

Anna helps clients navigate both complex labor and employment issues as well as privacy and data security concerns by taking a holistic approach and exploring all sides of an issue. Her patient, engaged, and reassuring manner puts clients at ease when faced with challenges.
Labor and Employment
She represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment law including the development of employee policies, union relations, wage and hour issues, discipline and termination decisions, discrimination and harassment claims, and employment contract disputes. Anna has a keen eye for detail, which benefits her clients when she drafts litigation papers or conducts discovery for clients who face employment-related lawsuits and administrative proceedings. Anna also assists with the development of clients’ affirmative action programs and in ensuring compliance with employment-related federal and state regulations.
Privacy and Data Security
Anna counsels clients from many industries on best practices for maintaining compliance with federal and state cybersecurity regulations, including breach preparation, privacy notices and practices, and the security of information systems. She provides key support to the HSE “breach coach” team, leading the team’s analysis of state-law reporting duties. She also counsels clients on privacy and data security concerns in relation to complex corporate transactions.
Professional & Civic Affiliations
- Member, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Eighth Judicial District of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department
- Member, Bar Association of Erie County (BAEC)
- Board Member and Employment Law Committee Co-Chair, Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY), Western New York Chapter
- Board Member, National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York
Honors & Awards
- Recipient, “Up and Coming Attorneys” Award, The Daily Record, 2019
- Selected to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, 2018 - 2021
- University at Buffalo School of Law
- "Top 8 Finalist," The Frederick Douglass 2015 National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition
- Recipient, Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction Award for Academic Excellence in the following classes: Family Law, 2014; Healthy Homes Legal Practicum, 2014; Public International Law, 2013
- Semifinalist, SUNY Buffalo Law Desmond Moot Court Competition 2013
- Recipient, Buffalo Human Rights Center Summer Fellowship, 2013
- Executive Publications Editor, Buffalo Human Rights Law Review, SUNY Buffalo Law School
Admissions
- New York
Education
- University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., cum laude
- Wellesley College, B.A.