Financial Institutions, Inc. announced that Samuel J. Burruano Jr. was named General Counsel. In addition to his duties as General Counsel, he will also continue to serve as Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary. Burruano has provided legal advice to the organization for the past three years and worked closely with William L. Kreienberg, Chief Banking and Revenue Officer and former General Counsel, to prepare him to take on this role as the Company’s chief legal adviser. This planned organizational change enables Kreienberg to focus his full attention on leading the organization’s revenue and relationship-building businesses for banking, insurance and wealth management.