• Goldberg Segalla has elected to its partnership Garden City-based James Gilroy, general liability and construction defect litigation; Garden City-based Edward Kitt, alternative dispute resolution and civil litigation; Garden City-based Kenneth Lange, insurance coverage disputes; Buffalo-based Kathleen Martin, catastrophic injuries and negligence; Garden City-based Jeffrey Migdalen, personal injury, premises and construction site liability; Buffalo-based Patrick Omilian, insurance coverage and reinsurance; White Plains-based Jill Owens, class action defense and products liability; Buffalo-based Kenneth Patricia, high-exposure liability claims; and Syracuse-based Lisa Robinson, personal injury and death.

• Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria has named Thomas Burnham, who focused on disability law, a senior partner. The firm also named Phillip Scaffidi, who focuses on workers compensation and Social Security disability, a special counsel; and Max Humann, who focuses on personal injury, a junior partner.