U&K Attorneys Named to the 2025 Upstate New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
Rochester, New York, October 7, 2025 – Underberg & Kessler LLP is proud to announce that fourteen attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2025 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list and three attorneys were recognized in the 2025 Upstate New York Rising Stars list.
Super Lawyers recognizes the top attorneys nationwide and across a variety of practice areas and firm sizes. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5% of attorneys are selected to the Super Lawyers list and just 2.5% are chosen for the Rising Stars list.
The attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2025 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list and their recognized practice areas are:
- Leah Tarantino Cintineo – Family Law
- James A. Coniglio – Government Finance
- Patrick L. Cusato – Real Estate
- David H. Fitch – Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Steven R. Gersz – Businesses & Corporate
- Katherine H. Karl – Banking
- Paul F. Keneally – Employment & Labor
- Thomas F. Knab – Business Litigation
- Anna E. Lynch – Health Care
- Colin D. Ramsey – Health Care
- Jennifer A. Shoemaker – Family Law
- Margaret E. Somerset – Personal Injury Medical Malpractice - Defense
- David M. Tang – Creditor Debtor Rights
- Mindy L. Zoghlin – Land Use & Zoning
The attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2025 Upstate New York Rising Stars list and their recognized practice areas are:
- Ryan T. Biesenbach – Employment Litigation - Defense
- Ericka B. Elliott – Business Litigation
- Jacob H. Zoghlin – Energy & Natural Resources
About Underberg & Kessler LLP
Underberg & Kessler LLP is a full-service law firm with comprehensive capabilities to help business, municipal, not-for-profit organization, and individual clients solve legal challenges. With offices in Rochester, Buffalo, Canandaigua, and Geneseo, New York, the firm’s practice areas include cannabis law, commercial lending, construction, creditors’ rights, corporate & business, environmental law, estates & trusts, family law, health care, labor & employment, litigation, municipal law, real estate & finance, and tax law. The firm and its attorneys are consistently recognized by the industry’s leading law firm and attorney ranking programs, including Best Law Firms®, Best Lawyers in America®, and Super Lawyers. For more information, visit underbergkessler.com.