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The Law Office of Stephanie Adams, PLLC (LOSA) is set up to serve professionals creating culture: educators, record-keepers, writers, designers, artists, trade workers, developers, and contractors.. Lead attorney Stephanie "Cole" Adams' professional experience is both broad and focused, combining intellectual property, contract, business, not-for-profit, education, construction, and communications with a basis of constitutional and municipal law.  With that foundation, our of counsel roster augments this experience with niche practices of their own.  This focused firm is designed to augment your work, providing legal experience and project management skills when needed.

Terrence M. Connors has been recognized by his peers as one of the pre-eminent trial attorneys in the state. For the past seven years, he has been ranked as the number one lawyer in all upstate New York by Super Lawyers magazine. This year, the Erie County Bar Association named him Lawyer of the Year and, in 2006, the New York State Bar Association awarded him the prestigious Attorney Professionalism Award.. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Membership in that organization is by invitation only and limited to one percent of the lawyers in each state. Mr. Connors is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Membership in that organization is also by invitation and limited to a total of 500 trial lawyers in the United States. He is listed in The Best Lawyers In America® in seven separate categories: Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Bet the Company Litigation, Criminal Law, and White Collar and Non-White Collar.. Terry has always been an aggressive and proactive advocate. He started his career at one of Buffalo's largest law firms, quickly demonstrating his abilities as he was elected managing partner at the young age of 35. But Terry came to see that the big firm structure was hindering his ability to respond quickly and decisively to his clients’ needs. He had a vision of building a leaner, more efficient firm to improve the work he could do for his clients. His vision was to form a litigation boutique – a compact firm composed of the best and brightest litigators, freed from large firm constraints, and devoted entirely to providing litigation services. CONNORS LLP represents the realization of that vision – one that Terry continues to shape and direct.. "I became a lawyer to help peopleeven when the odds are stacked against them,I became a lawyer to make a differenceand I try to do that every day and in every case."

Since graduating from Harvard Law School in 1986, Randy White has concentrated his practice in commercial and business litigation. He joined the firm in 1991 and has represented a wide range of local and national businesses in state and federal courts in Western New York. He also frequently represents attorneys and law firms in legal malpractice cases. Randy’s practice on behalf of national clients includes serving both as lead and local counsel.. A Western New York native, Randy began his legal career in the litigation practice of Washington, D.C. AmLaw 200 firm, Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, where he specialized in complex multi-district litigation. He also served as a board member’s liaison to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.. Randy served as Town Justice for Grand Island, N.Y. (pop. 20,000) from 2002 through 2005, handling numerous criminal matters, including the disposition of misdemeanor charges, preliminary felony proceedings, and various civil matters. Since 2011, he also has been the services prevention coordinator for the Buffalo Junior Sabres of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.. Since 2012, Randy has been recognized by his peers as a top business litigator as published in the New York Upstate Super Lawyers magazine. He is a member of the Erie County Bar Association, the Federalist Society and the St. Thomas More Guild.. Randy is a magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hamilton College.

Sarah J. Delaney is a long-time member of Goldberg Segalla's Global Insurance Services team. Her practice concentration is on insurance coverage analysis and litigation, professional liability, and appellate practice. Sarah's coverage experience covers a very broad range, including life, health and disability; bad faith; personal and advertising injury; intentional torts; pollution claims; aviation and fraud. She handles all aspects of insurance litigation and provides complex coverage analysis. Sarah also assists large domestic and multi-national companies in assessing insurance needs and implementing risk management programs.. Sarah graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo and was a governmental law center fellow and publications editor of the Human Rights Law Review while in law school. She has lectured and presented on a number of topics relating to insurance coverage, including social media, insurance coverage for the trucking industry, insurance coverage for construction operations, and comparative analysis of insurance coverage issues in the Northeast states. Sarah is editor of CaseWatch: Insurance, Goldberg Segalla's monthly insurance coverage newsletter, as well as publisher of the firm's Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Quarterly newsletter and a regular contributor to the firm's Legal Update. She is also an editor of the DRI Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Committee compendium The Law of Life Insurance: Key Issues in All 50 States, and the co-author of "Mergers and Acquisitions Insurance," New Appleman on Insurance Law, Library Edition (2011).

