Joseph LaTona - Buffalo Criminal Defense Lawyer Reviews & Ratings

A graduate of Rutgers College (B.A. 1971) and Creighton University Law School (J.D. 1974), Mr. LaTona is admitted to practice in numerous courts, including New York State (1975); the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (1975), the Eastern District of New York (1986), the Northern District of New York (2001); the Southern District of New York (2003), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1976), the Seventh Circuit (1985); the Federal Circuit (1986); the United States Supreme Court (1979); the United States Tax Court (1983).. Mr. LaTona's list of notable cases includes some of Western New York's most highly publicized and most compelling cases involving allegations of fraud, conspiracy, murder and criminally negligent homicide. Mr. LaTona's practice has always included involvement in complex white collar and electronic surveillance investigations and prosecutions.. Mr. LaTona is a member of the New York State Bar Association ("N.Y.S.B.A."), the Erie County Bar Association ("E.C.B.A."), the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and has lectured numerous times for the N.Y.S.B.A. and the E.C.B.A. Mr. LaTona has achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest AV rating. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Naifeh and Smith, Woodward-White in each edition since 1987. In 2014, Mr. LaTona was voted Best Lawyer's Lawyer of the Year in White Collar Criminal Defense in Buffalo, NY. Mr. LaTona was selected for the 2008 New York Super Lawyers - Upstate Edition. He was the subject of a feature article in the September 2008 New York Super Lawyers - Upstate Edition magazine. Mr. LaTona was selected for the “Legal Elite of Western New York 2014”, “Buffalo Business First” and the “Buffalo Law Journal.”  He has been listed among the Top 50 Upstate Super Lawyers from 2008 - 2014.