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Mr. Saraceno has handled many of the most high profile cases in Western New York over the last two decades, winning homicide trials, rape trials, kidnapping trials, assault trials, larceny trials and DWI/DUI trials. Mr. Saraceno has often appeared on national news networks like CNN, Fox News and the NBC Nightly News. Additionally, Mr. Saraceno has been featured on local television networks, the Buffalo News, and the Niagara Gazette defending his clients in high profile criminal defense cases.. Whether you are charged with a DWI/DUI or a violent felony matter, Mr. Saraceno's aggressive defense strategies will ensure you get the best results possible (with reasonable rates and flexible payment plans/options).. Mr. Saraceno takes pride in the fact that he is always available to answer his clients questions and treats every case (no matter how big or small) as if it is the only case he is handling. Mr. Saraceno will fight to protect your rights!. Dominic Saraceno holds both a law degree from Georgia State University College of Law and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Buffalo. He has been practicing criminal defense in New York State since 2001. Dominic Saraceno has been a member of the Erie County Bar Association and the New York State Defender’s Association since 2001. Mr. Saraceno is also licensed in the State of Tennessee.

Mr. Maranto, a graduate of St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute, received his Juris Doctorate from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after completing his undergraduate studies at Canisius College. While studying at Duquesne, Robert was the Associate Editor of the Duquesne Law Review and in the top 20% of his graduating class. He was recently added to the "Top Lawyers in New York".. Upon graduating from Duquesne, Robert began as an associate with Saperston & Day, P.C., working for or on behalf of the major insurance carriers in their Insurance Defense and Insurance Coverage Departments.. In 1995, Robert joined Andrews, Sanchez, Amigone, Mattrey & Marshall and was named its youngest partner.  Shortly thereafter, Robert became a named partner in the law firm of Andrews, Bernstein & Maranto, LLP, along with Benjamin J. Andrews and Alan L. Bernstein, one of the founding partners of Cellino and Barnes.. Robert focuses his practice on all areas of personal injury and has achieved multi-million dollar settlements and jury verdicts throughout his career.

Mr. Ledebur concentrates his practice in prosecuting claims against bankrupt asbestos companies on behalf of clients with asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma and lung cancer. In this role, he works with a team of experienced Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford staff members to oversee the filing of claims with various asbestos bankruptcy trusts, ensure the provision of sufficient background information to establish these claims, and arbitrate the merits of claims against the trusts to secure appropriate monetary awards for our clients.

Mr. Esford focuses his practice on the representation of individuals suffering from occupational diseases, including mesothelioma and lung cancer.. Mr. Esford was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. He received his J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, in English from University at Buffalo. While pursuing his Juris Doctor degree, Mr. Esford was employed as a law clerk at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford and assisted the firm’s litigators in conducting research, trial preparation, as well as drafting and editing motions. After receiving his Juris Doctor degree, Mr. Esford was employed as an associate attorney in Buffalo, New York where he practiced first-party property insurance defense.. Sean states, “I am thrilled to rejoin the talented team of attorneys and professionals at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC. My time here as a clerk during law school laid the foundation for the attorney I am today, and it is a privilege once again to fight for all those afflicted with asbestos-related diseases. As a lifelong and passionate Buffalonian, I am committed to this city, our community, and the people who make it great.”

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.

Michael Stuermer represents individuals who have suffered personal injuries. He has a reputation for being a strong advocate for his clients and working diligently to recover damages that will assist in compensating for the injuries they have endured.. Mr. Stuermer focuses his practice on all areas of personal injury law, including:. He is a senior partner in Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria's Accidents and Personal Injury Practice Area, which received a Tier 1 Ranking from U.S. News & World Report/Best Lawyers in America's "Best Law Firms" publication.

