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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.

Associate Attorney Justin L. Hendricks graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2007 with a major in Political Science and Economics, and a minor in the Hesburgh Program in Public Service.. He graduated Cum Laude from SUNY Buffalo Law School in 2013 where he was Executive Notes Editor of the Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal. Mr. Hendricks also received the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal for Excellence in Bankruptcy Award and the Laidlaw Law Alumni Association Award for Best Performance in the area of Commercial Law.. He is admitted to practice in New York State, and is a member of the American Association for Justice, the New York State Bar Association, and the Erie County Bar Association.

I've practiced law in Western New York for over forty years. I've been instrumental in successfully resolving several significant cases including a landmark class action suit against the No-Fault insurance industry. Much of my career has focused on civil rights by representing victims of age, gender and racial discrimination. As a member of both the New York State Bar and the State of Florida Bar, I've lectured on numerous subjects, including my experiences with class action lawsuits. I'm a member of the Federal Practice Committee of the Bar Association of Erie County.

Alan Bedenko is a litigation attorney representing people, businesses, and municipal entities in the state and federal courts throughout New York.. Born in Queens to Croatian parents who fled Communism, Mr. Bedenko was raised in suburban New York City. He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science in 1990 from Boston University, and returned to Westchester to attend Pace University’s School of Law, where he earned his J.D. in 1994.. Having passed both the Massachusetts and New York State bar exams, Mr. Bedenko commenced his legal career representing working individuals and families throughout eastern Massachusetts in all manner of civil and criminal litigation, eventually opening up a solo practice in Boston specializing in housing and eviction litigation. He pioneered the use of legal internet marketing while in Boston, naming his firm for its web URL. Mr. Bedenko self-published a guide to help Massachusetts landlords protect their rights and evict problem tenants, and ways in which to successfully avoid running afoul of complex consumer protection laws and regulations.. Upon moving in 2001 to western New York, Mr. Bedenko began working as staff counsel for a Fortune 500 insurance company, representing individuals and businesses throughout the region, defending them in all manner of personal injury claims.. Mr. Bedenko is politically active. He is a member of the Clarence Democratic Committee, was an appointed delegate to the Erie County Judicial Nominating Convention in 2010, and was the president of the WNY Coalition for Progress, a WNY-area nonpartisan think tank from 2005 until 2007. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, and for the past two years has served as its Vice-President.. Mr. Bedenko is admitted to practice in New York State and the Southern and Western Districts of New York. He is retired from the Massachusetts Bar. He is a member of the Erie County Bar Association and fluent in Croatian. He lives with his family in Clarence, NY and enjoys playing music and travelling.

Ms. Foley is an associate in the litigation department of Phillips Lytle, LLP. She concentrates her practice on medical issues in pharmaceutical and biologic products liability litigation, with special expertise in epidemiology. Ms. Foley serves as counsel on mass tort litigations, developing strategies to rebut claims of disease causation. She holds a Master of Public Health degree, and a Ph.D. in epidemiology.. Phillips Lytle LLP is a full-service law firm with passionate people who take a pragmatic approach. We dig deeper, look at problems from all sides, and bring more to the table for clients¬ ranging from FORTUNE 500 companies to mid-sized and emerging companies, from global, regional and local financial institutions to individuals with important matters. Our offices are located in Albany, Buffalo, Chautauqua, Garden City, New York and Rochester, NY, as well as Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.. We take great pride working on transactional matters and complex litigation in each of our 36 practice areas, which include Banking & Financial Services, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Energy, Environment, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Products Liability, Project Development and Telecommunications. Our offices are located in Albany, Buffalo, Chautauqua, Garden City, New York and Rochester, NY, as well as Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.