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Jeffrey Linehan
New York, NY Attorney with 14 years of experience
Securities and White Collar Crime
New York Law School
I'm a former prosecutor, current defense attorney, and a proud New Yorker of 18 years. My areas of focus are criminal defense and professional medical discipline. I'm familiar with securities regulations and investigated public corruption for state government. As your defense lawyer, I would bring a decade of trial and investigation experience and an eye for the weaknesses in even the most complex of cases. I live in Brooklyn with my partner and two bulldogs.
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Joseph Peter Allgor
New York, NY Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business, Employment and Securities
UCLA School of Law
Joseph’s practice is concentrated in the areas of regulation of financial services firms, securities litigation and commercial litigation.
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Mr. Nicholas Ivan Timko
New York, NY Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
New York Law School
Nicholas I. Timko, managing partner of the New York City firm of Kahn Gordon Timko & Rodriques P.C., has dedicated his professional career to representing individuals who have been seriously injured in all types of accidents. He has represented clients in cases involving unsafe conditions in buildings and on sidewalks, roadways, subways and construction sites, defective products, vehicle accidents, and medical malpractice. An experienced trial attorney who has won many substantial verdicts, Mr. Timko has been successful in holding corporations, businesses, government agencies, hospitals, doctors, manufacturers and individuals accountable when their conduct causes harm and loss to members of...
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Leslie I. Snyder
New York, NY Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Immigration
California Western School of Law
Board Certified Immigration Lawyer, AV Rated, Top Rated Lawyers as Noted in the Miami Herald, Speaks Spanish
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Jabari-Jason Tyson-Phipps
New Rochelle, NY Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Business, Entertainment & Sports, IP and Trademarks
Washington University School of Law and National University of Singapore
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Thomas Philip Markovits
New York, NY Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Workers' Comp
Cardozo Law School
In 1980, Thomas P. Markovits began his legal career. He is a seasoned, well-versed personal injury attorney in New York, serving clients from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Attorney Markovits is also licensed to practice law in Washington D.C. and New Jersey. He is a proud member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and various other organizations. Attorney Markovits has focused his legal career on advocating for personal injury victims, recovering millions of dollars for his clients in that time. He particularly focuses on resolving car and other vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, and slip and fall...
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Grace Hyun
New York, NY Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Grace Hyun specializes in the areas of civil litigation and has extensive experience in representing individuals and businesses in legal matters involving employment law, personal injury, premises liability, construction, products liability, and complex litigation matters. Ms. Hyun is a zealous advocate for her clients and regularly appears in state and federal courts helping her clients achieve successful results. Ms. Hyun represents employees who have been wrongfully terminated or are experiencing discrimination or sexual harassment at work. In addition, she represents employees and class of employees in matters involving violations of the FLSA and wage laws.
Ms. Hyun practices in New York...
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Todd Alan Morth
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
I'm an affordable full service bankruptcy lawyer. I have helped 1,000’s of people file Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies in Buffalo, Niagara Falls and all of Western New York. If you are behind on your car payment, mortgage or property taxes, please contact me to see if I can help you with these payments. If you have credit card debts you are struggling to pay, or if you have a judgment against you or your wages are being garnished, I can help you resolve these problems. Please contact me for free consultation to review your situation. I offer in...
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Alexander Granovsky
New York, NY Lawyer with 21 years of experience
48 Wall Street
11th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Free ConsultationEmployment
New York University School of Law
Experienced employment attorney representing individuals and companies in all aspects of employment law- Severance, Unpaid Wages/Overtime, Discrimination, Retaliation. We handle all employment law matters.
I am dedicated to providing exceptional service to individuals and businesses throughout New York and Ohio. My employment law practice encompasses all areas of employment law including discrimination, harassment, hostile work environment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour, overtime, severance agreements and non compete agreements.
I have been trained at some of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the country and provide my clients with the same level of high-quality legal services as these...
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Michael E. Reiser
Lockport, NY Attorney with 8 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Michael Reiser is an Associate Attorney practicing in the firm’s Corporate and Business Department, and handles contract formation and enforcement, corporate matters, collections, and property matters.
