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For over twenty-five years Sabatino (Sabby) Santarpia, Esq., has been in private practice, providing high-quality legal service for the Buffalo area and surrounding communities.. Over the years he has achieved an impressive reputation for his knowledge of the law, zealous representation of his clients, treatment of his clients and above all else, Mr. Santarpia is a trial lawyer with significant trial experience.. Mr. Santarpia’s clients consistently express their appreciation for his thorough understanding of the local legal landscape, as well as his sense of compassion, personal attention to their case and positive results.

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Elias Farah graduated from the University at Buffalo with a BA in 2008. Later he attended Canisius College and earned an MBA in 2011. After gaining his MBA, he becamed a licensed stockbroker with series 7 and series 66 licenses. He worked at Merrill Lynch until leaving to continue his education. He pursued a Law Degree at the University at Buffalo and graduated in 2016. Elias Farah continually works to have a positive impact on his community. He has served on a number of local school and non-for profit boards and has taken great pleasure in volunteering at local high schools with students who struggle in math and science.

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Dustin Osborne’s practice focuses on the defense of complex workers’ compensation claims. In representing clients in all types of workers’ compensation litigation, Dustin handles matters from their inception through resolution, and, if necessary, on appeal. His background also includes commercial litigation.. An emerging authority in sports and entertainment law, Dustin is a frequent contributor to the firm's Sports and Entertainment Law Insider blog, where he covers the latest and breaking news, as well as legal battles, developments, and trends impacting all aspects of sports and entertainment.. A cum laude graduate of Syracuse University College of Law, Dustin was an Associate Notes Editor of the Syracuse Law Review and a recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Communication & Research, Entertainment Law, and Copyright Law. He served as the Student Bar Association class president from 2014-2016 and as vice president from 2013-2014. Dustin also participated in the school’s Veterans’ Legal Clinic.

David Wolff is a partner for Cantor, Wolff, Nicastro & Hall LLC. David has extensive experience in personal injury lawsuits involving Motor Vehicle Collisions, Medical Malpractice, Slip & Falls and more. David is a member of the Erie County Bar Association, New York State Trial Lawyer’s Association and is licensed in New York State as well as the United State District Court for the Western District of New York (Federal Court). He has received referrals from other attorneys across the state due to his knowledge and expertise in the personal injury field.. David is committed to representing those who have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence. David brings in unique experience from working at other prominent firms in the Western New York area and will continue to stand up for what his client’s deserve.. Born and raised in Elma, New York, David attended Iroquois High School. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University in 2011 with a major in Advertising/Public Relations and a dual minor in Law and Liberal Arts and English. After earning his bachelor’s degree, David returned home and received his Juris Doctor from SUNY Buffalo Law School in 2014.. David has attended legal seminars in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Western New York region focusing on personal injury cases. He has extensive experience dealing with client’s who have Medicare or Medicaid. David has also helped the New York State Trial Lawyers advocate for better laws for those injured by other’s negligence by attending Lobby Day in Albany.. In his free time, David has a passion for sports and enjoys the outdoors. He also coaches his local high school’s mock trial program in the spring.

