About Kenneth Roland
Kenneth Roland Kraus earned his law degree from SUNY Buffalo Law School before beginning a career that has moved between private practice and local government. He is admitted to practice in New York and built his early professional foundations in the region where he was educated.
He began working as a lawyer in 2006 at Pfalzgraf Beinhauer Grear Harris Schuller LLP. That role placed him in a firm environment early in his career and exposed him to the daily demands of client counsel and courtroom procedure. Around the same time he took on professional association membership, a link to the broader legal community that has continued into the present.
Two years later he joined Evans Fox LLP. He became a partner there in 2008 and has remained part of the firm’s leadership since. His tenure at Evans Fox spans client representation, case preparation and courtroom work. The partner role has required managing files and mentoring junior lawyers while maintaining an active litigation and advisory docket.
Kraus has also held local government posts in the Town of Chili. He served as Deputy Town Supervisor beginning in 2012 and later assumed the office of Town Judge in 2015. Those roles added a public-service dimension to his resume. They gave him regular exposure to municipal processes, local ordinances and the practical realities of running town government. Serving as judge provided direct experience on the bench and required balancing legal reasoning with community expectations.
Across private practice and public office, Kraus has combined courtroom experience with municipal service. He has navigated the day-to-day work of a law firm partner while also engaging in local government administration and adjudication. He currently practices at Evans Fox LLP, handling matters that draw on his municipal court and local government experience.
