Rochester, N.Y., September 6, 2017 – LeChase Construction Services, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Tom O’Gara as its new general counsel.
Based in Rochester, O’Gara will be responsible for all legal aspects of LeChase’s business and additionally will support enhancement of the company’s risk management program. He has been serving as LeChase’s acting general counsel since February.
Prior to joining LeChase, O’Gara was as a partner in the firm Ernstrom & Dreste, LLP, where he represented LeChase as outside counsel on several legal matters. He has almost a decade of experience in commercial litigation, contract law, insurance, surety law and general construction matters.
O’Gara received his Juris Doctor cum laude from Albany Law School of Union University, and his undergraduate degree in political science from Siena College. He lives in Fairport, N.Y., with his wife and daughter.