David J. Colligan is a partner and focuses his practice in the areas of corporate and business law, Angel financing, startup formations, International law and Natural Resource Law including Timber and Oil and Gas Law. As a young lawyer, his strong background in commercial business matters and contracts led him to develop a clientele involving successful entrepreneurs and other closely held business interests. His experience with entrepreneurs and their growing companies resulted in him joining Western New York Venture Association where local companies raise angel capital to fuel the growth of their companies, and in 2004 he was invited to join the Board of the Western New York Venture Association on which he now serves. Mr. Colligan is a trustee for The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, a grant-making organization, dedicated primarily to sustained investment in the quality of life of the people of Western New York and Southeastern Michigan.. As a result of Mr. Colligan’s avocation of maple syrup making he began to educate himself on trees and forestry matters. He began to lecture extensively on natural resource law issues, wrote many articles on legal issues related to timberland owners such as timberlands and oil and gas law in such magazines as Forest Owner, the magazine of New York Forest Owners Association; Tree Farmer, a magazine of the National Woodland Owners Association, and authored an article entitled “Forest Land Taxation in the New Millennium: Stewardship Incentivized” which appeared in the Denver University Law Review, Volume 78, No. 3 in 2001. Through these efforts, he successfully converted his hobby into an important area of practice for the firm. In 2014 he was named a director of Northern Woodland.. The firm’s expanding timber and forestry law practice caused Mr. Colligan to establish a website dedicated to the legal issues surrounding forest land ownership and timber production that can be reached at either or . The site contains useful information regarding matters of interest to persons involved in timber and forestry. Mr. Colligan’s timber law practice has continued to expand and he was invited to speak at an international timber law investing seminar held in the financial district of New York City in December of 2006 on the topic of “Multiple Revenue Sources from Timberland”. As a result of representing a diverse and extensive landowner clientele, Mr. Colligan’s practice has expanded into all areas of natural resource law including oil and gas leasing, FERC hydroelectric relicensing, windmills and mining.. Mr. Colligan’s community service has been extensive. He is a founding trustee of the Buffalo City Honors foundation. Mr. Colligan is currently on the board of directors of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation, the state-appointed agency entrusted with developing Buffalo’s downtown waterfront. He is subcommittee chair of the Outer Harbor subcommittee which is seeking to re-energize and beautify over two linear miles of waterfront land along Buffalo’s outer harbor. He was a director of the Buffalo Green Fund and chair of the Reforest Buffalo effort. He is past chair of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, an organization dedicated to preserving and restoring Buffalo’s Olmsted designated parks, the first Olmsted Park System completed in this country. He is also a board member of the Western New York Venture Association working on a subcommittee to try to regionalize angel investing strategies. He is past Chairman of the Board of Launch NY, a venture development organization that assists startups in preparing for rapid growth and capitalization. Mr. Colligan also served as co-chair of Re-Tree WNY, a coalition of groups formed under Keep Western New York Beautiful Inc. to help Western New York recover from the October 13, 2006 snowstorm which devastated the tree resources in many of the communities and towns of Western New York.. Mr. Colligan’s community services have been well recognized. In 2002 the Buffalo News named him a “Citizen of the Year” in recognition of his efforts to reforest the City of Buffalo. In 2003, Mr. Colligan received the prestigious “Heiberg Memorial Award” for an outstanding contribution to the fields of forestry and conservation in New York State given by the New York Forest Owners Association. Re-Tree WNY received the 2008 National Arbor Day Foundation program award that Mr. Colligan accepted in Nebraska City, Nebraska on April 26, 2008.

David H. Elibol, a partner in the firm, focuses his legal practice on personal injury and business litigation. He has successfully represented individuals and businesses in jury and non-jury trials, and in other proceedings in both state and federal courts.. Dave is actively involved in the legal community. He has been a member of the Civil Practice Law and Rules Committee of the New York State Bar Association, and has served on the Board of Directors of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers since 2007. He is also an adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (JLS Program), and is often asked to lecture at continuing legal education seminars for attorneys.. Dave is a Trained Mediator and has been appointed to the 8th Judicial District Roster of ADR Neutrals.

Danielle Engel focuses her practice on workers’ compensation defense. She has extensive experience handling hearings before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board; drafting and submitting appeals, rebuttals, and memoranda of law; deposing medical professionals and claimants; and reviewing files for potential settlement.. While earning her law degree at American University’s Washington College of Law, Danielle was a student attorney in the school’s D.C. Law Students in Court clinical program, handling landlord & tenant, small claims, and other civil matters, and appearing on behalf of clients in D.C. Superior Court on the Housing Conditions calendar. She also served as a legal intern in the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Legislative and Correctional Issues branch. There, she researched and wrote on matters involving inmates’ rights, the statutory obligations of the Bureau of Prisons, and various legislative issues affecting both inmates and Bureau staff.

Daniel Hunter focuses his practice on general liability matters and commercial litigation. His experience includes cases involving personal injury, property damage, commercial business disputes, insurance coverage, and labor law and employment issues. His background also includes Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration work.. Daniel has handled all phases of litigation, including trials, mediations, and arbitrations. His background includes cases in all five boroughs of New York, in New York State Supreme Court, and in state appellate courts.. Daniel received his juris doctor from Duquesne University School of Law, where he was involved with the Innocence Project Post-Conviction DNA Clinic. As part of the school’s Ireland Study Abroad Program, he conducted international arbitration studies at Queen's University in Belfast and attended seminars in European Union law and jurisprudence at Trinity College in Dublin.. As a law clerk to the Hon. Bernard L. McHinley, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, Daniel reviewed, analyzed, and outlined briefs submitted to the court; researched relevant statutory and case law; and drafted appellate opinions and bench memoranda to be circulated to all appellate judges on panel. He authored the published opinion Bartholetti v. W.C.A.B. (School Dist. of Philadelphia), 927 A.2d 743 (PaCmwlth., 2007).

