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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.

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.

I graduated from SUNY Buffalo with a degree in Legal Studies in 1997 then went on to attend Albany Law School of Union University, graduating in 2000. Since that time I have been practicing Workers’ Compensation law. I learned the Workers’ Compensation system by representing carriers for the first few years of my career but something was missing for me personally. I left that employer and realized I had found my passion when I began representing injured workers. I have dedicated the past 15 years to fighting on behalf of Western New York’s injured workers and have managed a law office in Batavia, NY for almost a decade.. I am very excited to be a part of the Dolce Panepinto team. I love working alongside others who are just as passionate as I am about helping injured workers and their families. I know the Workers’ Compensation system is complicated and can be intimidating, especially when you are looking at it from the inside. That is why I am dedicated to pursuing every possible legal avenue to help you get the best outcome. If you need assistance with a Workers’ Compensation claim, or any other matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.

As a member of the Complete Counsel team at LoTempio P.C. Law Group, Amanda Zafur concentrates her practice in the areas of Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability. She has the ability to relate to her clients’ struggles with lost wages and mounting medical costs, and guides them through the complex Workers’ Comp and Social Security systems. She’s able to handle all aspects of New York State Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Administration claims. From filing the initial documentation, to investigating your case and representing you in hearings and appeals, Ms. Zafur remains transparent throughout the entire process.. Ms. Zafur graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts Honors in Political Science. She obtained her Juris Doctor from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, where she was elected Vice President of the Domestic Violence Task Force. Ms. Zafur also served as Associate Editor to the Buffalo Journal of Gender Law & Social Policy, and was selected to participate on the SUNY Buffalo Law National Trial Team. Ms. Zafur also served as a legal intern for the Honorable Barbara Howe of Erie County Surrogate’s Court.. Ms. Zafur is admitted to practice in New York State and the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. She is a member of the Erie County Bar Association and the Minority Bar Association of Western New York. She’s influential in the Western New York community as a member of Dress for Success Buffalo, the BISON Children's Scholarship Fund President's Council and Sass & Success, a networking group focused on empowering women professionals.. Ms. Zafur also assists with Personal Injury and Criminal matters as well.

Oksana joined McIntyre, Donohoue, Accardi, Salmonson & Riordan firm as an Associate Attorney in August of 2018, focusing her practice on Worker's Compensation.

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.

Mr. Gruber, a partner at Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP, handles workers compensation cases for the firm.. He is a graduate of Michigan State University in 1991 and earned his Juris Doctorate degree from The University of Denver College of Law in 1995.. Mr. Gruber has been a workers compensation lawyer since 1996. In addition to litigating workers compensation claims, he oversees the Workers Compensation Appellate Division practice at the firm and has been successful in numerous appeals to the New York State Appellate Division, Third Department.. Mr. Gruber has been the chairman of the Workers Compensation Committee of the Brooklyn Bar Association since 2012. In 2018, he was named a Fellow of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers. Mr. Gruber is a member of the Injured Workers Bar Association and the Workers Compensation Alliance, organizations focusing on workers compensation issues in New York. Mr. Gruber is a Past President and serves on the Board of Directors of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group, a national organization dedicated to protecting the rights of injured workers. He regularly lectures on workers compensation law to various labor organizations. Mr. Gruber was named to the Super Lawyers list in the area of Workers’ Compensation for 2021-2023.

Debra Doby concentrates her practice on workers’ compensation litigation, maritime law, and intellectual property. Named a “Rising Star” in New York Metro Super Lawyers every year since 2016, she has built a reputation on success in the courtroom as well as a history of deep and substantive engagement with the issues her clients face. On top of her service litigating and advising her clients, Debra has written and presented on subjects including opioid addiction and overprescription, obesity, and the clash of whalers and protestors in the Southern Ocean — and well beyond their merely legal applications.. Debra has extensive experience representing clients before the New York Workers’ Compensation Board and in appellate courts, deposing medical professionals and other experts, and advising on all aspects of workers’ compensation law — including claims arising under the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and the Jones Act. Debra also counsels employers on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance and frequently conducts training seminars on minimizing the risk of workplace accidents and related litigation.. Drawing on both her undergraduate degree in chemistry as well as her insights into workers' compensation issues and trends in pain medication prescription practices nationally, Debra created Goldberg Segalla’s Opioid Impact Program (OIP) — a comprehensive program designed to help claims professionals reduce claimants’ use of prescription medications. The program also helps identify and mitigate claims that have the potential to spiral out of control in terms of cost and exposure. She frequently writes and presents on the subject for industry publications and conferences.. In addition to developing OIP, Debra organizes the firm’s workers’ compensation webinar series. The free, monthly series highlights state-specific information on workers’ compensation claims and litigation, and provides a high-level look at industry trends. Debra is also co-editor of Goldberg Segalla’s Workers’ Compensation Defense blog, which examines the latest rulings, developments, and trends impacting the defense of workers' compensation claims.. Debra is also an authority on maritime law generally and on workers’ compensation issues arising from maritime occupations. She developed this interest as a legal clinician at Maritime New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand, where she counseled employees on OSHA, delegations, and other obligations under the Maritime Transport Act. She continued to develop her study of international trade while earning an L.L.M. at Trinity College, Dublin, and has written on comparative law and maritime jurisdictional conflicts. Today, Debra assists her clients in ensuring compliance with a wide range of internal conventions including the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), International Convention on Load Lines, International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STWC), pilotage, and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). She also represents her clients in litigation arising from maritime workers’ compensation claims, and has tried many cases involving the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, the Jones Act, the Limitation of Liability Act, and other federal and international regulations.. Debra graduated cum laude from the University of West Georgia with a bachelor's in chemistry. At Vermont Law School Debra studied patent and copyright law, and has since written on the subject. As a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group, she works to protect the ideas, innovations, inventions, and creative property that have fueled her clients’ successes. This included litigation and arbitration involving patents, trademarks and copyrights, trade secrets, licensing and portfolio management, and unfair competition — especially in matters of international trade.. While completing her J.D., Debra was a legal clinician at the Environmental and Natural Resources Legal Clinic in Vermont, where she worked on issues involving the Clean Air Act. She was also co-chair of the International Law Society and organizer of the 2009 ILS Annual Conference, and was selected for inclusion in Who’s Who Among American Legal Students.