Mr. Reiser obtained his B.A. in English, with a minor in Political Science, from John Carroll University, in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Reiser received his Juris Doctor from SUNY Buffalo Law School in 2016, graduating cum laude.
Before joining HoganWillig, Mr. Reiser practiced in real estate, mortgage servicing, mortgage foreclosure litigation, and title resolution.
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Gary Burton Port
Lynbrook, NY Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Business
Brooklyn Law School
Gary Port has been recognized by the New York Law Journal in 2016, in “Those Who Lead, Pro Bono Category.” He was also honored in 2016 by the Center for Children, Families and the Law, and the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy. In 2016 he was also honored by Angel for Warriors for his Pro Bono work for Veterans.
Mr. Port is a former Assistant Professor at the Maurice Deane School of Law, Hofstra University. He has also been named Chairman of the Nassau County Bar Association Veterans’ Law Committee. Mr. Port has also been appointed to State Senator...
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Jennifer Marlborough
Lynbrook, NY Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Boston University School of Law
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Joshua Parker Blumberg
Amityville, NY Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationTulane University School of Law
Joshua P. Blumberg is a partner at Blumberg, Cherkoss, Fitz Gibbons & Blumberg and one of the most promising and diligent attorneys in the Amityville legal community. Mr. Blumberg followed in the footsteps of both his grandfather and father (H. Lee Blumberg) by attending the University of Michigan, where he earned his B.A. He then went on to be admitted to Tulane University, where he graduated with his Juris Doctor in 2000. He was admitted to the New York and U.S. District Court bar that same year. After joining his father at Blumberg, Cherkoss, Fitz Gibbons & Blumberg, Mr. Blumberg...
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Daniel Friedman
Brooklyn, NY Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
New York Law School
Daniel Friedman, successfully litigates business, contract, real estate, estate and insurance related in all Courts, and does contracts/closings. Conveniently located offices in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. Experienced, capable and effective legal counsel.
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Richard Frank Artura
Lindenhurst, NY Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Real Estate
St. John's University School of Law
Richard Artura, Esq., has been practicing bankruptcy law for over 30 years. His practice includes bankruptcy litigation in both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases. Mr. Artura is an adjunct professor at Touro Law School and is a long-standing member on the Suffolk Country Bar Association's Bankruptcy Law Committee.
Through advice and representation, Richard Artura can determine the best and most affordable ways to: eliminate overwhelming credit card debt, reduce burdensome mortgage payments, stop creditor collection actions, and overcome foreclosure difficulties. Additionally, Mr. Artura uses the bankruptcy court to modify delinquent mortgage loans.
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Anthony Thomas Ballato
Massapequa, NY Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Touro College
Anthony T. Ballato maintains a litigation and general practice for over twenty six years and handles a diverse range of matters including, among others, family law, personal injury, professional malpractice, lemon law, business transactions, cell sites, municipal law, animal law, elder fraud and abuse, real estate, estates and other matters. The litigation matters range from homeowner-contractor disputes to multi-million dollar tort cases. He has been featured in Newsday, The Seattle Times, The New York Law Journal, VerdictSearch and other written publications and has lectured for the Bar Associations of Nassau and Suffolk County as well as appeared on public television...
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Michelle Patricia Ferlito
New York, NY Lawyer with 6 years of experience
(631) 557-4744
1355 Merrick Rd Suite B, Copiague, NY 11726, United States
New York, NY 11726
Free ConsultationAppeals, Bankruptcy and Business
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
At Ferlito Law Group P.C. I provide remote and local business services to my clients. I provide comprehensive legal and business consulting (outside General Counsel) services to founding entrepreneurs and their businesses. This includes: incorporation, corporate structuring, governance and contracts, due diligence, purchase and sales of small businesses.
As of counsel to the Basile Law Firm P.C. I provide legal and business consulting services to small cap public companies to develop plans to restructure, remediate convertible debt and other corporate debt without filing bankruptcy, attract capital funding, acquisition funding, and effectuate mergers and acquisitions in order to preserve business...
