New York Lawyers Christopher Bechtle to Christopher Bragoli

Firm: Bragoli & Associates, P.C.

300 Broadhollow Rd Ste 100 W , Melville , New York 11747 Zip code: 11747

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: Goldberg Segalla LLP

665 Main St Ste 400 , Buffalo , New York 14203

Practice Areas: Construction & Development

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

Firm: Hiscock & Barclay LLP

3 Fountain Plaza , Buffalo , New York 14203 Zip code: 14203

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property , Intellectual Property

Firm: Genesee County District Attorney's Office

1 W Main St , Batavia , New York 14020

Firm: Sweeney, Reich & Bolz LLP

1981 Marcus Ave Ste 200 , New Hyde Park , New York 11042

Firm: Hollyer Brady Barrett and Hines LLP

551 Fifth Avenue  10176 , New York , New York 10176 Zip code: 10176

Practice Areas: Arbitration,Banking & Finance,Corporate ,International & Trade

Firm: Christopher S. Bradstreet, Esq.

620 Park Ave Ste 378 , Rochester , New York 14607

Firm: Peckar & Abramson A Professional Corporation

1325 Avenue of the Americas , New York , New York 10019

Practice Areas: Construction & Infrastructure, Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Real Estate Law

Firm: St. John's University School of Law

8000 Utopia Pkwy , Jamaica , New York 11439

Firm: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper and Scinto

30 Rockefeller Plaza  10112 , New York , New York 10112 Zip code: 10112

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property

Firm: Muss Development LLC

11835 Queens Blvd , Forest Hills , New York 11375

Firm: Queens District Attorney

12501 Queens Blvd , Kew Gardens , New York 11415

Firm: Avallone & Bellistri, LLP

3000 Marcus Ave Ste 3 E07 , New Hyde Park , New York 11042 Zip code: 11042

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Christopher M. Beermann, Esq.

141 Aspen St , Floral Park , New York 11001

Firm: CAHILL GORDON & REINDEL LLP

Eighty Pine Street , New York , New York 10005

Firm: Bignell Law, PLLC

6045 Eliot Ave Ste C , Maspeth , New York 11378

Firm: Christopher Joseph Bieda, Esq

21 Anderson Pl , Buffalo , New York 14222

140 Nixon Ave , Staten Island , New York 10304

Firm: Watson, Farley & Williams

100 Park Avenue   31st Floor  10017 , New York , New York 10017

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime

Firm: Law Office of Christopher T. Bechtle

11 Clinton Ave , Rockville Centre , New York 11570 Zip code: 11570

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense