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Smith Sovik Kendrick & Sugnet, PC has elected VICTOR L. PRIAL a partner at the firm. He is a trial lawyer who concentrates his practice in personal injury and civil litigation. Prial handles all types of lawsuits including products liability, professional malpractice, contract disputes, premises liability, labor law, personal injury, construction matters, and employment law.

Harris Beach PLLC has elected JULIAN B. MODESTI a partner of the firm. He is a commercial litigator whose practice encompasses shareholder disputes, leases, land-use matters, finance agreements, unfair competition, trade secrets and business torts. Modesti is also the firm’s head litigator for trust and estate disputes in surrogate’s courts. He handles appeals in state

CALEB C. SLATER has joined BellCornerstone Commercial Real Estate as a business development associate and co-producer for “The Faces of Syracuse.” He has experience in both video production and business development. Slater has an undergraduate degree in television-radio production from the Park School of Communications at Ithaca College and more than five years of video-production

Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC recently hired JAMIE BROCKETT as a custom accounting solutions (CAS) associate in the Syracuse office. She is the newest addition to the CAS department at Dermody, Burke & Brown. Brockett brings experience in bookkeeping, including various accounting software such as QuickBooks and Sage 300. She received an associate degree