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Gene R. Berardelli
Cedarhurst, NY Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationAdministrative
Quinnipiac University School of Law
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. I attended and graduated from Manhattan College summa cum laude in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government and International Studies, earning the College’s Ryan Medal for Government and induction into multiple honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa. I received my Juris Doctorate at Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2002 – at age 23. I am licensed to practice law in the State of New York and has been admitted to practice in federal court in the Southern & Eastern Districts of New York.
I am a...
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Ezra Levy
Brooklyn, NY Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
Brooklyn Law School
I have devoted my entire career to defending the rights of the accused. I spent over 18 years at the Legal Aid Society, often handling the most challenging and serious cases in the Office. I was the youngest attorney in the office to have been assigned the lead of trial counsel for a client charged with murder. additionally, I have successfully defended clients charged with all typed of violent and non-violent felonies. Throughout all this, I enjoy a sterling reputation amongst judges, prosecutors and the rest of the criminal bar. This makes me a far more...
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Christopher Worth
East Quogue, NY Attorney with 15 years of experience
Immigration
Brooklyn Law School
Christopher Worth is an immigration attorney who lives and works in East Quogue, New York.
Christopher has been practicing immigration law since 2013. During that time, he has appeared in immigration courts in New York, Massachusetts, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, California, Washington, and Michigan, and has submitted numerous appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Christopher has represented clients detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities throughout the United States, including facilities rated nationally as among the most difficult in which to obtain relief, such as those located in Lumpkin, Georgia (Stewart) and Oakdale, Louisiana. In those facilities, and...
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David Kohina
Brooklyn, NY Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration and Real Estate
Brooklyn Law School
David Kohina is one of the founding principals of Kohina Law Firm, Pllc. Admitted to the New York Bar in 2010, he focuses on real estate, immigration and business law. Mr. Kohina practices all areas of immigration and naturalization law including family and employment, business cases, temporary and immigrant visas, naturalization, refugee and asylum law. In addition, David Kohina offers legal services related to residential and commercial real estate transactions such as closings, deed transfers, lease reviews and drafting as well as representation during legal disputes between landlords and tenants.
Being an immigrant himself, David Kohina decided to attend law school...
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Denis Kitchen
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 48 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Bankruptcy and Business
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Denis has been a lifelong resident of Western New York, a graduate of Kenmore West, High School, a U.S. Naval Aviator, and an attorney for over 40 years.
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Jessica B. Smith
Lockport, NY Attorney with 11 years of experience
Real Estate
Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
Jessica B. Smith is an Associate Attorney in the firm’s Real Estate Law Department; assisting buyers and sellers through the closing process. Ms. Smith also handles post-closing issues, property tax challenges and landlord-tenant issues.
Ms. Smith obtained her B.A. in Government from Saint Lawrence University, and received her Juris Doctor in 2013 from Barry University School of Law in Orlando, FL. Ms. Smith is admitted to practice law in both New York & Florida.
Before joining HoganWillig, Ms. Smith provided legal advocacy to clients facing eviction, assisted clients to obtain and retain housing subsidies and representing clients in public and subsidized...
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Robert Michalak
Lockport, NY Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
University of Houston Law Center
Robert Michalak represents contractors, owners, and surety companies. His experience includes contract negotiations, bidding issues, project closeout consultation, mechanic's lien and trust fund filings and challenges, and claim prosecution and defense. Mr. Michalak also represents clients in structuring business and shareholder relationships, real estate development and commercial leases. He regularly represents clients in mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
In addition to his Doctor of Jurisprudence, Mr. Michalak has degrees in mechanical and chemical engineering and has held engineering positions in county government and a Fortune 500 company. Mr. Michalak has been a business law lecturer at the University at Buffalo and a...
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Thomas William Horn
Sag Harbor, NY Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Real Estate
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
From complex land issues to building and fire code violations to the more mundane, Mr. Horn has unscrambled the broken legal eggs of clients for years.
He has a record of experience in local government matched by few members of the legal profession from volunteer service to business owner to elected office and government employee. A strong advocate of children and management rights when entrusted with the interests of his neighbors on a school board. He describes those nine years of service as “…one of the most meaningful and productive periods in my life.”
