Canastota Lawyers

Karen Edler is the founder of the Price, Meese, Shulman & D'Arminio, P.C. Education Law Group. She advocates for parents and students to obtain a free, appropriate public education for students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), Section 504 & related laws. Ms. Edler's services include reviewing Individual Education Plans (“IEP”) & Section 504 Plans, attending meetings and filing due process petitions when necessary. Ms. Edler represents students with any educational issues including academic issues, school disciplinary cases, bullying cases and collegiate academic and disciplinary matters. Ms. Edler handles special needs planning, Special Needs Trusts, guardianship...

We pride ourselves in being attentive, caring and successful in the fields of immigration and business formation.

I am a Federal & State criminal trial lawyer. I do not handle anything beside criminal defense matters in Federal + State court. I cut my teeth as a prosecutor in the third largest city in the U.S., handling narcotics and major felony cases. I rose to the level of Chief Prosecutor and then I left and took that trial experience with me. I switched sides to become a defense lawyer to protect my clients' constitutional rights that get trampled everyday. Based out of New York City, I am the Managing Partner in both New York + Los Angeles...

Susan Henner has been practicing immigration law for over 30 years. A 1994 graduate of New York Law School, Susan is the former co-chair of the Westchester County Bar Association, Immigration Committee and an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School. She is also a member of AILA (the American Immigration Lawyer's Association). Susan assists employers to obtain green cards and visas for clients, and also practices in the areas of removal & deportation. Her areas of practice include: PERM, H-1B visas, O-1 visas, E-1 and E-2 Visas, EB-1s, U Visas, T Visas, VAWA, political asylum, cancellation...

Rafael Urena has a long history of vigorously advocating for his clients on important matters. Mr. Urena has represented clients in federal and state courts in a wide spectrum of cases. He has argued on a multitude of complex civil, constitutional, criminal, and immigration matters. He has persuaded courts to award some of the largest preservations of immigrant visas in history and successfully upended hundreds of the government’s attempts to deport noncitizens. Mr. Urena is a frequent commentator on legal issues. He has been featured in Once-In-A-Lifetime U.S. Visas to Be Lost Unless Court Intervenes, Forbes Magazine, Afghan visa lottery...

In more than twenty years of law practice based in NY, CT, and NC, Bill Lalor has represented a diverse group of individual and commercial clients in an array of litigated and other matters involving business planning, contracts, and disputes, insurance, employment, probate litigation, education, real estate, personal injury, mass torts, regulatory matters, and other subject areas. Bill has litigated cases involving high-profile clients and adversaries in federal, state and specialized courts throughout the United States, including “CNA” insurers and the Lloyd’s of London insurance market. He has also served as National Coordinating Counsel for a number of clients including Alcoa...

As a skilled attorney specializing in Immigration and Family Law, I provide a distinctive combination of linguistic abilities, cultural insight, and a steadfast dedication to my work. Proficient in Spanish, Russian, Romanian, and French, I can assist a wide variety of clients, guiding them through intricate legal issues with compassion and accuracy. My dedication to justice stems from a deep understanding of the difficulties faced by individuals and families. As both a compassionate counselor and a determined advocate, I have achieved significant success in my field, gaining recognition for my ability to deliver tailored solutions and favorable outcomes. With my multilingual abilities...

Bukh Law Firm, P.C. is #1 ranked Criminal Defense law firm, as ranked by Avvo, Citysearch and Insiderpages. The attorneys at the Bukh Law Firm, P.C. are committed to providing each and every client with an aggressive and thorough legal defense, regardless of the size and complexity of their case. Our law firmâs founder and managing partner, Arkady Bukh, vigorously pursued and selected attorneys with a developed domain expertise in criminal, family, and civil litigation practice areas. The result of his efforts is a dedicated and energized team of legal experts that can swiftly bring to a favorable closure...

Bryan was born in Los Angeles, CA. He attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan where he received his Bachelors of Arts Degree. He obtained his Juris Doctorate law degree from Brooklyn Law School.

Mr. Arce is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, and Pennsylvania State Bar Association. He is admitted to practice law in the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and the District of Columbia.

Prior to coming to the firm, Mr. Arce worked as a Judicial Intern for the Equal Employment Opportunities...

Karen Charrington is a highly-skilled trial attorney. She is a former prosecutor who was trained in the Bronx County District Attorney’s office, which has one of the highest volumes of cases in New York City.