Dan Cavarello is a Partner with Sugarman Law Firm, specializing in the defense of claims against municipalities, school and fire districts and related entities, as well as those involving private companies. These include negligent supervision, civil rights, premises defects, product liability and property damage claims. He has represented clients in administrative proceedings before the Department of Labor and other agencies as well. Mr. Cavarello's experience also includes municipal zoning and planning issues.. Mr. Cavarello, who currently serves as Tonawanda Town Justice, has significant alternative dispute resolution experience and is available to serve as a mediator.  Mr. Cavarello was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1996 and has practiced before all New York State and Federal District Courts. He is a member of the Erie County and New York State Bar Associations, including the Municipal Law Section, and the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. His other professional memberships include the New York State Magistrates, Erie County Magistrates, Western New York Trial Lawyers and Buffalo Claims Associations. Mr. Cavarello is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Boston College where he received both his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees, with honors, in1992 and 1995, respectively. Mr. Cavarello is an active member of the Tonawanda, New York community where he served as Town Attorney from January, 2006 until August 2010, when he was appointed Town Justice. He was subsequently elected to a four year term and continues to hold that office. He is also past President and Trustee of the Kenmore Tonawanda School Board.. He also volunteers as an instructor at St. John the Baptist Church in Tonawanda and is a member of its Holy Name Society.

Damon M. Gruber chairs the firm’s rapidly growing Workers’ Compensation Practice Group. He has led the team since its inception, and over the past 15-plus years, has developed a cohesive workers’ compensation program that allows the group’s attorneys to partner with clients and proactively reduce the risk of workers’ injuries.. As part of his progressive practice, Damon has counseled clients extensively and has implemented firm-wide initiatives that assist companies with a wide range of matters, including opioid reduction, permanency awards, and return-to-work issues.. He and his team now serve as a partner to many national self-insured companies, including those in the construction, retail, trucking, and manufacturing industries. As the leader of the Workers’ Compensation group, Damon works closely with the firm’s other practice groups to ensure clients receive coordinated representation for all their legal needs.. His background in the field includes all aspects of the claims process, from providing initial handling recommendations to overseeing every stage of the litigation process. He also has extensive appellate experience in cases involving sports law, hearing loss, psychological stress, and insurance coverage issues.. Damon is a prominent speaker and author on all aspects of workers’ compensation law. He has spoken at SEAK’s annual workers’ compensation conference, chaired an ExecuSummit seminar, and has been extensively involved in other legal and business organizations.

Criminal Law Concentration Certification, February. 2006. Judicial Clerkship & Judicial Internship. University at Buffalo Student Defender. Affiliations         â–      Member, American Trial Lawyers Association. â–      Member, New York Bar Association. â–      Member, Erie County Bar Association-Young Lawyers Division. â–      Member, University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association. â–      Board of Directors-UB Law Alumni-Gold Group-2008-2009. Communications Chairperson of Gold Group-2008-2009. â–      Board Member-Southtowns YMCA Board of Management. -Chairperson-Strong Kids 2009 Campaign. â–      M.A.D.E. State Leader (Mothers and Fathers against Teen Dating Violence)

