BUFFALO, NY – Scott E. Friedman, chairman and CEO of Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, is a judge for the fifth annual Synapse Life Science Competition Pitch Showcase. The event is March 28 at The Atrium at McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, Ontario.

The Synapse Life Sciences Competition is designed to help move innovative life science products and services out of the lab and into the market, by pairing up life science innovators with business and entrepreneurship students. The top three teams advance to the final pitch showcase to compete for the grand prize consisting of a cash award and in-kind services from sponsors.

At Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman, Mr. Friedman focuses his practice principally in two areas: working with entrepreneurs and family businesses, partnerships and closely held businesses across the United States on a wide range of matters relating to organizational dynamics. Mr. Friedman is a general partner and manager of both Impact Capital, a WNY venture capital fund, and Buffalo Capital Partners LLC, where he enjoys working closely with startup companies.