Edward Hourihan, Jr

Practice Areas

- Litigation

- Health Care

- Higher Education

- Manufacturing

- Municipalities

- Real Estate and Construction

- School Law

- Tax Assessment, Condemnation & Property Valuation

Career

Edward is a litigation attorney and managing member of the firm's Rochester office. He handles a broad array of business and commercial disputes at the trial and appellate levels in both state and federal courts in Rochester, New York and several other jurisdictions.

Edward represents Fortune 500 companies; large corporations; service, manufacturing, technology companies; insurance carriers; municipalities; and public and private institutions. His practice is dedicated to litigating complex corporate business disputes, intellectual property disputes, government investigations, construction disputes, contractual breaches, insurance defense claims, land use/planning and zoning actions. Edward has and is representing parties in complex trust and estates litigation.

Edward has represented over 50 owners in all aspects of construction law, including contract negotiation, claims consulting, and litigation and arbitration. In the last 10 years, he has counseled clients, including colleges, school districts, hospitals and other public and private entities, in connection with numerous construction projects the value of which collectively exceeds $1 billion. Edward has lectured and published on a variety of topics, including trial practice, business law, construction law and subrogation law.

Publications

- Featured in "Hope for Haiti Amid Disaster," Rochester Beacon, August 24, 2021

- "You Can Do It All: Deliver sophisticated services while creating a culture the market demands," New York Law Journal, May 9, 2016

- Co-Authored "The Prognosis for Recovery Health Insurance Subrogation," New York State Bar Journal, May 2008

Personal

- Chair, Monroe County Bar Association, Judiciary Committee

- Past President, Seton Catholic School Foundation

- Past President, Board of Directors, Literacy Volunteers of Rochester

- Past President, Board of Directors, Norman Howard School

- Trustee, Max and Marian Farash Foundation

- Board of Directors, Chapin Manufacturing, Batavia, NY

- Past Director, Community Child Care Center

- Board of Directors, Education Success Foundation

- Board of Directors, Education Success Network

- Board of Directors, Haitian Health Foundation, Norwich, Conn., Jeremie, Haiti

- Board of Directors, Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women

- President, Board of Directors, House of Mercy

- President, Board of Directors, JustCause

- Past Director, YMCA of Greater Rochester

- Certified Mediator, Federal District Court, WDNY

- Past Chair, United Way Tocqueville Society

Professional Memberships

- New York State Bar Association

- Monroe County Bar Association

- New York Academy of Trial Lawyers

Education

Awards