NEW SCOTLAND — John M. Bagyi has been named the Best Lawyers’ 2017 Albany Labor Law – Management Lawyer of the Year. Only one lawyer in any practice area in a city is honored as Lawyer of the Year.

Bagyi practices with Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC in Albany where he counsels and represents employers on labor and employment issues, helping them achieve and maintain legal compliance, while “improving employee engagement and workplace productivity,” according to a release from Bond.

A 1989 graduate of Guilderland High School, Bagyi lives in Voorheesville with his wife, Dania, and their daughters, Kennedy and McKenna.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys through peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC is a law firm with 270 lawyers serving individuals, companies, and public-sector entities in a broad range of practice areas. Bond has nine offices in New York State and offices in Naples, Florida and Overland Park, Kansas.