ALBANY – The Albany law firm of McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams celebrated its 150th birthday by throwing a party for one of the most popular and beloved figures in the local legal community: retired Appellate Division, Third Department, Presiding Justice Leonard Weiss.

Weiss, who is special counsel to the firm, was honored at a reception April 23 attended by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, Third Department Presiding Justice Karen Peters, Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings and numerous other judges of state and federal courts. As the firm marks its founding in 1863, Weiss is about to celebrate his 90th birthday.