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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 second chaired two jury trials to verdict. On a more individual level, Jessica works as an Attorney for the Child, and represents parents in custody, visitation, and neglect/abuse cases in Family Court. Over a decade in Family Court has afforded numerous, numerous opportunities for trials.. Jessica reviews each case details individually and tries to identify early cases that could be problematic. She prepares each case for trial, in the event it is necessary, but finds effective and cost-efficient solutions to cases wherever possible. Jessica is always focusing on the details, while keeping the larger goals in mind.. Jessica is a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI), Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), Niagara and Erie County Bar Associations, the New York State Bar Association, and the Bar Association of the Tonawandas (former President). She is admitted to the State Bar of New York as well as the United States District Court (Western and Northern), and Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York. Jessica presented at the DRI Asbestos Medicine Seminar in Las Vegas in November, 2011; New Orleans in November 2013; San Francisco in November 2014; and Las Vegas in 2017. She is looking forward to presenting at DRI Asbestos Medicine Seminar in Austin, Texas this coming November. Jessica serves as the marketing chair for DRI Asbestos Medicine Seminar. She was named a Rising Star Super Lawyer five consecutive years, from 2014-2018.. A native of Buffalo, Jessica is a graduate of the Nichols School, Canisius College, and University at Buffalo Law School. In her spare time, Jessica teaches ballet and has coordinated groups of high school dancers to perform at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Christopher Maugans concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation and matters involving employment and labor law. With a focus on serving both public and private sector clients, Chris handles matters involving discrimination claims, improper practice charges, employee grievance arbitrations, General Municipal Law 207-c proceedings, and New York Education Law 3020-a hearings, as well as proceedings under Article 75 and Article 78 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR). Chris helps clients prepare for and navigate trials, mediations, arbitrations, and hearings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR). He regularly counsels clients and litigates the enforceability of restrictive covenants in employment agreements, including non-competition and non-solicitation provisions.. Prior to joining Goldberg Segalla, Chris worked in-house in a dual human resources and legal counsel role within a large community college in Western New York, where he helped draft and negotiate collective bargaining agreements, investigated grievances, and led internal investigations into employee attendance, performance, and harassment allegations. He also handled Freedom of Information Law requests, reasonable accommodation requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and issues involving the Family and Medical Leave Act.. Chris concurrently earned his M.B.A. and J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he held several prestigious fellowships and scholarships. He was a judicial law clerk with the Hon. Frederick Marshall and an extern with the United States Equal Opportunity Commission’s Buffalo office. He also worked as a law clerk for a global private food manufacturing company, where he drafted employment agreements and non-disclosure agreements, and edited employee handbooks.. Chris, who finished in the top 10 percent of his M.B.A. class and completed the University at Buffalo School of Management LeaderCORE™ certification program, is one of the founding members of the Buffalo MBA Consulting Group (BMC), Western New York's first pro bono consulting firm run by M.B.A. students. There, he provided management consultation services to a range of non- and for-profit businesses. From 2011 to 2014, Chris also participated in the WNY Prosperity Fellowship, a program which invests in the education of students possessing high potential to benefit the economic development of the region. He now serves on the Program’s Alumni Advisory Board.. Recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Employment and Labor law and honored for his accomplishments in the field of human resources, Chris has served as a guest lecturer on human resources and labor and employment law topics at Canisius College, Daemen College, and the State University of New York at Buffalo. He also regularly drafts Goldberg Segalla’s Employment and Labor Alerts, drafts Goldberg Segalla’s Higher Education Alerts, writes for the firm's Life Science Matters blog, and is an associate editor of the firm’s Professional Liability Matters blog, offering insights on employment practices liabilities.