Ms. Charrington began her career as a Criminal Court Line Assistant and rose to the ranks of a Major Case Assistant handling the most serious criminal cases in the office. As an Assistant District Attorney, she was able to sharpen her skills as a no-nonsense litigator and trial attorney.

Trial attorneys always have a leg up on the competition because they can see a case from the...

Charles Joseph is the founding partner at Joseph & Kirschenbaum LLP. Charles founded Joseph & Kirschenbaum to help workers who had been wronged by unfair employment and wage practices. His firm is dedicated to helping employees win claims for discrimination, sexual harassment, wage theft, retaliation, whistleblowing, and other illegal employer activities. Charles has won numerous major legal victories for workers in all occupations and industries. His firm has recovered over $200 million for workers across the country.

I have been assisting personal injury victims in their recovery for over ten years. I earned my law degree from Columbia University, where I was honored as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Additionally, I hold a business degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan Flagler Business School, where I was awarded 17 scholarships. Since 2020, I have been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers and have been featured on the cover of Super Lawyers Magazine for Solo Success. My published work has appeared in the Wall Street Lawyer and the Practising Law Institute. I have...

Anna Dover devotes her practice to representing whistleblowers in actions brought on behalf of the government under the federal and state false claims acts as well as related retaliation claims resulting from her clients' fraud reporting. Many of Ms. Dover's clients have exposed Medicare and Medicaid fraud in the health care and pharmaceutical industries (including off-label pharmaceutical marketing schemes, illegal kickback arrangements, and upcoding by healthcare facilities and providers) and her cases have returned over a hundred million dollars to the federal and state governments. Her office is in New York City.

Peter W. Yoars, Jr. is a solution-driven attorney with experience in all aspects and phases of complex civil and commercial litigation, settlements, arbitrations and mediations. Peter has vast experience with jury and non-jury trials in State and Federal courts as well as arbitrations, mediations and other forms of ADR. As trial and lead counsel, he handles engineering and construction disputes, corporate litigation, environmental law, professional liability claims, toxic torts, product liability, among other cases. Peter has made hundreds of court appearances, drafted countless pleadings, motions and other court documents, managed intricate and voluminous discovery processes, taken and defended...

Joel I. Rachmiel graduated from Newark College of Engineering (now part of N.J.I.T.) in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Rachmiel then worked as a mechanical engineer for several years before entering Seton Hall Law School where he earned his law degree in 1973.

Mr. Rachmiel served as an Assistant Union County Prosecutor from 1973 to 1979, during which time he prosecuted 75 jury trials. He opened his own law office in 1979, where he now limits his practice to plaintiff's personal injury litigation, criminal defense, and municipal court matters, including DWI/DUI.

Mr. Rachmiel became a Certified Criminal...

Gregory D. Stone co-founded Fisher Stone with partner and fellow Florida Coastal Law School graduate Lowrance Fisher. Truly a jack of all trades, Greg has become a qualified New York attorney as well as an experienced business professional, an entrepreneur, and a publisher. His background includes starting a cellphone/iPod accessories company and founding the journal SSB Magazine. Greg practices business law and real estate law so he can help fellow entrepreneurs achieve their business dreams and help fellow New Yorkers deal in their dream properties.

Sean Imran is an accomplished criminal defense attorney with invaluable trial experience representing high-stakes clients facing criminal charges and media attention. Sean possesses profound insights into the intricacies of criminal cases, and his ability to navigate the complexities of criminal cases involving media attention is honed with finesse and poise. Furthermore, Sean Imran has an exceptional track record of success in defending clients across a range of criminal matters. Having served as a former public defender at the Legal Aid Society, he possesses a deep understanding of the challenges faced by clients in criminal proceedings. This experience has enabled him...

Laura Rosenberg is licensed to practice law in the States of New York and New Jersey since 2001. Her primary area of expertise is personal injury law. She graduated from the University of San Diego in 1997 with a major in Political Science and minor in Business Administration. She worked as a paralegal in several law firms throughout her College and Law School education where she gained an invaluable insight into the daily problems of the injured victims. Ms. Rosenberg graduated from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2000, where she was a member of the...

Laura K. Gasiorowski, Esq. has been practicing criminal defense law since 1994 and joined Stahl Gasiorowski Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2005. For almost thirty years she has concentrated her career on representation of individuals and corporations in state and federal courts, in a wide variety of criminal matters, from complex white collar cases involving mail and wire fraud, money laundering, computer fraud, structuring, tax evasion and bank fraud to offenses like terrorism, kidnapping, gambling, narcotics violations, murder, VICAR, and RICO. She also represents students in college and university disciplinary hearings.