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Michael Timothy Dwan
Depew, NY Attorney with 20 years of experience
Real Estate
State University of New York - Buffalo
Michael T. Dwan is principal of The Law Offices of Michael T. Dwan. Mr. Dwan handles Real Estate transactions, Estate Planning and Criminal Defense. Mr. Dwan is one of the top trial lawyers in Erie County.
Mr. Dwan is the son of longtime Judge and trial attorney Timothy J. Dwan.
Mr. Dwan received his undergraduate degree from Niagara University, and received his J.D. from the University of Buffalo Law School. He has also served as an adjunct criminal justice professor at Erie Community College and is frequently asked to be a guest lecturer at the University of Buffalo.
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Darren M. Swetz
Buffalo, NY Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
University of Akron
For over 15 years Darren Swetz has been helping individuals and business navigate a range of legal issues to help them achieve financial success, economic stability or a fresh start. At Tully Rinckey PLLC he is a Partner who represents New Yorkers with the preparation of wills, trusts and advanced directives; Medicaid planning; and real estate transactions and leases.
Prior to joining Tully Rinckey PLLC, Mr. Swetz served as Managing Partner at Kelly & Swetz for more than a dozen years, where he focused his practice on wealth management and asset preservation. Before that he operated...
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Jeffrey M. Steenberg
Buffalo, NY Lawyer
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Jeff is an experienced and proven Workers’ Compensation attorney. Before starting his own firm, Jeff focused his practice on workers’ comp law as a lawyer for another large law firm in Buffalo, NY. When it comes to Workers’ comp law firms in New York State, bigger is not better. Jeff Steenberg will provide the personal attention you and your family deserve. Call today and speak directly with Jeff Steenberg. Let us provide you with peace of mind today.
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Eugenie F. Temmler
New York, NY Attorney with 45 years of experience
Employment
Rutgers University
Eugenie F. Temmler is a partner of Rabner Baumgart Ben-Asher & Nirenberg, P.C. Her areas of practice include family law and litigation, including employment litigation. Ms. Temmler joined the firm immediately after graduation from law school and later spent many years in a boutique firm devoted exclusively to family law prior to re-joining the firm.
Ms. Temmler is admitted to the Bars of the State of New Jersey, the United States District Court (District of New Jersey) and the United States Courts of Appeals (Second and Third Circuits). She is an active member of the Essex County Bar Association and the...
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Edward Thomas Mazzu JR.
BUFFALO, NY Attorney with 9 years of experience
Products Liability and Workers' Comp
SUNY Buffalo Law School
I started Mazzu Law PLLC in 2020 as a plaintiff’s personal injury law firm for construction site injuries, auto and trucking accidents, and serious personal injury cases.
In 2009, after working for 10 years as a union ironworker, I suffered a serious spinal injury on a construction site. Rather than letting my injuries define me, I set out to carve my own path and completely redefine who I am and what I’m truly capable of. In 5 years, I completed an associates, bachelors, and a law degree.
In 2015, I started working with some of the top trial attorneys in...
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Trevor Michael Torcello
Buffalo, NY Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Trevor M. Torcello is a shareholder of Gross Shuman who focuses his practice in the areas of commercial real estate, business transactions, agribusiness and working with emerging businesses. He brings a unique blend of legal experience and business acumen to every matter he handles and has extensive experience representing various parties in complex business transactions.
Trevor has a broad background in civil litigation, mediation, and arbitration in handling disputes between businesses. He provides counseling to businesses on a number of current technology-driven issues, including addressing the use of technology and social media in the workplace.
Trevor is active in the Western New...
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John Francis Leone
Buffalo, NY Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Business, Real Estate and Tax
SUNY Buffalo Law School
John F. Leone has practiced over 25 years in the practice areas of pensions, qualified retirement plans, wills, estate planning, estate and trust administration, and residential and commercial real estate. He received both his J.D. and B.S. degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
In connection with his wills and estates practice, John has successfully defended proponents of wills subject to will contests, contested wills on behalf of beneficiaries, and has filed claims relating to breaches of fiduciary duty by individuals using a power of attorney for their own benefit.
John is a frequent author of articles...
