{"id":18747,"date":"2016-02-05T01:31:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T06:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2016\/02\/hodgson-russ-llp-law-firm-names-kennedy-its-new-ceo-as-john-amershadian-retires.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T13:37:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:37:45","slug":"hodgson-russ-llp-law-firm-names-kennedy-its-new-ceo-as-john-amershadian-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2016\/02\/hodgson-russ-llp-law-firm-names-kennedy-its-new-ceo-as-john-amershadian-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"Hodgson Russ LLP Law Firm Names Kennedy Its New CEO As John Amershadian Retires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"img-left\">\n<div> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"hodgson russ ceo - kennedy.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/02\/hodgson20russ20ceo20-20kennedy.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignleft\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-caption\">\nRick Kennedy was named the new president<br \/>\nand CEO of Hodgson Russ LLP.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Law firm Hodgson Russ LLP has named attorney<br \/>\nRick Kennedy its new president and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy replaces retiring president and CEO<br \/>\nJohn Amershadian, who will remain a partner<br \/>\nat the firm until March.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy joined the firm as an associated<br \/>\nattorney in 1983 and was named partner in<br \/>\n1990. He holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree from SUNY<br \/>\nBuffalo and a juris doctorate from SUNY Buffalo<br \/>\nLaw School.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my opinion, there is not a finer individual<br \/>\nwho could now be given this significant<br \/>\nresponsibility for the future of this firm than<br \/>\nRick Kennedy, a man for whom I have enormous<br \/>\nrespect as an attorney and as a human being,&#8221;<br \/>\nAmershadian said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nHonors that Kennedy has ben given include<br \/>\nbeing listed in <em>Best Lawyers in America (Environmental<br \/>\nLaw)<\/em>; being listed as an Upstate New<br \/>\nYork Super Lawyer, 2012-2015; listed, Chambers<br \/>\nUSA: America&#8217;s Leading Lawyers for Business;<br \/>\nand being listed in <em>Buffalo Business First&#8217;s Who&#8217;s<br \/>\nWho in Law (Environmental Law)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hodgson Russ law firm opened an office<br \/>\nat 60 Railroad Place, Suite 300, Saratoga<br \/>\nSprings, in 2013. At the time, the firm relocated<br \/>\nits Johnstown office staff to the Saratoga Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Hodgson Russ also has offices in Albany, Buffalo,<br \/>\nNew York City, Toronto and Palm Beach,<br \/>\nFla. Hodgson Russ facilitates the U.S. The firm<br \/>\nwas established in 1817.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Rick Kennedy was named the new president and CEO of Hodgson Russ LLP. Law firm Hodgson Russ LLP has named attorney Rick Kennedy its new president and CEO. 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