Robert G. Stahl is the managing partner of Stahl Gasiorowski Criminal Defense Lawyers. He started the firm in 1997, after six years of exemplary service as a federal prosecutor. His firm focuses on defending individuals charged with white-collar offenses and other serious federal and state charges, both at trial and on appeal. Recent notable federal cases include representing a college student charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice in the aftermath of Boston Marathon bombing; a pharmacist charged with a multimillion-dollar online prescription drug fraud scheme in the SDNY; and a prominent rabbi charged with kidnapping as a result of...

Michael Konopka has aggressively represented his clients for over 34 years. He is involved in complex litigation in both the State and Federal Courts. He is currently the principal of Michael Konopka & Associates, P.C,, located at 277 Broadway, NY, NY. (212 385 4800) His office staff is fluent in Russian, Ukranian, Polish and Chinese. Michael Konopka was born in Detroit. After graduating from Monteith College, he attended New York Law School and received his Juris Doctorate degree in 1982. Michael is a lifetime member of the prestigious Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the American Bar Association and...

As an African American/Black woman, attorney Laurie E. Morrison has first-hand experience with discrimination, harassment and other unlawful workplace abuse, and she fights for each and every one of her clients. Laurie fights for employees who have been subjected to employment/workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, medical leave violations, failure to pay wages, failure to pay overtime, and wrongful terminations. We serve employees in New York City, New York State and throughout the state of New Jersey.

Alan Fuchsberg comes from a family of lawyers and judges and has been practicing law for over 30 years. He works on individual lawsuits as well as class actions. Through his years of practicing law his experience includes civil rights lawsuits and the full spectrum of personal injury actions, including medical malpractice, products liability, and wrongful death cases. Alan also takes on employment, insurance, antitrust and estate proceedings, as well as cases involving police misconduct and the infringement of civil liberties. When you are a client at Jacob Fuchsberg Law Firm you are treated like family.

Gregory Byrnes is the lead litigation attorney for Anderson Law. Prior to joining Anderson Law, Gregory was the founding partner of Davis & Byrnes, former principal of The Byrnes Law Office, and worked as an associate at a large litigation firm in New York City. His practice areas include real estate litigation, residential and commercial landlord tenant, condo and cooperative board advisory, and transactional work. Gregory practices in New York and New Jersey state and federal courts. Gregory Byrnes' areas of focus are: Real Estate Litigation, Transactions and Advisory Services, Business transactions and startups, Landlord and Tenant Law, Commercial Litigation,...

Patrick J. Lanciotti works in the environmental litigation and toxic tort department of Napoli Shkolnik, where his practice focuses primarily on environmental class actions and mass tort litigations. Mr. Lanciotti currently represents individuals injured by the Flint Water Crisis, In re: Flint Water Litigation, one of the largest contaminated water litigations in the country. Other cases include representing individuals and municipalities injured as a result of exposure to Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the following matters: Westhampton, New York, Hoosick Falls, New York, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Yaphank, New York. Finally, Mr. Lanciotti represents thousands of children with...

Peter is the founder of Avenue Law Firm. He is an experienced real estate & business attorney and has been featured in numerous publications including Forbes, Newsweek, New York Observer, NY Post and The Real Deal. His articles have been published in New York Real Estate Journal and he has been selected Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine for 8 years in a row (an award given to no more than 2.5% of attorneys in NY State). Peter also teaches continuing education courses for real estate professionals and for healthcare providers.

Mr. Goldstein is a former U.S. Immigration Prosecutor who handles all immigration matters. The firm, Pozo Goldstein, LLP serves clients in removal proceedings, family and business visa cases, employment visas, investment visas, appeals, motions and any other complex immigration related matters. Our offices are located in Miami, New York, Orlando, and West Palm Beach, Florida.

Powerful Voice. Strong Results. Compassionate Representation. Meet Chris. Client-focused and results driven NY/NJ employment attorney. I handle severance negotiations, workplace discrimination, unpaid wage and overtime pay recovery, retaliation, wrongful termination. Let's discuss your solution. During his career, Mr. Davis has served as class counsel on numerous nationwide employment class actions and has tried nearly 20 cases to verdict. Mr. Davis has been recognized by the press as an experienced trial attorney and employment law expert. He is regularly interviewed by print and television media outlets around the world, including The Associated Press, The Shriver Report, and CNN En...

