Firm: Goldberg Segalla, LLP
11 Martine Avenue , White Plains , New York 10606
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
Adam Dolan, co-chair of the firm's Cannabis Law Practice Group and associate in Trucking, Product Liability, Construction, Life Sciences, and General Liability, defends clients in a wide range of claims involving premises liability, building maintenance actions, matters involving the trucking industry, and more. His broad legal background includes resolving corporate disputes, dram shop actions, and workers’ compensation defense. His experience also includes drafting and arguing an appellate brief before the First Department regarding vicarious liability of an independent contractor.. Adam is an emerging authority in the field of cannabis law. He not only co-leads the GS Cannabis Law group, but also regularly authors articles exploring liability and cannabis law, including serving as a frequent contributor to Life Science Matters, the firm's blog covering the life sciences and medical device industries. He brings expert analysis of the latest trends and breaking news surrounding the cannabis legal landscape to his writing, and his colleagues routinely recognize him for his thoughtful research, turning to him for strategic advice and insight into the many developing aspects of this new area of law. He is highly regarded among his peers, and has been selected as a Rising Star by New York Metro Super Lawyers for the last three years, as well as by the Irish Legal 100 in 2017.. Before returning to private practice, Adam was an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office, where he successfully prosecuted more than 10 misdemeanor-level trials as the primary attorney. He also conducted felony-level grand jury presentations, which resulted in indictments on various criminal charges, and negotiated pleas in both felony and misdemeanor criminal offenses.. During law school at New England School of Law, Adam was an intern with the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General in Boston and acted as Chairperson of the school’s Moot Court Committee. While pursuing his undergraduate studies, he was a legal intern with the Federal Trade Commission.
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Firm: The Law Firm of Elias C. Schwartz
343 Great Neck Rd. , Great Neck , New York 11021
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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Firm: Goldberg Segalla, LLP
665 Main St , Buffalo , New York 14203
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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).
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Firm: Sugarman Law Firm LLP
1600 Rand Building , Buffalo , New York 14203
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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.
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Firm: Orrick
666 5th Avenue , New York , New York 10103
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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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
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Firm: Law Office of Joseph C. Sette & Associates
50 Charles Lindbergh Blvd Ste 401 , Uniondale , New York 11553
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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Firm: Goldberg Segalla, LLP
665 Main St Ste 400 , Buffalo , New York 14203
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
Albert D’Aquino is one of Goldberg Segalla’s founding partners and Co-Chair of its General Liability Practice Group, one of the firm’s largest practice groups. A seasoned trial lawyer who has served clients throughout New York for more than 30 years, Al tries — and wins — cases against the most experienced and respected plaintiffs’ attorneys in the state. He brings a goal-oriented approach to pre-trial and trial proceedings, which stands as a hallmark of his proactive, cost-effective litigation style. Within the firm, Al uses the keen insight he has gained through his decades of experience in the state and federal courtrooms of New York to teach trial technique to associates across the firm’s footprint.. In his multi-faceted law practice, Al successfully defends clients in complex product liability and premises and construction site personal injury litigation (involving New York State Labor Law). He has also represented hundreds of attorneys and physicians, as well as major pharmacy chain and other health care clients, in high-stakes malpractice litigation, and he represents insured and self-insured trucking common carriers and private fleets. Al also defends clients embroiled in catastrophic injury litigation, such as multiple-fatality auto and serious industrial accidents, and is regularly called upon to parachute into existing cases specifically for trial.
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Firm: Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP
30 S Pearl St Ste 901 , Albany , New York 12207
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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Firm: Goldberg Segalla, LLP
665 Main St , Buffalo , New York 14203
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
Brett Miller focuses his practice on workers’ compensation matters. A proven litigator with experience handling high-volume caseloads, Brett has handled all aspects of workers’ compensation matters, including controverted cases, drafting memoranda of law, writing appeals and rebuttals, litigating permanency, and negotiation and settlement where appropriate.. Brett graduated cum laude from the University at Buffalo Law School where he clerked for Buffalo Human Rights Law Review. Brett also held clerkships with Hon. Jeremiah J. McCarthy in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, in the Office of Assistant Chief Counsel in U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and in private practice.
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Firm: Rukab Brash, PLLC
239 Great Neck Rd Ste 201 , Great Neck , New York 11021
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
Benjamin I. Brash serves as Rukab Brash PLLC’s Co-Managing Partner. Benjamin represents and counsels real estate owners, developers, investors, tenants and lenders on a wide range of real estate transactions. In addition, Benjamin handles a variety of sophisticated construction matters and undertakes owner’s representative services.. Prior to co-founding the firm, Benjamin served as Vice President of Amirian Group responsible for the firm’s development projects in Chelsea and the East Village.. Benjamin serves as a Trustee of the Washington Institute of Near East Policy and is a member of its Abramson Young Leaders program. The mission of The Washington Institute is to advance a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East and to promote the policies that secure them.. Benjamin received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.A. in Business Administration from the George Washington University. He is licensed to practice law in the State of New York.
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Firm: Welby, Brady & Greenblatt, LLP
50 Main Street, 16th Floor , White Plains , New York 10606
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
My name is Austin S. Brown and I am a New York and Connecticut Construction and Real Estate Litigation Partner at Welby, Brady & Greenblatt, LLP, a leading construction and real estate law firm representing owners, general contractors, subcontractors, sureties, engineers and developers.
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Firm: Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer, Monte & Pajak, PC
438 Main Street Suite 1000 , Buffalo , New York 14202
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
Contact: +1 (716) 671-3361
Firm: Torre, Lentz, Gamell, Gary & Rittmaster, LLP
100 Jericho Quadrangle Ste 309 , Jericho , New York 11753
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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Firm: Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman LLP
300 Garden City Plaza 5th Floor , Garden City , New York 11530
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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Firm: Bauman Kunkis & Ocasio-Douglas, P.C.
14 Penn Plaza 225 West 34th Street, Suite 2208 , New York , New York 10122
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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Firm: Peter Scalamandre & Sons, Inc.
157 Albany Ave , Freeport , New York 11520
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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11 Earl Lynn Ct , Cohoes , New York 12047
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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Firm: Paul W Beltz PC
36 Church St , Buffalo , New York 14202
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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4949 Meadowbrook Rd , Williamsville , New York 14221
Practice Areas: Construction & Development
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