Barbara C. Brenner has been named partner at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP.

Robert T. Schofield has been appointed as co-managing partner of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP and William S. Nolan has been added as a member of the firm’s executive committee, effective Jan. 1, 2020.

The 40-year-old firm has 75 lawyers.

John M. Bagyi, who practices law at Bond, Schoeneck & King in Albany, has been recognized as a 2020 Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year” in the category of Labor Law – Management.

For the 11th consecutive year, Bagyi has also been recognized in the 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list in Employment and Labor.

ALBANY — Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP has been named a Tier 1 firm in Albany by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” in the following practice areas: Corporate Law, Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Environmental Law, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, and Trusts & Estates Law.

These attorneys at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP have received the Upstate New York Super Lawyers distinction for 2019: James B. Ayers, Terresa M. Bakner, Beth A. Bourassa, Heather D. Diddel, David R. Everett, Scott N. Fein, Philip H. Gitlen, Norma G. Meacham, William S. Nolan, Daniel A. Ruzow, Robert T.

Leslie M. Apple, Norma G. Meacham, and Daniel A. Ruzow, partners at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, have been selected by a nationwide peer review as a “Lawyer of the Year” in The Best Lawyers in America.

VOORHEESVILLE — For the sixth consecutive year, John M. Bagyi is one of 200 lawyers recognized as the Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in a survey published in the June 2019 edition of Human Resource Executive.

ALBANY — Monica Skanes, an associate with Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, was recently appointed as the secretary of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.  Ms. Skanes also serves as a co-chair of the NYSBA Section’s Communications Committee.

NEW SCOTLAND — A man of principle and passion, Peter Henner worked for causes he believed in with the same logic and commitment he used when playing chess. He tackled his legal work as he tackled mountains on climbs with his wife — with a sense of adventure.

John M. Bagyi, with Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, has been recognized in the 2015 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list in the field of Employment and Labor. This is the seventh consecutive year he has received this honor.