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KIM ZABEK
JARED CYHOWSKI
Greenfield Savings Bank (GSB) recently announced the pro- motions of Kim Zabek, Jared Cyhowski, and Elisabeth Por- ter. Zabek has been appointed assistant manager of the bank’s Hadley office. She will over-
see the daily operations of the office and assist customers with their banking. She first joined Greenfield Savings Bank in August 2011 as assistant manager in Shelburne Falls, and in 2015 she was promoted to manager of the GSB call cen- ter. Most recently, she held the position of assistant manager of the South Deerfield office. An active community volun- teer, Zabek has served on the board of Friends of Children in Hadley and is a member of the South Deerfield Women’s Club. Cyhowski has been promoted to Loan Operations special-
ist. In his new position, he will
work with customers providing residential and consumer loan servicing. He started his career at GSB as a teller supervisor and was pre-
viously promoted to customer-service representa- tive in the bank’s call center. Cyhowski joined GSB in May 2016 after attending Fitchburg State University, where he graduated with high honors in communi-
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cations and a minor in English. He is a member of the Lambda Pi Eta Communication Studies Honor Society. He has volunteered at a range of community events, including Superhero Nights for Kids, where he wore a Mario (from Nintendo) costume, and he has volunteered at the Great Falls Festival (a/k/a Pumpkin Fest) in Turners Falls. Porter has been pro- moted to Corporate Support specialist, with respon- sibilities of assisting and providing support services to the bank’s CEO, COO, and financial officer. Her daily responsibilities include assisting in the prepa- ration of reports, scheduling meetings and events, and maintaining official minutes. She will also assist other Greenfield Savings Bank executives as needed. Porter joined GSB in 2018 as a teller, and by October was promoted to customer service representative. This past March, she was promoted to the position of super banker. She is active in the community and volunteers at many GSB-sponsored community events.
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Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C., a labor and employ-
ment law firm serving employers in the Greater Springfield and Worcester areas, announced that one of its partners, Timothy Murphy, was listed in Best Lawyers in America for 2021. He was recognized in three fields: employment law – management, labor law – management, and litigation – labor and employment. Focusing his practice on labor rela- tions, union avoidance, collective bargaining and arbitration, employment litigation, and employ- ment counseling, Murphy has been included in Best Lawyers in America every year since 2013, and was Lawyer of the Year in 2015, 2019, and 2020. Murphy is very active within the local community. He sits on boards of directors for several area organizations, such as the Human Service Forum and Community Legal Aid. He also is a member of the World Affairs Council and the Finance Committee in Wilbraham.
In 2017, he was named “Man Enough to Be a Girl Scout” by the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts.
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Bacon Wilson, P.C. announced that 10 attorneys
have been named to Best Lawyers in America for 2021. Kenneth Albano, the firm’s managing partner, was recognized in Best Lawyers for business organi- zations including LLCs and partnerships; Michael Katz for bankruptcy and reorganization; Stephen Krevalin for family law; Hyman Darling for elder law; Gary Breton for banking/finance law and business organizations; Gina Barry for elder law; Jeffrey Fialky for commercial finance; Mark Tanner for real-estate litigation; Paul Rothschild for litigation; and Peter MacConnell for real-estate law.
