Hiscock and Barclay opens New York City office

CNY Business Journal (1996+), Dec 14, 2001 by Dickinson, Casey J

SYRACUSE - Hiscock and Barclay, LLP has opened a branch office in lower Manhattan. The 146-year-old Syracuse law firm opened its fourth location in the Standard Oil Building at 26 Broadway, south of the former site of the World Trade Center's twin towers. David P. Glasel, cochair of Hiscock and Barclay's Health Care Services and Technology practice group, is the office's resident partner.

The new office will give the firm greater exposure in the metro New York

market, as well as allow easier access for regional and national clients, says John

P. Langan, managing partner at Hiscock and Barclay. Entering the New York City

market had been a personal goal since he trained as a lawyer in Manhattan, he

adds. An expansion of the firm's New York City health-care practice over the past

three years allowed Hiscock and Barclay to justify a Manhattan location. In

addition to Glasel, other attorneys will use the office when on business in New

York.

"The New York market," says Langan, "is a nice supplement to our Upstate business."

The 24th-floor office has conference .rooms with views of the Statue of Liberty, and Hiscock and Barclay holds an option on another office space in the building, says Langan.

Over the past year, the firm has added 23 new attorneys and expanded its utilities, labor, tax, and environmental practice groups. Hiscock and Barclay has 90 attorneys on its staff.

The firm had its Manhattan location selected early in the summer and nearly completed by the first week in September, says Langan. The assault on the nearby

World Trade Center set back plans for occupying the new offices.

"The attack knocked out the switching for our telephone lines," he says.

Restoring telephone service to the area took nearly two months. The subsequent restrictions on movement in lower Manhattan and the cleanup efforts put the office opening on hold until late November. Workers finishing up the office interior, if they were available, had to move their equipment through the streets on foot because vehicles were prohibited in the area of the Standard Oil building.