shapiro is a Partner with the Firm practicing in the areas of health care, leasing, business law, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, commercial finance, construction law and banking. Mr. Shapiro graduated from Marietta College in 1962 and received his JD from the State University of New York in 1965. Mr. Shapiro is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Erie County Bar Association. He has been the Chairman, Co-Chairman and Lecturer of the Practicing Law Institute’s National Panels on Equipment Leasing. He has been President of the University of Buffalo Law Alumni Association, a Director of the University of Buffalo Law Alumni Association, and is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Law School of the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Mr. Shapiro actively participates in civic and charitable endeavors. He is Vice Chairman of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Campus, Vice Chairman and a past president of the Rosa Coplon Jewish Home and Infirmary, served as President of Temple Beth Zion, is a Director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo, Inc., from 2004-2009 he served the Erie County Medical Center Corporation as Vice Chairman and as a member of the Board of Directors from 2007-2009, and from 2007-2009 he also served as Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Committee.

Mr. Shapiro has achieved the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating (AV) for legal ability and professional standards. He is included for 2010 and 2011 in The Best Lawyers in America for Health Care law and Corporate law and also for 2010 and 2011 in New York Super Lawyers. In 1999, he received from the University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association, the Distinguished Alumni Award for Leadership by Example as a Private Practitioner.