AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Civil Litigation
- Real Property
- Wills
- Trusts
- Estates
- Business and Commercial Law
LITIGATION PERCENTAGE
50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
BAR ADMISSIONS
New York, 1973
Pennsylvania, 1997
U.S. Supreme Court, 1990
U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1984
U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2010
EDUCATION
- Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, 1972, J.D.
- Law Review: Syracuse Law Review, Associate Editor
- Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1969, B.S.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Frew Run Gravel Products, Inc., v. Town of Carroll, 71 N.Y.2d 123 (N.Y.S. 1987)
Jones v. Town of Correy, 15 N.Y.3d 139 (2010)
Bond v. Turner, 78 A.D.3d 1490 (4th Dept. 2010)
In the Matter of the Estate of Nyla J. Gehr, 117 A.D3d 1405 (4th Dept. 2014)
People v. Watson , 32 AD3d 1199 (4th Dept. 2006)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
- Jamestown Bar Association, Member
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Member