Barry R. Lax, a founding partner of Lax & Neville LLP, has an extensive background in commercial, employment and securities litigation in all forums, including, state and federal courts, and arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), National Futures Association (“NFA”), Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”) and the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). Since forming Lax & Neville LLP in 2007, Mr. Lax has represented customers and broker/dealers in disputes regarding sales practice issues and product problem cases and has successful represented hedge fund investors and general partners in complicated commercial and securities litigations throughout his career....

Attorney Caitlin Dukes is a former prosecutor who handles criminal appeals, writs, and other post-conviction relief for the criminal appeals firm Spolin & Dukes P.C. She has a wide array of experience in state and federal courts. Besides having served as a Deputy District Attorney, her background includes work for multiple judges and government entities (including Federal District Court Judge James Knoll Gardner and the United States Department of Homeland Security) as well as private sector experience defending clients wrongfully accused of crimes. Ms. Dukes’s primary goal on any given case is to identify the strongest arguments, clearly and succinctly present...

Alena Shautsova was admitted to practice law in the United States in 2008. She comes from Belarus where she graduated with honors from one of the most prestigious law schools in the former USSR. Following her graduation in Belarus, she entered the practice of business law while pursuing a second higher education degree in Economics and Management. Her native language is Russian. In 2005 the US Department of State awarded Ms. Shautsova with a highly competitive Eduard S. Muskie scholarship that allowed her to obtain Master's Degree in Law from the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. After her graduation...

Peter Saghir has spent his legal career with Gair Gair Conason fighting for justice for those who have been killed or seriously injured through the fault of others. Peter has honed his trial skills under the tutelage of the firm’s senior partners and has been a fierce advocate for his clients. He has achieved numerous multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in the New York Metro area since 2016. In addition, as a result of Peter’s success as a trial attorney, he has been asked to lecture and teach by...

Prior to opening up his own firm, Sam represented the NYC Administration for Children’s Services in all family court child protective proceedings, including conducting hundreds of trials and contested hearings; drafting motions, pleadings, and other legal documents; and negotiating settlements for his clients. Sam is also working as an Associate Attorney at Ezdrin & Woods, P.C. in Syosset, NY. Sam received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and is admitted to practice law in both New York and New Jersey, including the United States District Courts for both the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. During law school, Sam worked...

Until Corey was eight years old, he thought he had been born into a family secured by his parents’ happy marriage. They were living in Hawaii—and growing up in Hawaii, as Larry David would say, is “pretty . . . pretty . . . pretty ...good.” However, his world was flipped upside down when he came home one day from third grade, and his older sister opened the front door and told him that mom wasn’t home. How could that be? Mom was always home. This was as reliable as the sun rising in the morning. After that, Corey experienced the turmoil...

Andrew Lavoott Bluestone is a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys and specializes in Legal Malpractice Litigation

Katerina Grinko is a Senior Associate attorney practicing at the Westhampton Beach and East Hampton offices of Burner Prudenti Law, P.C. She is instrumental in serving clients with Real Estate Transactions, Land Use and Zoning issues from Manhattan to the east end of Long Island. Prior to joining Burner Prudenti Law, P.C., Katerina worked at a Riverhead-based law firm where she handled a heavy volume of Real Estate, Landlord-Tenant, Land Use and Zoning matters. She is a recent recipient of “40 Under Forty” and “Diversity in Business" Awards from Long Island Business News. In 2021, Katerina was recognized as an “Outstanding Woman...

Tini law, P.C. was established early 2015, after its managing partner, Mr. Tini, left his position as Principal Law Clerk for the now retired Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, Stephen M. Behar. Prior to his appointment as Principal Law Clerk, Mr. Tini has previously managed Tini & Associates, P.C. This unique experience between private practice and public service allows our firm to better appreciate the specific needs of our clients and appreciates the challenges of each case, while relating to the specific rules of the assigned jurist. As leaders in each of the areas in which we practice, and...

Davies At Law * 2024 * Timothy R. Davies is the culmination of many years of legal services proudly practicing within the Long Island, New York legal landscape. Over thirty years ago in 1991 Davies, Elston, Davies and Davies was newly formed with partners, Timothy R. Davies, Esq., Ronald C. Davies, Esq., A. Roger Elston, Esq. and Victoria L. Davies, Esq. With the early foundation of a family law firm who had been servicing our neighboring Long Island community and families for many years, Davies At Law proudly continues this tradition forward. My wife,...