Ryan Pitman is a commercial litigator and business counselor. He represents clients in business disputes through litigation, arbitration, and mediation, and he advises clients on contract negotiation and formation and risk management.. Ryan’s practice is particularly focused on the construction industry, with clients ranging from specialty trade contractors to multinational construction companies. Ryan devotes a significant portion of his construction practice to energy infrastructure and renewable energy projects. Some of Ryan’s recent representations in this area include disputes relating to wind turbine construction in Northern Ontario, distributed solar generation projects in Colorado and New Jersey, pipeline projects in the Marcellus Shale region, and oil sands projects in Western Canada.. He also maintains  a substantial portion of his practice representing clients in trademark disputes across various industries, including food and beverage, apparel, professional services, and specialty manufacturing. Ryan’s experience also includes patent and trademark portfolio vetting for litigation and strategic purposes.. Ryan also has extensive experience managing all phases of e-discovery across a variety of platforms and jurisdictions. Ryan’s team-based approach to the e-discovery process recognizes the importance of coordinating with client personnel, litigation support vendors, and the firm’s own e-discovery support staff to execute efficient, case-specific e-discovery solutions.. Experience Highlights

Nathan McMurray practices in HoganWillig’s Corporate and Business Law department. He brings with him extensive experience, previously working for Delaware North Companies, generating hundreds of millions in revenue through business development initiatives in the travel and entertainment venue industry. Mr. McMurray counsels clients with matters related to business contracts, new business proposals, entity formation, joint-venture agreements, franchise agreements, license agreements, supply agreements, lease agreements, dispute resolution, and merger and acquisition agreements.. Mr. McMurray received his Juris Doctorate from the University of California Hastings College of Law, and a Master of Laws in (LLM) Chinese Law from the Tsinghua Law School in Beijing.. Mr. McMurray also served as Grand Island Town Supervisor from January of 2015 to December of 2019, his accomplishments included achieving record budget surpluses and the town’s highest-ever credit rating. During his supervisory role, Grand Island secured multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects, including community solar projects, rehabilitation of abandoned sites, broadband infrastructure, and trail access initiatives. These projects were achieved through aggressive bidding strategies resulting in obtaining millions in State and Federal grants while attracting major development projects, including an Amazon logistics hub.. Mr. McMurray also has deep experience working internationally as Foreign Legal Counsel working for Barun Law, Yulchon Attorneys in Seoul, Korea, and for Allen & Overy, LLP in Beijing, China. He was also Senior Counsel for Samsung Electronics in Seoul, Korea. His experience overseas includes advising U.S. businesses on investment projects and cross-border disputes in Asia, as well as advising U.S. companies on market strategy, acquisitions, and other matters. He speaks Korean and Mandarin.

My practice focuses on representing physicians in medical malpractice lawsuits. I have tried numerous cases to successful verdicts on behalf of my clients. In addition to lawsuits, I represent physicians and other health care professionals in all legal matters including investigations and disciplinary proceedings conducted by the New York State Department of Health.

Mr. Murray’s practice primarily involves counseling business entities. He concentrates in acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, corporate finance, public and private securities offerings and negotiation and drafting of other business relationship documents, including distribution and licensing agreements, and executive employment agreements. He is also active in several aspects of the firm’s health care practice. Mr. Murray is a member of the Canadian Cross Border Team.. Phillips Lytle LLP is a full-service law firm with passionate people who are guided by a pragmatic process. We take great pride working on complex litigation and transactional matters in each of our 36 practice areas, which include Banking & Financial Services, Business and Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Energy, Environment and Telecommunications. Our offices are located in Albany, Buffalo, Chautauqua, Garden City, New York and Rochester, NY, as well as Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.. View my Page on

Mr. Brown concentrates his practice in employment and general business litigation. He regularly defends private and public sector employers in disputes involving harassment, discrimination, wage & hour claims, restrictive covenants, employment contracts, whistleblower claims, defamation, and other tort claims. Mr. Brown also advises clients on a broad array of employment matters and strategies to avoid litigation.. In addition to his employment practice, Mr. Brown has experience litigating complex business disputes as well as representing municipalities, public officials, and school districts in matters involving civil rights claims, First Amendment retaliation, NY Education Law, Article 78 proceedings, and other municipal law matters. He has tried multiple cases and successfully briefed and argued nearly 20 appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and numerous appeals in state appellate courts.. Prior to joining Hurwitz & Fine, Mr. Brown was a partner in the business litigation group at Buffalo’s largest law firm, where he co-chaired the employment litigation practice and served as the firm's diversity partner. He started his legal career as an associate in the litigation group of an international law firm in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia.. Mr. Brown is a leader in the community and legal profession. He is the immediate past president and a director for the Minority Bar Foundation and serves as the vice president of the Summit Foundation. He previously served as vice president of the Buffalo Prep and Neighborhood Legal Services boards, past president of the Minority Bar Association of WNY, and an elected member of the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates. Mr. Brown has received several honors, including the National Federation for Just Communities Community Leader Award and Buffalo Business First's 40 Under Forty Award.. Mr. Brown graduated magna cum laude from the University of Rochester and received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Mr. Bloomberg focuses in the area of business litigation, including securities matters, contracts (including for the sale of goods), shareholder disputes, insurance coverage, intellectual property and enforcement of non-compete covenants, as well as franchiser-franchisee litigation.. Phillips Lytle LLP is a full-service law firm with passionate people who are guided by a pragmatic process. We take great pride working on complex litigation and transactional matters in each of our 36 practice areas, which include Banking & Financial Services, Business and Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Energy, Environment and Telecommunications. Our offices are located in Albany, Buffalo, Chautauqua, Garden City, New York and Rochester, NY, as well as Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.. View my Page on