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Robinson Donovan, P.C. announced six attorneys were listed in Best Lawyers in Amer- ica for 2021, and one was also named Lawyer of the Year in her field. Jeffrey Roberts, man- aging partner, practices corpo- rate and business counseling and estate planning, and was named in the practice areas of corporate law and trusts and estates. He has received Best Lawyers recognition for 29 consecutive years. James Mar- tin, partner, was listed in the practice areas of franchise law and real-estate law. He concen- trates his practice on corporate and business counseling, liti- gation, and commercial real- estate law, and is a member of Robinson Donovan’s alterna- tive dispute resolution group. He has received Best Lawyers recognition for 21 consecu- tive years. Nancy Frankel Pel- letier, partner, was listed in the practice area of personal injury litigation-defendants. A member of the firm’s alterna- tive dispute resolution group, she concentrates her practice in the areas of litigation and alternative dispute resolution. She has received Best Lawyers recognition for 16 consecu- tive years. Patricia Rapinchuk, partner, was listed in the fields of employment law – manage- ment and litigation – labor
and employment. She was also named Lawyer of the Year in the field of employment law
– management. She practices employment law and litigation. She has received Best Lawyers recognition for 12 consecutive years. Carla Newton, partner, was named in the field of fami- ly law. She focuses her practice on divorce and family law, liti- gation, corporate and business counseling, and commercial real estate, and is a member of the firm’s alternative dispute has received Best Lawyers rec-
commercial real estate, and estate and tax planning law. He has received Best Lawyers recognition for 29 consecutive years.
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Bulkley Richardson announced that 13 lawyers from
the firm were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for 2021. Bulkley Richardson had more honorees than any other law firm in Springfield. These 14 lawyers were recognized in 20 unique areas of practice. They include Peter Barry, recognized for construction law; Michael Burke, medical-malpractice law (defendants) and personal-injury litigation (defendants); Mark Cress, banking and finance law, bankruptcy and creditor- debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, and corporate law; Francis Dibble Jr., bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, criminal defense (white-collar), litigation (antitrust), litigation (labor and employment), and litigation (securities); Daniel Finnegan, administrative/regulatory law and litiga- tion (construction); Robert Gelinas, personal-injury litigation (defendants); Kevin Maynard, commercial litigation, litigation (banking and finance), and liti- gation (construction); David Parke, corporate law; Melinda Phelps, medical-malpractice law (defen- dants) and personal-injury litigation (defendants); Jeff Poindexter, commercial litigation; John Pucci, bet-the-company litigation, criminal defense (gen- eral practice), and criminal defense (white-collar); Elizabeth Sillin, nonprofit/charities law and trusts and estates; and Ronald Weiss, corporate law, merg- ers and acquisitions law and tax law.
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Florence Bank has promoted Shelley Daughdrill to the posi- tion of senior vice president, director of Retail Banking. In her new role, she will oversee the bank’s retail banking oper- ations and direct and supervise the retail administrative staff and managers throughout the bank’s branches, as well as the
Customer Service Center. Daughdrill first joined Flor- ence Bank in 2005. Prior to her recent promotion, she served as vice president and area manager. Dur- ing her tenure at the bank, she’s been the recipient
of both the President’s Award and the Community Service Award, given by the bank to employees who consistently go above and beyond at work and in the community. Daughdrill is also the recipient of the 2011 Paul Winske Access Award given by Stavros, a local nonprofit organization that supports people with disabilities. The annual award is given to orga- nizations and people who go above and beyond for the people they serve. Daughdrill is a graduate of the New England School for Financial Studies at Bab- son College. Additionally, she is currently enrolled at UMass Amherst pursuing a bachelor’s degree in busi- ness studies. She serves her community as a board member and attendance chair of the Amherst Rotary Club.
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Coldwell Banker Community Realtors announced
the addition of Realtor Lori Baronas to its roster
of professional real-estate agents serving Franklin and Hampshire counties. Baronas has had her Real- tor and broker licenses for more than 42 years. Her father started Dresser Real Estate in Turners Falls when she was a child, and once in high school, she began helping out in the office. When her father retired in the 1980s, she took over the office in addi- tion to working at UMass, earning a general business and finance degree from UMass, running a book- keeping
business,
and raising
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JEFFREY ROBERTS
ELISABETH PORTER
JAMES MARTIN
SHELLEY DAUGHDRILL
NANCY FRANKEL PELLETIER
PATRICIA RAPINCHUK
CARLA NEWTON
RICHARD GABERMAN
resolution group. She
ognition for nine consecutive years. Richard Gaber- man was named in the fields of corporate law, real- estate law, tax law, and trusts and estates. He focuses his practice on corporate and business counseling,
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