Buffalo, NY – Gross Shuman, P.C. is pleased to announce that 13 of our attorneys have been included in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

Best Lawyers has published their list for over four decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.

We would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to the 2025 The Best Lawyers in America list:

• David H. Alexander (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2009)
  • Corporate Law
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Trusts and Estates

• B. Kevin Burke, Jr. (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Employment Law - Management

• Hugh C. Carlin (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2009)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

• Howard B. Cohen (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

• David H. Elibol (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

• Harry J. Forrest (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

• Jeffrey A. Human (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2008)
  • Corporate Law

• John F. Leone (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
  • Real Estate Law
  • Trusts and Estates

• Chanel T. McCarthy (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2022)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates

• Scott M. Philbin (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

• Sarah P. Rera (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024)
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

• John K. Rottaris (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Real Estate Law

• Jonathan D. Schechter (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
  • Corporate Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates

Additionally, Sarah P. Rera was selected as “Lawyer of the Year: Insurance Litigation. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this accolade particularly significant. Ms. Rera was selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments.

Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.

Finally, we are pleased to celebrate four of our attorneys who earned placement on Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. This list recognizes lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

• Carolyn L. DeVaughn (Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2024)
  • Real Estate Law
  • Trusts and Estates

• Carolynn E. Grennell (Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2025)
  • Corporate Law

• Kevin R. Lelonek (Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2022)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Law

• Nicholas A. Pusateri (Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2021)
  • Corporate Law