Christopher Belter, a senior trial partner at Goldberg Segalla, dedicates his practice to resolving complex commercial, construction, and intellectual property disputes. He has represented clients in courts and arbitration forums in more than a dozen states over the course of his two-decade career, during which he has taken more than 100 trials and arbitrations to verdict or award. He is the chair of Goldberg Segalla’s Corporate Services and Commercial Litigation Practice Group, a team of 50-plus lawyers practicing across the firm's entire footprint, and chair of its 40-member Construction Practice Group.. In the commercial litigation arena, for which he and his team are recognized in the Chambers USA Upstate New York directory, Chris has achieved successful outcomes for a broad range of companies in complex disputes involving contractual relationships, misappropriation and fraudulent conveyance, commercial leases, licensing, claims of tortious interference, and other issues. He also defends directors and officers in matters involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and bad faith, as well as claims brought by the FDIC and the SEC.. With experience handling dozens of cases involving claims of trademark and copyright infringement, he is particularly adept at helping companies enforce their intellectual property rights and protect their invaluable brands.. In construction litigation, an area for which he is listed in the Best Lawyers in America, Chris handles breach of contract, delay and acceleration, design and construction defect, performance and payment bond, and other high-value claims for contractors, construction managers, and others in connection with large-scale private and public construction projects. He has extensive experience with complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution involving major solar, wind, and other renewable energy projects.. He is a longstanding member of the Commercial Litigation Steering Committee at the Defense Research Institute (DRI), the largest organization of defense attorneys in the country, and a past national chair of its Construction Committee. He co-authored the New York chapter in DRI’s Construction Litigation Desk Reference: A State-by-State Compendium, and he is a frequent speaker to national audiences on minimizing damages in contract disputes, litigation strategies in lawsuits combining business tort and intellectual property claims, and other topics in his areas of concentration.. Experience HighlightsCommercial LitigationDefending at trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery a corporation’s directors and officers against breach of fiduciary duty and more than 10 other claims brought by certain shareholders over a disputed business mergerObtaining for an owner of music royalties a rare multimillion-dollar recovery in a complex misappropriation and fraudulent conveyance action that reached across both domestic and foreign jurisdictionsDefending a $13 million commercial claim against a top soft drink manufacturer over the termination of a New York City distribution routeDefending a multimillion-dollar breach of contract and improper termination claim brought by a studio owner against the producer of a major-network television showDefending the manufacturer of one of the world’s most popular sport drinks against a competitor’s $15 million tortious interference claimDefeating through motion practice an injunction that sought to shut down six major metropolitan locations of a national pizza chainObtaining summary judgment for a construction supply manufacturer on complex warranty claims for roofing materialsSuccessfully guiding a value-added reseller of a major software suite through investigations conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Defense, and other entities following the acquisition of the software developer by a computer industry giantDefeating through motion practice a prospective class action alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Construction LitigationSecuring a $70 million arbitration award for a national renewable energy contractor in a complex construction development dispute that involved issues of public bond and federal grant financing, construction delays and design deficiencies, claims of liquidated and consequential damages, and construction trust fund misappropriation; the award was rendered after extensive litigation and two months of arbitration hearingsRecovering through arbitration more than $4 million for a wind energy transmission contractor in a case involving major change order and delay and acceleration claims related to a stormRepresenting a pipeline installation contractor in disputes totaling over $100 million involving natural gas pipelines serving the hydrofracking industry; the case involves major delay claims, back-charge claims related to earth-slips, and complex and novel issues regarding the scope of the lien lawRepresenting a construction manager in an arbitration arising out of claims asserted by a private university for construction defects involving masonry, roof, and building envelope issuesObtaining summary judgment in favor of a commercial financer of hotels and resorts in a multimillion-dollar dispute over the financing arrangement for the construction of a timeshare property. Intellectual Property LitigationDefending a modeling agency in a jury trial in the Southern District of New York against copyright infringement and tortious interference claims brought by a photographer seeking over $10 million in damagesDefending a regional craft brewery against claims of trademark infringement from a nationally distributing breweryRepresenting a major tobacco company in a trademark infringement case against sellers of counterfeit cigarettes, resulting in the successful seizure of all counterfeit product, recovery of several hundred thousand dollars in statutory damages, and a permanent injunction

Christina Hassler focuses her practice on workers’ compensation, drawing on experience earned protecting the interests of insurers in private practice and as senior staff attorney at one of the nation’s largest property casualty insurers.. Tina’s effectiveness at serving her clients and aiding her colleagues is built on an ability to look at the “big picture” — including changing laws, regulations, and case law, as well as a firm’s or company’s overall strategies and long-term goals — while maintaining a mastery over the facts and details of the individual cases she handles. In her nearly 20-year career Tina has managed a consistently high volume of workers’ compensation matters — often up to 45 cases in a month. Tina has handled thousands of medical depositions and trial hearings involving lay witness litigation, no-fault litigation depositions, motion hearings on issues of subrogation, small claims court matters, and unemployment hearings. An exceptional negotiator and litigation manager, she has also presented and summarized cases to judges, filed memoranda of law, and drafted appeals in New York State Workers’ Compensation Court.. Tina brings to her clients at Goldberg Segalla a special insight and understanding from over six years as senior staff attorney to a major national insurer, implementing and managing the workers’ compensation practice there. In that role Tina collaborated with offices throughout the country to ensure consistent practice standards and procedures; ensured proper Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Freedom of Information Law request compliance; and cross-trained litigation, workers’ compensation, and subrogation departments on the interplay of legal issues in insurance coverage. A frequent speaker who has presented on New York State Workers’ Compensation Law and related issues before industry leaders, she has also trained management and employees on effective negotiation of settlements, updated case law, and file strategies.. Tina carries that in-house counsel point-of-view with her into private practice, which reinforces trust as a priority of the attorney-client relationship. She remains committed to evaluating the programs she has designed and managed and the services she provides against standard metrics and — above all else — client expectations.