Michael Schiavone has provided legal guidance to businesses for 30 years. He concentrates his practice in the areas of business law, commercial real estate, and estate planning.. Mr. Schiavone is experienced in regularly counseling clients in a wide array of legal matters, including commercial lending and financial transactions; mergers and acquisitions; corporate, partnership, and limited liability matters; business formation; business succession planning; contract negotiation and dispute resolution; tax planning for businesses and their owners; commercial real estate financing and development; estate planning; and sports law.. Mr. Schiavone's clients come form a wide range of industries, including banks and financial institutions, hotel and hospitality chains, franchises, health care, manufacturing and distribution companies, and professional sports teams.. Mr. Schiavone is chairman of the firm's Business and Corporate Practice Area and a member of the firm's Management Committee.

Michael Colletta is a member of the Divorce & Family Law Group at Rupp Baase. His practice includes contested divorce and post-divorce modification/enforcement proceedings in Supreme Court as well as custody, relocation, support and family offense proceedings in Family Court.. Mr. Colletta, admitted to practice in 2010, received his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School.  He earned his B.A. from Ithaca College in 2003, summa cum laude, and taught high school social studies before attending law school.

Michael A. Ponterio is a founding partner of Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC. Mr. Ponterio represents families in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Syracuse, and across New York State who have suffered injuries as a result of exposure to asbestos, childhood lead poisoning, automobile accidents, medical malpractice, and families suffering injuries as a result of defective products.. Mr. Ponterio has been representing people suffering from mesothelioma caused by asbestos for 26 years. He obtained the first personal injury jury verdict in the State of New York for an asbestos victim (Racich v. Celotex Corporation). Mr. Ponterio also obtained the first punitive damage award for an asbestos worker in the State of New York (Racich v. Celotex Corporation). Mr. Ponterio and his partner, John Ned Lipsitz, also received the first personal injury jury verdict in Buffalo, New York, on behalf of an asbestos victim (Wolf v. Celotex Corporation).. Since 1988, Mr. Ponterio has obtained over $250 million in settlements on behalf of the firm’s mesothelioma clients.. Mr. Ponterio has served as trial counsel in asbestos cases involving plaintiffs’ jury verdicts in excess of $25 million:. In July 2017, Mr. Ponterio obtained a $1.2 million dollar jury verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center for failing to timely diagnose a female client's bowel perforation.. In September 2011, Mr. Ponterio obtained the first jury verdict in Western New York on behalf of a lead poisoned child. In November 2013, Mr. Ponterio, together with Senior Partner Zachary J. Woods, Esq., obtained a verdict on behalf of a Rochester, New York, child for injuries resulting from exposure to lead based paint.. Mr. Ponterio was selected as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters from 2011 to 2021, recognizing his excellence in the practice of law. Only 5% of the attorneys in Upstate New York are named Super Lawyers.

Melissa Wischerath  is an experienced trial attorney having obtained multiple federal and state jury trial verdicts and settlements on behalf of her clients.  She maintains an active practice and litigates civil matters in state and federal courts across New York and Oregon. Melissa offers free confidential consultations.

Matthew Pelkey is a partner with Colligan Law LLP--a law firm focsued on providing legal services to entrepreneurs and cutting-edge business. Matthew's practice relates primarily to counseling startups, entrepreneurs and businesses on entity structures, transactions, and financings. He also devotes a significant amount of his practice to commercial real estate, land use and regulatory compliance.. Matthew is an active member of the Western New York startup ecosystem. He is a correspondent and author for Upstate Venture Connect,  co-founded the monthly #LaunchHour entrepreneur twitter chat in partnership with Launch NY, and serves as a member of the 43North #WemakeBuffalo Team. In the fall he will be teaching Startup Law at the University at Buffalo Law School. He was also a co-founder and co-director of the Buffalo chapter of Startup Grind.. Until recently Matthew served on the advisory board of the ECIDA Venture Capital Fund (Bridge Capital Fund), a board responsible for making recommendations to the ECIDA Board of Directors on how to form and operate a ten year, $7-10MM early stage venture fund focusing on local emerging companies with high growth potential. Matthew is a co-founder and member Black Squirrel Distillery.. Outside of the startup community Matthew is also a strong advocate for sustainable community development where he serves on several boards and committees for local nonprofits dedicated to regeneration of Western New York. Education:. J.D., cum laude, University at Buffalo Law School, 2010, finance transactions concentration. B.A., University at Buffalo, 2007, public law concentration with independent study in fair housing

Mathew J. Morton is a Senior Partner at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC. Since joining the firm in 2009, Mathew J. Morton has obtained over $50 million dollars in settlements on behalf of the firm’s clients. Mr. Morton’s work focuses on the representation of individuals who have suffered injuries as a result of exposure to asbestos and other toxic substances. His practice is focused in asbestos and mesothelioma litigation, coke oven emissions, FELA cases, automobile accidents and personal injury.