Michael T. Glascott, a partner in the Global Insurance Services Practice Group and leader of the GIS New York team, focuses his practice on complex insurance coverage, bad faith, commercial litigation, tort, and New York Labor Law litigation. Mike counsels and represents insurers in courts throughout New York and other northeastern states.. Mike gained extensive trial experience as an assistant district attorney for the County of Erie, where he prosecuted to verdict a variety of criminal matters, including homicides. He has also successfully defended personal injury claims and represented clients in commercial litigation matters during his time with private firms in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Buffalo, New York.. Since 2003, Mike has been a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), a membership which is granted by invitation only following an extensive peer-review selection process. The FDCC is an international organization that was founded in 1936, and is limited to 1,200 of the top defense attorneys in the country. Mike's high-profile participation in the organization — founded on the principles of knowledge, justice, and fellowship — includes his current appointment as secretary-treasurer, and previous leadership positions as senior director, director, chair of the Membership Development and Retention Committee, chair of the Insurance Coverage Section, chair of the Insurance Industry Committee, and member of the Admissions Committee. He also currently serves as chair of the Finance and Budget Committee, and will serve as the organization's president-elect from 2019 to 2020 and then as president from 2020 to 2021. In 2016, Mike received the Joseph R. Olshan Award in recognition of his outstanding dedication to the organization following his leadership within the FDCC Advance Committee. He also received the FDCC Connect Award in 2017 and the John Alan Appleman Award in 2012 for his service as chair of the FDCC's Insurance Coverage Section.. Highly regarded among his colleagues, Mike possesses an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell — the highest available rating — and has been regularly selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in the category of Insurance Law as well as Business First's Who's Who in the Law for Insurance Coverage. He is also a Fellow in the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.

Lawlor F. Quinlan III is a trial attorney with a broad-based litigation practice. He has successfully represented severely injured individuals, defended physicians in medical malpractice lawsuits and licensing proceedings, defended attorneys in legal malpractice claims, defended a town supervisor in an action brought by the other members of the town board, represented policy holders in insurance coverage disputes, and represented individuals, corporations, institutions, and municipalities in a wide variety of other matters.

Joseph J. Gumkowski practices in the areas of general business law, e-commerce, taxation, and intellectual property. His practice is concentrated in servicing select clients of the firm in the entertainment business.. Mr. Gumkowski is an active member of the Sports Car Club of America; the Sports Car Club of America, Western New York Region; the South Towns Motor Club; and the Central New York Ice Racing Association. Mr. Gumkowski earned second place in the 2002 New York State Road Racing Championship.

James W. Grable, Jr. focuses his practice on complex federal criminal and civil litigation, handling trial and appellate matters in federal and state courts. He has represented multi-national corporations in criminal investigations and civil disputes, and impoverished defendants in assigned criminal and civil matters.

I practice in all areas of real estate law. My practice focuses on navigating clients through residential real estate transactions. I have experience in commercial and business litigation and negligence matters, including but not limited to personal injury, premises liability, and construction accidents. I also have experience in mediation, arbitration, and administrative proceedings, and local, state, and federal court practice.. In 2001, I earned my Bachelors degree from the University of Maryland at College Park, Phillip L. Merrill College of Journalism, where I received the President’s Scholarship.  In 2004, I achieved my Juris Doctor from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.  I am admitted to practice in New York State, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York.. I was born and raised in Amherst and now live there with my husband and our children. I am very active in the Western New York Mothers of Multiples and other charitable organizations.

Former senior attorney for the largest family owned commercial real estate developer in the United States.  I have experience in all phases of sophisticated commercial real estate transactions throughout the United States including, but not limited to, retail, leasing, multi family and student housing, hotels and shopping centers of up to $2.2 billion.  I have also been lead attorney on extremely sophisticated single and muti property financings.

