Fust Charles Chambers LLP has promoted the following individuals in its Audit Department to senior audit managers.

CORINNE M. ENGLISH joined the firm in 2007 after graduating from St. John Fisher College and is a CPA. She specializes in providing accounting, audit, and advisory services to many of the firm’s health-care and not-for-profit organizations.

MATTHEW R. GARDNER joined Fust Charles Chambers in 2007 after graduating from SUNY Oswego; he is also a CPA. Gardner specializes in providing accounting, audit, review, and advisory services to many of the firm’s closely held manufacturing, distribution, and retail clients, as well as the health-care and not-for-profit organizations.

ROBERT S. SMITH joined the firm in 2007 after graduating from SUNY Oswego. Smith, a CPA, specializes in providing accounting, audit, and advisory services to a wide range of health-care and not-for-profit organizations, as well as closely held manufacturing, distribution, and technology clients and employee-benefit plans. 

Binghamton University Dining Services by Sodexo has added two new chefs.

KARA PEREZ comes to Binghamton University from Texas Tech University. She played an integral role in the opening, organization, and growth of new residential/student dining facility and in the re-opening and menu development for the busiest residential dining hall on campus. Perez trained at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Dallas, Texas.

JAMES PAUL has more than 14 years in the culinary field, most recently serving as executive chef for formal catering at Corning Incorporated. He trained at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts at the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago. 

Bond, Schoeneck & King has elected four attorneys as new members of the firm. They are SUZANNE M. MESSER (Litigation – Syracuse), KRISTEN E. SMITH (Labor and Employment – Syracuse), and GRAYSON T. WALTER (Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy – Syracuse).

Messer is a litigation attorney who represents a variety of clients. Her experience includes litigating suits in diverse venues in federal and state courts, as well as resolving disputes through alternative-dispute resolution procedures, including mediations and arbitrations.

Smith works with employers, large and small, to ensure compliance with the labor and employment laws. She is also an experienced employment litigator.

Walter represents businesses and their stakeholders on many business and transactional matters. He also regularly provides guidance to clients on the turnaround and restructuring of underperforming and financially distressed businesses. 

Smith Sovik has hired MATTHEW P. GERMAIN and KEVIN M. MATHEWSON as associate attorneys at the firm. Germain is a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law. Mathewson also received his J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law. They both will be involved in all areas of litigation.