LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Vincent E. Doyle, III, upon the occasion
of being named president-elect of the New York State Bar Association

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay
tribute to those individuals within the Empire State who have made
strong contributions to their communities and who inspire others through
their model citizenry; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor
Vincent E. Doyle, III, upon the occasion of being named president-elect
of the New York State Bar Association; and
WHEREAS, A partner of the Buffalo law firm Connors & Vilardo LLP,
Vincent Doyle, III, has been named president-elect of the New York State
Bar Association; he was elected by the House of Delegates, the State
Bar's decision and policy-making body and assumes the title of "presi-
dent-elect" on June 1, 2010; he will begin his one-year term as presi-
dent on June 1, 2011; and
WHEREAS, A resident of Elma, Vincent Doyle, III, is a trial and appel-
late attorney whose practice includes civil and white collar criminal
litigation, and representation of professionals in disciplinary
proceedings, as well as advising on legal ethics matters; he earned his
undergraduate degree from Canisius College and received his law degree
from the University at Buffalo Law School; and
WHEREAS, Active in the State Bar for nearly 20 years, Vincent Doyle,
III served for four years as a member-at-large of the State Bar's Execu-
tive Committee, and on the House of Delegates; he previously chaired the
Criminal Justice Section, the Special Committee to Ensure Quality of
Mandated Representation, and the Task Force to Review Terrorism Legis-
lation; and
WHEREAS, Vincent Doyle, III sits on the Advisory Committee on Criminal
Law and Procedure to the Chief Administrative Judge of the State of the
Courts of New York, and was appointed by retired Chief Judge Judith S.
Kaye to the Commission on the Jury, a blue-ribbon panel charged with
formulating ways to improve the jury system in New York; he previously
served on the Grand Jury Project, and also is a member of the New York
State Judicial Screening Panel for the Fourth Judicial Department; and
WHEREAS, Vincent Doyle, III is an active member of the Bar Association
of Erie County, having served on its Board of Directors from 2003-2006;
he is the current president of that association's Aid to Indigent Pris-
oners Society, which administers the Assigned Counsel Program in Erie
County; he currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Villa Maria
College in Buffalo; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to publicly recog-
nize those extraordinary individuals who have made contributions to the
success and progress of society in the course of their life's work; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Vincent E. Doyle, III, upon the occasion of being named presi-
dent-elect of the New York State Bar Association; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Vincent E. Doyle, III.