Barclay Damon has launched the firm’s cannabis team, led by attorney SARA PAYNE, a member of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Cannabis Law. The members of Barclay Damon’s multidisciplinary team, which represents individuals and organizations participating in or impacted by legal cannabis operations, have nearly a decade of cannabis-specific experience. Payne represented one of the original five registered organizations authorized to produce and distribute medical marijuana in New York state and has assisted the company since its inception with all aspects of its operations. She is a contributing editor for Cannabis Law Digest, and her recent presentations include “Legislative Developments in Medical Marijuana and Industrial Hemp in New York,” a New York State Bar Association continuing legal education (CLE) seminar presented in May.

TAYLOR L. PROCOPIO has joined Smith Sovik Kendrick & Sugnet PC as an associate attorney to the Syracuse office. She graduated from Christian Brothers Academy and Syracuse University. Procopio attended Fordham University School of Law, where she was a staff writer on the Urban Law Journal and a research assistant at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice. Prior to joining Smith Sovik, Procopio was an associate at Fried Frank in New York City. She has returned to Syracuse to focus her practice on auto, premises,’ transportation, and labor law liability, and other personal-injury defense including professional and medical malpractice and construction litigation.

Massage Envy of Rochester / Syracuse has hired ZASHALISE MOORE as a wellness consultant in its Fayetteville location, and EMILY CULLEN as an esthetician, also in Fayetteville. 

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York has promoted NICOLE PAGE to house manager, and hired CYNDA PENFIELD as a donor database specialist. Page was previously office coordinator. She has an associate degree in hospitality management from SUNY Delhi. Prior to joining Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York, Penfield gained experience in development and donor relations at ARISE, Catholic Charities of Onondaga County, and the Alzheimer’s Association’s Central New York Chapter. She has a bachelor’s degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.