Samuel J. Burruano Jr.

Mr. Burruano has been Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Financial Institutions, Inc. and Five Star Bank since February 2021. Between December 2019 and February 2021, he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Burruano joined Five Star Bank in October 2016 as Assistant General Counsel and Director of Regulatory Compliance and was named Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in November 2018. Previously, he held various legal and compliance positions at First Niagara Bank, NA beginning in March 2011, most recently serving as Assistant General Counsel, Retail Services and Assistant Corporate Secretary. Mr. Burruano has practiced law since 1993 and was an attorney at the law firm of Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, from December 1993 to March 2011, where he ascended from associate counsel to partner.