SYRACUSE — Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C., a Syracuse–based law firm that focuses on energy and environmental law, has combined with Barclay Damon LLP, as Barclay Damon continues to expand its legal work in those areas. Effective at the start of the month, 11 attorneys of the Gilberti law firm and its paralegals and […]
SYRACUSE — Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C., a Syracuse–based law firm that focuses on energy and environmental law, has combined with Barclay Damon LLP, as Barclay Damon continues to expand its legal work in those areas.
Effective at the start of the month, 11 attorneys of the Gilberti law firm and its paralegals and staff have joined Barclay Damon, which is also headquartered in Syracuse.
The 11 attorneys include William Gilberti, Jr., the former CEO of Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C., who is a now a partner with Barclay Damon.
Besides Gilberti, his colleagues John Klucsik, Patricia Naughton, Anthony Rivizzigno, Kevin Roe, and Francis Stinziano, Jr. have also joined Barclay Damon as partners, according to Lisa Kane, proposal manager for Barclay Damon.
In all, 28 Gilberti employees have joined Barclay Damon, which now has a total employee count of 450, Kane told CNYBJ.
Barclay Damon didn’t release any financial terms of its combination agreement with the Gilberti firm.
During the build-out of additional offices in Barclay Damon Tower, the former Gilberti attorneys and staff will use their existing offices at 555 E. Genesee St. in Syracuse as “swing space.”
After construction is complete, all lawyers and staff will move to Barclay Damon Tower at 125 E. Jefferson St. in downtown Syracuse
Barclay Damon sees the Gilberti law firm as having a “deep understanding of strategically significant industries,” including energy, mining, municipal, regional, and state government.
The “continued expansion” of Barclay Damon’s energy practice follows the Sept. 6 announcement that four attorneys from the Framingham, Massachusetts–based firm McCauley Lyman had joined the firm of counsel in its renewable-energy practice group.
About the firms
Over its 45-year history, the Gilberti law firm developed boutique expertise in a number of practices, including energy law, large-project development and siting, environmental law, state regulation, real property tax and condemnation, corporate, litigation, and commercial real estate, according to the Barclay Damon release.
Barclay Damon formed in 2015 with the combination of Hiscock & Barclay, LLP of Syracuse and Damon Morey LLP of Buffalo. The firm has offices throughout the major cities of New York and in Toronto, along with Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C., and Newark, New Jersey.
At 275 lawyers, Barclay Damon says it is the “largest law firm in the Northeastern U.S. “not centered in a major market.”
Barclay Damon recently announced that effective Jan. 1, M. Cornelia (Connie) Cahill would become its deputy managing partner, a new position. She will work closely with John P. Langan, the firm’s managing partner, in leading the regional law firm.
Barclay Damon also announced it has established a chair position that currently remains unoccupied. The position is available to serve the managing partner on select assignments by former managing partners transitioning from their position. Barclay Damon said the chair position “is designed to allow the firm to access [Langan’s] expertise after his eventual transition.” Langan, based in Barclay Damon’s Syracuse office, has been the firm’s managing partner for nearly 18 years. Cahill is based in the firm’s Albany office.
