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Victoria Hahn assists New York-based employers, insurers, and third-party administrators facing a wide variety of workers’ compensation claims. She represents clients before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board and defends and counsels them through every stage of the claims process, from inception through trial or settlement.. Tori earned a bachelor’s in History at Buffalo State College and an M.A. in International Trade from the State University of New York at Buffalo Graduate School. Simultaneously attending the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, Tori earned her J.D. with a concentration in Cross-Border Legal Studies. She served as editor-in-chief of the Buffalo Human Rights Law Review, coach of the World Trade Organization ELSA Moot Court, first chair advocate of the New York State Bar Association Arbitration Competition, and treasurer and Desmond Competition co-chair for the Buffalo Moot Court Board. She also founded the SUNY Buffalo team for the Vis Arbitration Moot Competition and served as its logistics coordinator.. Tori earned additional experience through a legal clerkship with the Hon. Hugh Scott in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, where she researched Social Security Disability claims, as well as through a legal internship with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, where she conducted research and drafted memoranda on cases involving employment law, immigration law, agency law, international trade law, and ethics. She also interned at a law firm in Vienna, Austria, working on matters involving capital markets, insider trading, international business disputes, and the U.S.-EU negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Neil Diegelman focuses his practice on the defense of a wide range of workers’ compensation claims. His experience includes gathering claimant testimony; conducting depositions of medical and other experts; handling hearings before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board; drafting and submitting appeals, rebuttals, and memoranda; and negotiating and drafting settlement agreements. Neil’s varied legal background includes working as a hearing attorney with New York State's Special Funds Conservation Committee. He also has experience litigating personal injury matters (on behalf of plaintiffs) and has worked with an e-discovery company to provide strategic review of litigation and documents relating to class action lawsuits involving pharmaceutical, securities, and tort law.. Neil graduated cum laude from the University at Buffalo Law School, where he was an editor of its Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy and Environmental Law Journal. He also held an internship with the City of Buffalo’s Law Department.

Mr. Zarlock concentrates his practice in the area of commercial litigation handling a variety of contract and business-related disputes. In addition, Mr. Zarlock handles products liability and insurance coverage work.. 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. Powers practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation and product liability defense. In the commercial area, Mr. Powers handles a variety of matters involving contract and warranty claims, fraudulent trade practices and other business-related disputes. He also provides services in the areas of prelitigation strategic planning, counseling to businesses concerning methods of avoiding litigation and alternative dispute resolution.. Mr. Powers has served as the Town Justice for the Town of Clarence since June 2008.. 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. English is the leader of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He focuses on trial and appellate practice in both state and federal courts.. 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. 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 Gallagher is a highly skilled and versatile corporate and transactional attorney who partners with clients to help them meet both short- and long-term business and operating objectives. Mike brings to his legal practice more than two decades’ experience executing a wide variety of corporate transactions, including drafting and negotiating complex contracts, handling asset purchases and sales, and implementing license and franchise agreements, among others.. Before returning to private practice, Mike spent nearly 20 years as assistant general counsel at Delaware North, a multibillion-dollar global food service and hospitality company. First, he oversaw all transactional work for the company’s $300 million parks and resorts subsidiary. Most of the transactions for the parks and resorts subsidiary involved federal or state government contracts. The subsidiary had contracts with the National Park Service (NPS), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and state park agencies, including a contract with over $100 million in annual revenues for Yosemite National Park. In obtaining these contracts, Mike was involved in extensive research regarding the government’s bidding requirements and operating regulations. Mike most recently held sole responsibility for the transactional work relating to Delaware North's $800 million concessions and sport service subsidiary. There, he negotiated concession agreements — allowing for the sale of national, regional and local food and beverage products — with the New York Giants, New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Orioles, and other major and minor league sports teams.. Mike’s wide-ranging experience also includes obtaining bank and private financing for large development projects involving hundreds of millions of dollars of capital investment; as well as handling stock purchases and drafting shareholder agreements, negotiating mergers, obtaining bank and private financing for large development projects, and drafting corporate and organization documents and employment contracts.