Mark Mahoney, a partner in the Buffalo firm of Harrington & Mahoney, has always been engaged in private practice as a criminal defense lawyer, handling trials and appeals in state and federal courts. He is a recipient of the Outstanding Practitioner awards of both the Criminal Justice Section of the New York State Bar Association and of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, of which he is a founding member and former President. Mr. Mahoney has also served as Director of the New York State Defenders Association and is recipient of its Service to Justice Award. He served two terms as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is a member of the Criminal Lawyers Association (Canada) and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, and in "Super Lawyers.". Mr. Mahoney has taught Trial Technique, Appellate Practice and Advanced Criminal Procedure at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School. He has lectured extensively to a wide range of audiences, across the country and in Canada, and has written numerous articles and chapters of books, on subjects related to criminal law. He is the author of the extinct electronic publication New York Criminal Defense Motions (West, 1994) and the widely circulated "Right to Present a Defense" monograph, published privately at .

Mark L. Stulmaker practices in the areas of employee benefits and taxation, serving as counsel to trustees of public and private pension and health and welfare benefit plans as well as to closely held businesses. He is also involved in estate planning and administration, especially in connection with charitable trusts, foundations, and large retirement plan distributions.

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.

Laraine Kelley concentrates her practice in the areas of personal injury law, including medical malpractice, construction accidents, automobile injuries, and products liability. Numerous local attorneys refer their complex litigation matters to Ms. Kelley as her experience and dedication are valuable factors in difficult cases.

Katherine joined the Workers’ Compensation practice at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC in 2020. She focuses her practice on the representation of injured workers and their families in front of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. Prior to joining the firm, Katie spent six years representing employers and insurance carriers in civil litigation, including Workers’ Compensation cases. She also spent time working for a non-profit, representing low income individuals with various housing matters.

Joseph T. Kremer is a Partner at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC. He is an experienced trial lawyer, who has represented personal injury victims since 1989. Mr. Kremer practices in the areas of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Litigation, Product Liability, Construction Accidents, Medical Malpractice and Automobile Accidents. Historically he has worked closely with local labor unions, including the UAW and USW in educating workers of the hazards of toxic exposures in factories, mills, power plants and construction sites. He has lectured and written on the available remedies to those workers who have developed occupational illnesses.

Jonathan W. Brown is a senior partner in the Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria's Intellectual Property and Commercial Litigation Practice Areas. Mr. Brown focuses his practice on the following areas of law:. Mr. Brown has handled numerous matters in both California and New York, including disputes over contracts, employment law and discrimination claims, license disputes, Lanham Act claims, copyright infringement claims, and proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board and the U.S. International Trade Commission.. Mr. Brown also helps to manage international trademark portfolios for several multimedia and entertainment companies.

John P. Comerford is a Senior Partner at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC. He grew up in Lewiston, New York, a small historic town near the Canadian border. As a young child, Mr. Comerford grew up in the shadows of Love Canal and personally observed the consequences of environmental pollution. After graduating from high school, he attended Cornell University and studied Environmental Science. Mr. Comerford devotes the majority of his time to asbestos personal injury matters. He has litigated cases throughout Upstate New York in cities which include Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and Binghamton. Over the course of his career, he has helped hundreds of people recover financial awards for injuries. In June 2009, Mr. Comerford became an accredited attorney for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans’ benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