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.

Cheryl Possenti is a founding partner of Goldberg Segalla and has more than 30 years’ experience in the defense of complex personal injury actions. With a practice that focuses on product liability matters and related litigation, plus extensive experience that includes defending high-profile, high-exposure class actions and professional and medical malpractice claims, Cheryl helps clients navigate the regulatory terrain set forth by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and other agencies.. A respected counselor to the makers of toys and other children’s products, small appliance manufacturers, and many others, Cheryl assists clients in maintaining CPSC compliance, manages product safety litigation, helps coordinate effective product recalls — both limited and widespread — and advises on mandatory government reporting and the assessment of civil penalties. Over the course of the past 20 years, she has handled more than 150 issues involving the CPSC, and serves as counsel to two of the world’s foremost toy and children’s products manufacturers.. Cheryl has handled various types of professional malpractice actions — including pharmacy malpractice, dentist malpractice, physical therapy malpractice, veterinary malpractice, and nursing malpractice — as well as licensing and disciplinary actions for health care providers. She has also represented a number of major hospitals in medical malpractice cases as self-insured entities.. Cheryl is a sought-after speaker and writer on product safety issues and is the past Chair and Panel Counsel Liaison of the Children's Products Specialized Litigation Group of the Defense Research Institute's (DRI) Product Liability Committee. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Society of Product Licensors Committed to Excellence (SPLiCE). Amongst her many other accolades and commendations, in 2014, Cheryl was named a Client Choice Awards winner by the International Law Office and Lexology. She holds the distinction of being the only lawyer in New York State — and one of just five in the United States and nine in the world — to be recognized in the product liability category. These unique awards are based solely on nominations and feedback by clients and in-house counsel.

Cherie L. Peterson is the litigation coordinator for the firm's Accidents and Personal Injury, Mesothelioma and Asbestos, and Workers’ Compensation Practice Areas, responsible for the administrative aspects of those areas of the firm. She also chairs the firm’s Client Services Committee, which coordinates the efforts of the Labor and Employment, Accidents and Personal Injury, and Workers’ Compensation Practice Areas to best serve clients' needs. In her 25 years as an attorney with the firm, Ms. Peterson has concentrated her legal practice in the personal injury, asbestos litigation, constitutional law, and criminal defense areas.

Catherine Aughey is an Attorney at the Deitrich Law Firm focusing her practice in Personal Injury. She has experience in all phases of civil litigation including depositions, motion practice, hearings and trials.. Catherine received her BA in English from State University of New York at Buffalo in 2013, graduating magna cum laude in 3 years. She went on to obtain her Juris Doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 2016.. Catherine has been selected by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys as “New York’s 10 Best Attorneys” for New York Client Satisfaction. Catherine was selected as an Upstate New York Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2023 and as a Super Lawyers Ones to Watch in 2022. Catherine is a member of the Bar Association of Erie County, Western New York Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and the New York State Bar Association. Catherine has also been selected as Top 40 Under 40 in New York by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys.

Carlton K. Brownell, III, Esq. is a partner in the firm's Litigation Department where he defends cases involving products liability, premises liability, general liability, toxic torts, and personal injury claims. Mr. Brownell also handles municipal law and appeals of all defense matters.. Admitted to practice in 1990, Mr. Brownell is admitted to practice before all New York State courts and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.. In 2006, Mr. Brownell was recognized by his peers as Buffalo Business First's "Who's Who in Law" for his appellate work.. He is a graduate of St. Lawrence University (B.A. Government) and the State Unviersity of New York at Buffalo School of Law, where he was awarded the Robert J. Connelly Award for Excellence in Trial Practice. Mr. Brownell is a member of the Board of Directors for the Trial Lawyer's Association of Western New York, and a member of the New York State Bar Association, Erie County Bar Association, and the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers.. Mr. Brownell is an active member of the Delaware Soccer Club in Buffalo, where he currently coaches both the travel and house leagues. He previously served as a board member and treasurer of the soccer club.