Barclay Damon recently announced four elevations to the law firm’s partnership. AMY D’AMBROGIO and MARGARET SUROWKA, formerly special counsel, and JON MCSHERRY and BEN WILKINSON, formerly counsel, have become partners, effective Jan. 1. D’Ambrogio is a member of Barclay Damon’s property tax & condemnation and energy practice areas and health & human services providers team. She concentrates her practice on representing energy and utility clients and other businesses in property tax and eminent-domain disputes. She also counsels health care, disability, and other not-for-profits in securing property-tax exemptions and in compliance matters. Surowka is co-leader of Barclay Damon’s health & human services providers team and is also a member of the health care controversies team and labor & employment practice area. She concentrates her practice on representing agencies, facilities, and individual providers in compliance matters, licensure, disciplinary, and ethics proceedings. She also counsels clients facing Medicaid, Medicare, and other governmental investigations and audits, as well as assists with employment and contract matters. McSherry is a member of Barclay Damon’s tax, corporate, and trusts & estates practice areas. He concentrates his practice on estate and Medicaid planning, trusts and estates administration, business succession planning, and tax law. Wilkinson is a member of the law firm’s labor & employment and commercial litigation practice areas. He concentrates his practice on labor and employment matters, representing employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the NYS Division of Human Rights, and federal and state courts regarding employment-discrimination claims, wage and hour claims, and breach-of-employment contracts. Wilkinson also represents individuals and businesses in a variety of commercial-litigation matters in federal and state courts.

Bousquet Holstein PLLC recently welcomed attorney JEFFREY B. DAVIS to the law firm’s Real Estate Group. Davis will serve as of counsel to the firm on real estate and estate planning and administration matters. Davis joins the firm after successfully leading his own practice for almost 40 years in Camillus. Davis has predominately represented individuals and businesses for their real estate, estate planning, and administration needs. In addition, he has extensive experience forming LLCs and trusts for the transfer and ownership of real estate. His practice also includes working with easements, surveyors, homeowners’ associations, condominiums, leases, and related business matters. Davis has worked as an agent for Stewart Title Insurance Company for more than 30 years and has worked as examining counsel for numerous title companies. Davis earned his law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law and his bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. Joining Davis in the move to Bousquet Holstein are paralegals PAMELA J. MARTIN and JENNIFER L. PAGAN, who previously worked with him at his private practice. Martin has more than 25 years of experience with all aspects of real-estate transactions and assists with estate proceedings, probate administration, and small estate filings. She earned her paralegal-studies degree from Le Moyne College. Pagan has more than 35 years of experience in title insurance and examination and assists with title reports, obtaining curative, and other real-estate transaction matters. Pagan holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics from SUNY Oswego.