Kathryn Kirsch has practiced in the fields of New York State Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability Law since 1995. She is a member of the Erie County Bar Association, Erie County Bar Association Workers' Compensation Committee, Injured Workers' Bar Association and the National Organization of Social Security Claimant Representatives.. Kathryn Kirsch has lectured on topics significant in her fields to members of the Erie County Bar Association and Erie County and Niagara County Medical Associations.. Kathryn resides in Clarence, NY and is Vice President of Finance for The American Morgan Horse Association.. When hiring Kathryn Kirsch to represent your interests, you are assured of having a respected, veteran attorney with over 20 years of experience practicing before the New York State Workers' Compensation Board and Social Security Administration.. Kathryn Kirsch has garnered respect in her fields of practice by continually offering passionate representation of her clients in a professional manner. A leading provider of legal services and information to injured workers of Buffalo and its surrounding suburbs, Kathryn has built her practice from word of mouth recommendations. The referrals received are a testament to the philosophy of her practice: Getting the best result on each and every claim.. Clients confidently turn to Kathryn Kirsch for results-oriented advocacy following work injuries.

I also serve as an Adjunct Instructor at University of Buffalo Law School, teaching the basics of Workers' Compensation to Second and Third year Law Students.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As an attorney with a background in law, management, and public policy at the state, federal, and international levels, Aaron Aisen brings a unique perspective to Goldberg Segalla, where his practice primarily focuses on handling compliance and other regulatory matters for clients in the financial arena, especially in the insurance and reinsurance industries.. Aaron has hands-on understanding of a variety of federal and state financial laws and regulations. He has previous experience as a compliance investigations officer at a major international bank where he gained experience with the Patriot Act, Bank Secrecy Act and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations in addition to various other banking regulations. He has helped clients navigate the regulatory landscape in a number of areas including Dodd-Frank, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA)/Regulation Z, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and other state and federal statutes and regulations in the area of financial regulation, consumer protection, and cybersecurity/data privacy. Aaron has also advised on various regulatory requirements associated with multi-million and billion dollar transactions.. He has assisted clients in responding to regulatory actions by various regulators including FINRA.  He has also assisted clients with understanding the potential impact of proposed legislation and regulation such as the new, first-of-its-kind cyber security regulation for financial institutions in New York, and the impact of Dodd-Frank on proposed state legislation. In addition, he has experience with litigation in several areas including regulatory enforcement, insurance coverage, commercial and contract disputes, intellectual property, personal injury, and civil rights.. Aaron is a frequent author of blog posts and widely distributed articles focusing on a variety of financial, cybersecurity/data privacy, and other regulatory issues, including the impact of Dodd Frank on the insurance industry,  U.S. and EU Solvency II issues, the Affordable Care Act, the Solvency Modernization Initiative and Principle-Based Reserving and the impact of anti-money laundering regulations and other anti-corruption provisions on the insurance and reinsurance industries.. Aaron’s background includes experience in several legislative offices — at the state and federal levels — and at the United Kingdom House of Commons in London. He also interned at the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office in Rochester, New York, and the City of Rochester Law Department, where he assisted with regulatory enforcement and litigation. During law school, he was a student clerk for an administrative law judge with the New York State Division of Human Rights and for then-Justice Salvatore Martoche of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department. While earning his juris doctor at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, Aaron was an executive editor of the Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal and sat on the Jessup International Moot Court Board. During law school, he spent a semester at the University of Glasgow in Scotland where he studied European Union law, UK administrative, labor and tax law, and international criminal law.. Aaron recently served as co-convener of the Campus Ministries Association at the University at Buffalo. He currently serves as co-chair of the Young Lawyers Committee at the Bar Association of Erie County.

Experienced W attorney serving clients in Buffalo and surrounding areas.

Experienced W attorney serving clients in Buffalo and surrounding areas.

Experienced W attorney serving clients in Buffalo and surrounding areas.

Experienced W attorney serving clients in Buffalo and surrounding areas.

Experienced W attorney serving clients in Buffalo and surrounding areas.

Experienced W attorney serving clients in Buffalo and surrounding areas.

Experienced W attorney serving clients in Buffalo and surrounding areas.