MARCH 13, 2008

COUNTY LEGISLATURE CHAIR MARINELLI APPOINTS JENNIFER C. PERSICO AS PART-TIME MAJORITY COUNSEL

Erie County Legislature Chair Lynn M. Marinelli (D-Buffalo, Tonawanda) announced that Jennifer C. Persico of Buffalo has been appointed the Majority counsel to the Erie County Legislature.

Persico is a partner at Mosey Persico LLP in Buffalo, a law firm which provides legal services including personal injury litigation, general litigation, corporate law, estates and trusts, municipal law, zoning, residential and commercial closings and collections. A State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law graduate, Persico earned governmental legal experience by serving as the City of Buffalo Assistant Corporation Counsel from February 1999 through September 2000.

She also has legal experience working for law firms such as Webster Szanyi, Sugarman Law Firm and Kenney, Kanaley, Shelton and Liptak, and worked as a law clerk for Gibson, McAskill & Crosby and as a legal assistant for Garvey & Garvey. Her community service has included working as a mentor at the State University at Buffalo Law School, for Kids Voting WNY, Shakespeare in the Park and for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The County Legislature's Majority counsel, just as the Minority counsel, is a part-time position, and receives an annual stipend in the 2008 budget of $22,000 and no benefits.

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