Abrams Fensterman, LLP

Abrams Fensterman, LLP is a full-service law firm that operates a Rochester office at 2280 East Avenue on the first floor. Founded in 2000 by Robert Abrams and Howard Fensterman, the firm started with 13 attorneys focused on family law and healthcare law and has since grown to more than 120 attorneys across five New York offices, including locations in Lake Success, Brooklyn, White Plains, Albany, and Rochester. The Rochester office opened as part of a 2022 expansion and is led by attorney-in-charge Maureen T. Bass, a partner who was recognized as a 2024 Attorney of the Year by The Daily Record and Rochester Business Journal.

The Rochester office handles a broad range of legal matters for individuals, businesses, and municipal entities across Upstate and Western New York. Practice areas available through this location include:

• Employment law and litigation
• White collar criminal defense
• Civil and commercial litigation
• Family law
• Real estate law
• Municipal law
• Health law
• Corporate and securities law
• Bankruptcy
• Trust and estates
• Alternative dispute resolution
• Political and election law

The office is staffed by partners Maureen T. Bass and Matthew Rosenbaum, associate Steven P. Bann, and of counsel attorney Sharon P. Stiller.

Abrams Fensterman has built its practice around a combination of litigation strength and transactional work, covering more than 40 practice areas statewide. The Rochester office focuses on serving the Upstate and Western New York legal market with particular depth in employment law, municipal representation, and white collar defense. The firm is a member of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and has expanded its local footprint since establishing the Rochester location in 2022.

The Rochester office sits on the East Avenue corridor, one of the city's historically significant thoroughfares stretching east from downtown Rochester toward the Town of Brighton. The 2280 East Avenue address places the office in the 14610 ZIP code along the eastern stretch of the avenue, within reach of cultural institutions like the George Eastman Museum further west on the same road. East Avenue is well connected to downtown Rochester and surrounding suburbs, and the corridor is known for its mix of professional offices, residential properties, and neighborhood commercial activity.