Chris Wages has over 20 years of experience in the courtroom and strives to help his clients find solutions to legal problems.. Chris Wages graduated from University of Wyoming Law School, and began his career as a prosecutor in Sweetwater County. In 2001, he moved to Buffalo and went into private practice, in addition to serving as the Buffalo Municipal Court Judge.. Wages was elected as the Johnson County Attorney in 2003 and served the citizens of Johnson County for two terms.

Brendan focuses his practice on helping businesses, from startups to established companies, navigate the choppy waters of corporate formation, financing, customer agreements, and day-to-day legal support.  Having worked as in-house counsel for both startups and established businesses, he understands that, while not all businesses have the same needs, everyone values have a partner who is willing to learn their needs and who can deliver cost effective, forward looking solutions.. Brendan graduated Cum Laude from Syracuse University College of Law, obtained a M.P.A. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship, and has B.S. in Business Administration from Buffalo State College.  Brendan is admitted to the bar in New York, and is a member of the New York State Bar Association, and the Erie County Bar Association.

BENDERSON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC (March 2014 - Present )Real estate attorney supporting Benderson's legal leasing department in retail lease negotiations, responsible for: Managing a high volume of leases, which includes but is not limited to negotiating, drafting and revising tenant leases and related agreements. Negotiating leases, lease modifications, waivers, subordination agreements, estoppels, and termination agreements with tenants, attorneys and brokers.. NESPER, FERBER & DiGIACOMO, LLP (March 2001- February 2014)Partner focusing law practice on business and corporate law, which includes, but is not limited to, business formation and dissolution; contract drafting; mergers and acquisitions; purchase and sale of assets; non-competition issues; employment matters; not-for-profit corporations; and other general corporate issues. I also work on real estate transactions, including commercial and residential leases, landlord/tenant issues, sales and purchases, and commercial loan transactions. I also assist clients with elder law issues, estate planning, and the administration of estates. In addition, I work with area fire companies on their legal matters.I focus on: Business & Corporate Law, Employment Law, Real Estate Transactions, Landlord/Tenant Matters, and Estate Probate & Administration.Nesper, Ferber & DiGiacomo has received Tier 1 Ranking in the 2011, 2012 & 2013 Editions of U.S. News- Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.”

As an attorney for over 40 years, I have the experience as well as the expertise to address a variety of legal problems and issues. In my practice, I regularly appear in local, county and state and federal courts, and I have successfully handled appeals to the New York Appellate Division as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals. I would be pleased to speak to you personally about your legal needs.

Anthony M. Kroese is an associate in the firm’s Buffalo office, focusing his practice on commercial litigation, business services, and sport and entertainment law matters. Anthony serves a wide variety of clients in commercial transactions, personal and commercial real estate, and the creative and cost-effective resolution of development and construction contract disputes. He also handles franchising, licensing, and other contracts for clients in the sports and entertainment and hospitality industries.. Anthony graduated from Notre Dame Law School, where he was a chosen admissions fellow. He also served as Social Chair of the Student Bar Association, Editor of the Journal of College and University Law, and the school’s Student Representative to the American Bar Association (ABA). While at Notre Dame, Anthony worked with the school’s NCAA Compliance Office in Athletics, and externed for the Public Defender Program in South Bend, Indiana. Upon graduation, Notre Dame recognized him with the William O. McLean Law School Community Citizenship Award for his service and leadership.. As an undergraduate at Canisius College, Anthony was deeply involved in student life, service, and college governance, and his work had a lasting impact on student government. He distinguished himself as Student Master of the DiGamma honor society, and was a member of the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society. The Alumni Association recognized him with their Distinguished Senior Award in 2014; he also received the Political Science Department’s Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service. Anthony served as the Executive Vice President of the Undergraduate Student Association for three consecutive terms. Alongside his executive responsibilities, he served on the Committees for Student Engagement and Retention and Orientation Staff Selection, as well as the school’s top-level Long Range Strategic Planning Committee. Anthony also founded and chaired the Council of Presidents, the first representative body bringing together the leaders of all student clubs, and was co-chair of the Bid Committee that brought the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference to the school. He graduated summa cum laude from the All-College Honors Program with a Bachelor’s in Political Science and Government, completing an Honors thesis examining “Servant Leadership” as practiced and promoted on Jesuit campuses.. Before graduating from Notre Dame, Anthony was a summer associate at Goldberg Segalla, assisting in the Business and Commercial and Global Insurance Services Practice Groups. Before returning to the firm, he served on the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Law Student Division Nominating Committee.