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The life sciences industry is a key part of the Buffalo Niagara Community. To help insure that start-up life sciences companies can become successful commercial ventures in Western New York, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP (LMWF), collaborated with Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (BNE) to create the LMWF-BNE Field Guide for Starting and Growing A Life Science Company in Western New York. For more information, please visit www.buffalolifesciences.com Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP is once again named a "Top Corporate Law Firm in Buffalo" by Corporate Board Member Magazine. Lisa Primerano was re-elected as Treasurer of the Western New York Chapter of the WBASNY, The Women's Bar Association of the State of New York. Mary Engler Roche was recently elected to the Foundation Board of Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Inc. Estate and Trusts Partner Mary Engler Roche will co-present at the 54th Annual Tax Institute sponsored by UB School of Management, NYSSCPA and Erie Institute of Law being held November 1st and 2nd 2007 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Buffalo, NY with Tom Duerr, CPA, MBA, RFC, Managing Partner, WNY Asset Management, LLC on the topic " Estate, Gift and Eldercare Scott Friedman will be speaking on March 27, 2008 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. The topic will be Growing a Startup Life Sciences Company in Western New York. For more information on this event, please visit www.bioinformatics.buffalo.edu/events.php The New York State - Federal Judicial Council, a group of 10 distinguished state and federal judges, has named Sharon M. Porcellio Co-Chair of its Advisory Group. To view more information, please click here. Dariush Keyhani, recently published "Bulova Wrongly Decided: A Case Against Extraterritoriality of Trademark Law" in the new issue of the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property. This article looks at how U.S. trademark law has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court to have extraterritorial effects and argues how this interpretation is in tension with existing international intellectual property law frameworks that provide appropriate protections for the legitimate interests of U.S. trademark holders. To view this article, please click here. Gerald S. Lippes, William E. Mathias II and Sharon M. Porcellio have each been named by the New York Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in New York State for 2007. Super Lawyers can be found on-line at www.superlawyers.com.
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William E. Mathias received the Distinguished Alumni Award for Business during the Annual Dinner of the University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association on May 3, 2007. In addition to his wide ranging corporate practice, Mr. Mathias was also recognized for his many community activities and continuing service as a member of the Dean's Advisory Council at the Law School. Scott Friedman spoke at a Seminar sponsored by the Western New York Venture Association on November 30, 2006. His presentation was on how to start a life sciences company. Our Senior Managing Partner, Gerald S. Lippes, and Senior Litigation Partner, Sharon M. Porcellio have been recognized by their peers and named to Business First and Buffalo Law Journal's Who's Who in Law 2006. Sharon M. Porcellio and Hon. John T. Curtin reviewed a new eight volume treatise on commercial practice in federal court which was published in the July 17, 2006, issue of the Buffalo Law Journal. To view this article, please click here. Sharon M. Porcellio has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the New York Bar Foundation. For more information about the Foundation, please click here.
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