John Ned Lipsitz is a founding partner of the Buffalo, New York law firm of Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC. He has represented workers suffering from industrial diseases, including asbestosis and mesothelioma, since 1985. From 1981 through 1985, Mr. Lipsitz served on the clinical faculty of the Buffalo Law School of the State University of New York, where he instructed students in professional legal representation of consumer debtors, occupational safety and health law, constitutional rights and habeas corpus, and where he taught Research and Writing and Legal Ethics. Between 1979 and 1981, he was a staff attorney at the Buffalo Office of Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York.. During his forty-one years of legal practice, Mr. Lipsitz has represented clients in a wide variety of cases, including class actions to vindicate constitutional rights and to preserve lifetime health insurance benefits for retired workers, wrongful employment termination, negligent exposure to HIV infection, childhood lead poisoning, automobile accidents, medical malpractice, immigration law, construction accidents, workers compensation, and claims of radiation induced cancers. Mr. Lipsitz represented the plaintiffs in the first chronic beryllium disease cases in New York State.. In addition to his trial experience. Mr. Lipsitz has briefed and argued numerous appeals before state and federal appellate courts, and has handled hundreds of motions on significant legal issues in New York State trial courts. Mr. Lipsitz has successfully argued several appeals in New York’s highest appellate court.

Jillian M. Ponterio joined Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC in 2014 as a law clerk. She assisted the attorneys with trial preparation, legal research, as well as drafting and editing motions.. After graduating from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 2017, Ms. Ponterio joined Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC as an associate attorney. Her work focuses on the representation of individuals who have been injured as a result of exposure to asbestos, as well as other toxic substances.

Jeffrey Reina utilizes well-honed legal strategies and a tenacious drive to generate significant results for his clients. He has earned a longstanding reputation as a go-to litigator for a wide variety of clients embroiled in high-stake legal disputes.. Mr. Reina has extensive trial experience and has handled numerous high-profile cases. He has represented a wide variety of clients, including individuals, small family-owned businesses, high-profile companies based in Western New York, international conglomerates, and parties involved in various aspects of matrimonial disputes.. Mr. Reina’s scope of practice is unique. He represents corporate clients in disputes involving contracts, employment agreements, intellectual property, and shareholder matters, as well as individuals in matrimonial disputes such as divorce, spousal support, prenuptial agreements, and post-judgment.. Mr. Reina oversees Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Area. He resolves disputes for clients involving contracts, employment agreements, trademarks, copyrights, and partnership and shareholder matters.. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Reina spent nearly a decade working in the restaurant industry. For several years, he served as general manager for a multi-million dollar franchise. Mr. Reina’s business experience gives him unusual insight into issues facing the business clients he serves.. The following are examples of recent matters Mr. Reina has handled for Commericial Litigation clients:. Visit for more information about Mr. Reina’s experience and results in the areas of commercial litigation and matrimonial law.

James “Jamie” Quinn Auricchio is a criminal defense attorney with 20 years of experience in Local, State and Federal Courts. A former State and Federal Prosecutor, he has served on the Faculty of the University at Buffalo Medical School and as an instructor with the New York Prosecutor Training Institute, the Municipal Police Academy for Erie County and the University at Buffalo Trial Team program.. He formerly served as a director for the Erie County Bar Foundation and as committee chair for the Bar Associations Criminal Law Committee.. He has presented lectures on criminal procedure law and client relations for the Erie Institute of Law and the Aid to Indigent Prisoners Society.. After graduating from the Law School at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2000, James served as an Assistant District Attorney in Monroe County and then Erie County in New York. He was then appointed as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and Assistant U.S Attorney in the Western District of New York. He founded his private practice, James Quinn Auricchio, Esq., in 2009.. He won his division in the 2017 Key West Olympic Triathlon and the 2017 Cooperstown Sprint Triathlon.  He was named to the all conference team for swimming in College and Highschool and briefly held school records at both levels.  He remains an avid skier.. He is a father of two beautiful children.

James T. Scime is widely recognized as one of the region's most skilled and respected attorneys. He practices in the areas of personal injury, construction accidents, products liability, medical malpractice, and automobile accidents. He devotes the majority of his time to trial and litigation matters.. Mr. Scime is widely respected among his peers for his trial and negotiating skills. Many local attorneys refer matters to him when their clients have sustained serious injuries. Over the course of his career, Mr. Scime has helped thousands of people recover financial awards for injuries they have sustained.