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Kevin R. Lelonek
Buffalo, NY Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Business
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Kevin Lelonek joined Gross Shuman P.C. as a law clerk in May 2014 and then as an attorney in January 2017. He provides counsel to clients in the areas of business bankruptcy and reorganization as well as commercial and business litigation. He earned his M.B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management and his J.D. from the University at Buffalo Law School in 2016. He also earned his B.A. from SUNY Brockport in 2012.
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Harry James Forrest
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 25 years of experience
Business
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Harry J. Forrest is a shareholder attorney with Gross Shuman P.C. in Buffalo, New York. Mr. Forrest focuses his legal practice on personal injury claims involving motor vehicle collisions, construction site accidents, fall-down accidents and wrongful death.
He also practices in the areas of civil litigation, business counseling and long-term disability claims and appeals. He has successfully handled cases in both federal and state courts and has tried cases to verdict involving claims for personal injury, property damage, contract disputes and constitutional civil rights violations.
Mr. Forrest is a graduate of the State University of New York at Brockport where he...
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Emily R. Spitzer
BUFFALO, NY Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Immigration
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Emily R. Spitzer is a Senior Immigration Attorney at Kruger Immigration Law. Ms. Spitzer is particularly dedicated to using a personal approach to figuring out creative solutions to even the most challenging of matters. She prides herself on navigating her clients through the complex labyrinth that is the court and agency system with the support they need to successfully move forward in this next chapter of their lives.
Ms. Spitzer received her Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, graduating cum laude and on the Dean’s Honor List. Additional school recognition also includes the Jacob Hecht Pro Bono...
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Mark Rodgers
Buffalo, NY Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Mark Rodgers has been litigating cases throughout the eight Western New York cases for more than 25 years. He is proud to be a Buffalo injury attorney. His practice includes the representation of individuals who have been injured in accidents. He has received a top rating from a national peer review organization for both ethical standards and legal ability.
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Mary Major Comerford
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Mary M. Comerford joined Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC as an attorney in March 2012.
Ms. Comerford is an attorney whose work focuses on the representation of individuals who have suffered injuries as a result of exposure to asbestos, lead paint, and other toxic substances. Her practice is focused in personal injury litigation.
From 1987 to 1992, Ms. Comerford previously served as an associate attorney at Phillips Lytle, LLP, and Cohen Swados Wright Hanifin Bradford & Brett, LLP from 1993-1995.
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Ms. Comerford is a current member of the Board of Directors of Western New York BloodCare, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit New York...
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Jessica Jean Burgasser
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 22 years of experience
Insurance Defense and Products Liability
State University of New York - Buffalo
Concentrating her practice in toxic tort insurance defense, Jessica works extensively with defendants alleged to have sold "asbestos-containing components" and provides experienced legal advice to a wide range of asbestos clients. These include equipment and friction manufacturers and retailers. This work involves coordinating a team of attorneys and paralegals in managing discovery and preparing cases for trial in high volume, document intensive cases. Jessica handles all aspects of non-asbestos litigation including other product liability matters, motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, labor law injuries, coverage litigation, and dog bite claims. Jessica has tried one bench trial to a directed verdict and...
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Kevin Marc Habberfield
Olean, NY Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Consumer
SUNY Buffalo Law School
I joined Dwyer, Black & Lyle, LLP as an associate attorney in 2008 and became a partner there in 2011. In 2015, we changed the name to Black, Lyle & Habberfield, LLP. I obtained my Bachelor of Science Degree from the State University of New York at Brockport and graduated cum laude from law school at the State University of New York at Buffalo. I am admitted to practice law in both New York and Pennsylvania. I am a member of the American Association for Justice, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Allegany County Bar Association...
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David A. Blansky
Wantagh, NY Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Business
Northeastern University School of Law
DAVID A. BLANSKY is a partner at LaMonica Herbst & Maniscalco, LLP. David joined the Firm as an associate in March 2004. He was made a partner in March 2007. David’s practice focuses on commercial and business litigation.
During law school, David experienced a variety of cooperative education opportunities. He clerked at the Massachusetts Superior Court. He assisted in the denaturalization and deportation of Nazi war criminals residing in the United States while serving at the Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations. He litigated numerous criminal cases as a public defender in New Mexico. He...