Bice, Laurie J.

Mr. Bezanson has more than three decades of experience in commercial arbitration, the defense of products liability and other civil actions, representing both U.S. and European clients. He was awarded the title Empire State Counsel for pro bono representation yearly in 2006 - 2011. Also in 2008, he was awarded the first New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Pro Bono Leadership Award. He is listed in The Legal 500 US for litigation, Marquis Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Industry, is cited in New York for Personal Injury Defense: Products in 2006 - 2012 and in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition. He has been listed in Law Business Research Limited's The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers and The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers, Marquis Who's Who in American Law, and was "highly recommended" for dispute resolution in Global Counsel 3000. Mr. Bezanson was also selected "Lawyer of the Week" by The Times of London. He is rated "Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell and "Superb" by AVVO. He has also served on the Duke University Law School Board of Visitors, the Board of the Legal Aid Society, the Board of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, the Board of Directors of the Westchester Philharmonic and the University of Massachusetts College of Humanities and Fine Arts Advisory Board, as well as the boards of a number of additional charitable organizations.

Mr. Bezanson successfully represented the judges of the State of New York in obtaining summary judgment against the Governor Legislature and State for unconstitutionally failing to adjust judicial compensation, and successfully argued this case on appeal to the Appellate Division, First Department and the New York Court of Appeals. Mr. Bezanson joins the Firm from Chadbourne & Parke LLP.