Bousquet Holstein PLLC has elected NATALIE P. HEMPSON-ELLIOTT and JANA K. MCDONALD as members of the law firm.

Hempson-Elliott joined the firm in 2014 and is part of the its real estate, business, and public finance practice groups. She has more than 10 years of experience representing clients and has significant experience representing not-for-profit and for-profit developers, and advising on a variety of transactions. Hempson-Elliott also serves and advises clients in various corporate matters. She is a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law and a graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

McDonald joined Bousquet Holstein in 2017 and is part of the firm’s real-estate practice group. She handles commercial real-estate transactions and represents business, institutional and individual clients in connection with a wide range of matters. McDonald began her career representing commercial and industrial developers in New Jersey and South Florida, later served as the City of Utica’s director of planning, and subsequently practiced as a transactional and real property litigation attorney in Cazenovia at the Lindenfeld Law Firm. McDonald graduated from the University of Florida College of Law and the University of Virginia School of Architecture, with a bachelor’s degree in city planning. 

Barclay Damon has announced several practice group leadership changes.

ROSEMARY ENRIGHT was named labor & employment practice group leader. A member of the firm’s labor & employment practice area and Canada–U.S. cross-border team, Enright will lead the firm’s newly formed labor & employment practice group. Prior to the formation of this new practice group, the labor & employment practice area was housed within Barclay Damon’s business services practice group. It is being elevated to a stand-alone practice group after its rapid growth under its founder, late partner Larry Oppenheimer.

HEATHER SUNSER was appointed financial services practice group leader. She is a member of Barclay Damon’s real estate, financial institutions & lending, and telecommunications practice areas as well as the energy and cannabis teams, Sunser is taking over the role of financial services practice group leader from longstanding firm leader and partner Ned Trombly.

BRENDA COLELLA was named regulatory practice group deputy leader. A co-chair of Barclay Damon’s regulatory practice area, co-team leader of the renewable energy and energy markets teams, and a member of the project development practice area and energy and oil and gas teams, Colella will serve as the regulatory practice group deputy leader until June. Then, she will take over as regulatory practice group leader from Jeff Davis, telecommunications practice area chair and project development practice area co-chair.

JEFF DOVE was appointed business services practice group leader. A co-chair of Barclay Damon’s restructuring, bankruptcy & creditors’ rights practice area and member of the corporate practice area, Dove takes over as business services practice group leader from Bob Heary, who has become labor & employment practice area chair.