Mallory concentrates her practice on estate and trust administration and litigation, commercial litigation, municipal litigation, insurance defense, and contract enforcement and interpretation. She has extensive experience assisting fiduciaries with the administration of trusts and estates as well as litigating and defending against claims of asset mismanagement, breach of fiduciary duty, and discovery proceedings. Mallory has significant appellate experience having perfected appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department, and New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division Fourth Department as well as drafting opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.

Prior to joining Adams Leclair, Mallory was a member at a law firm in Rochester. In her free time, Mallory enjoys biking and rowing on the Erie Canal.

RECOGNITION & AWARDS

• The Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, 2027
• Appointed to the Estate Planning Council of Rochester, March 2025
• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® (Insurance Law; Litigation – Trust and Estates; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants), 2024-2025
• SuperLawyers®, Rising Star, 2020-2024
• Up and Coming Lawyer, New York Daily Record & Rochester Business Journal, 2021

RECENT BLOG POSTS, PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

• The Daily Record: No-Contest Clauses in New York: Enforceable but Not Absolute, August 6, 2026
• The Daily Record: QTIP Trusts and Tax Apportionment Clauses in Wills, September 4th, 2025
• Featured in “Snapshot of Commercial Litigation Amid a Pandemic,” The Daily Record, March 2021
• “Resolving Disputes and Handling Ethical Issues in Government Projects,” Half Moon Education Inc., April 2021, July 2022
• “2022 Annual Ethics Update CLE,” Monroe County Bar Association, October 2022

RESULTS/REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE:

• In the Matter of Lisa Townson, Beneficiary of the Estate of Ann K. Townson, Deceased, Petitioner, Under SCPA 1420 for the Construction of the Last Will and Testament of Ann K. Townson, 86 Misc 3d 1160 (Monroe County Surrogate’s Court)