SYRACUSE — Barclay Damon LLP has announced that Courtney Merriman, a partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Financial Institutions & Lending practice areas, has been elected to the firm’s Management Committee, effective Jan. 1, 2026. Merriman also serves as managing director of Barclay Damon’s Syracuse office. With professional training and experience in New York […]
SYRACUSE — Barclay Damon LLP has announced that Courtney Merriman, a partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Financial Institutions & Lending practice areas, has been elected to the firm’s Management Committee, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Merriman also serves as managing director of Barclay Damon’s Syracuse office.
With professional training and experience in New York City, Merriman advises clients in the acquisition, disposition, development, and financing of commercial properties, with a particular focus on big-box shopping centers, multi-unit apartment complexes, and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), per a Jan. 8 announcement from Barclay Damon. She has extensive experience representing landlords and tenants in commercial leasing negotiations of retail, office, and manufacturing spaces. Merriman also represents institutional lenders in real estate-secured commercial financing transactions. Her client base includes individuals, small businesses, national corporations, and not-for-profit organizations.
Merriman joined Barclay Damon in 2008 as an associate and, after several promotions, most recently served as Financial Services Practice Group leader. Her election to the law firm’s Management Committee reflects Barclay Damon’s continued focus on strategic leadership, financial-services growth, and client service excellence.
“I’m deeply honored to join Barclay Damon’s Management Committee,” Merriman said. “Our firm has a strong culture of collaboration and client-focused leadership as well as of opportunity, inclusion, and belonging. I look forward to working with my colleagues across our platform to enhance the firm’s strategic growth in these and other critical areas throughout the firm.”
Barclay Damon has about 300 attorneys and its offices include locations in New York state — in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and New York City. It also has offices in New Haven, Connecticut; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C., and Toronto, Ontario.
