Mr. Plache is Special Counsel at Damon Morey LLP, practicing in the firm’s Probate, Trust and Estate Department.

A practicing attorney for more than 45 years, Mr. Plache is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of New York and a former lieutenant in the United States Navy.

Mr. Plache’s community involvement includes the following:

• Former 10-year member of the Board of Trustees of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library and is currently an emeritus member
• Former nine-year member of the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School Board, with various terms as president
• Former president of the Board of Trustees of Kenmore Presbyterian Church
• Trustee of various charitable trusts and foundations.

Mr. Plache’s professional memberships include the Erie County and New York State Bar Associations. He is a member of various committees and sections of these associations. Mr. Plache is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a former member of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law.

Mr. Plache is currently listed as one of The Best Lawyers in America 2010© in the area of Trusts and Estates (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) named among this year's Upstate New York's Super Lawyers.

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