Toxic Substances lawyers in New York Michael Ponterio to Theresa Marangas

Firm: Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC

424 Main Street, Suite 1500 , Buffalo , New York 14202

Practice Areas: Asbestos , Automobile Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Toxic Substances, Workers Compensation, Mesothelioma & Asbestos

Michael A. Ponterio is a founding partner of Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC. Mr. Ponterio represents families in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Syracuse, and across New York State who have suffered injuries as a result of exposure to asbestos, childhood lead poisoning, automobile accidents, medical malpractice, and families suffering injuries as a result of defective products.. Mr. Ponterio has been representing people suffering from mesothelioma caused by asbestos for 26 years. He obtained the first personal injury jury verdict in the State of New York for an asbestos victim (Racich v. Celotex Corporation). Mr. Ponterio also obtained the first punitive damage award for an asbestos worker in the State of New York (Racich v. Celotex Corporation). Mr. Ponterio and his partner, John Ned Lipsitz, also received the first personal injury jury verdict in Buffalo, New York, on behalf of an asbestos victim (Wolf v. Celotex Corporation).. Since 1988, Mr. Ponterio has obtained over $250 million in settlements on behalf of the firm’s mesothelioma clients.. Mr. Ponterio has served as trial counsel in asbestos cases involving plaintiffs’ jury verdicts in excess of $25 million:. In July 2017, Mr. Ponterio obtained a $1.2 million dollar jury verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center for failing to timely diagnose a female client's bowel perforation.. In September 2011, Mr. Ponterio obtained the first jury verdict in Western New York on behalf of a lead poisoned child. In November 2013, Mr. Ponterio, together with Senior Partner Zachary J. Woods, Esq., obtained a verdict on behalf of a Rochester, New York, child for injuries resulting from exposure to lead based paint.. Mr. Ponterio was selected as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters from 2011 to 2021, recognizing his excellence in the practice of law. Only 5% of the attorneys in Upstate New York are named Super Lawyers.

Firm: Steve Boyd, P.C.

2969 Main Street , Buffalo , New York 14214

Practice Areas: Toxic Substances, Personal Injury

Firm: Law Office of Terry D. Horner

81 So. Hamilton Street , Poughkeepsie , New York 12601

Practice Areas: Animal Bites, Aviation & Aerospace, Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Constitutional , Construction , Consumer Protection, Contracts, Elder , Employment & Labor , Government Agencies, Insurance , Labor , Land Use & Zoning, Landlord & Tenant, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Nursing Home Negligence, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate , Securities , Sexual Harassment, Social Security Benefits & Disability, Toxic Substances, Transportation , Wills, Workers Compensation, Appeals

The Law Office of Terry D. Horner specializes in civil and criminal appeals in all New York State appellate courts, with 38 years' experience.  Mr. Horner is admitted to the New York Bar, the federal District Courts in New York State, and the Supreme Court of the United States.. Mr. Horner has represented civil and criminal clients in 150 appeals in the New York courts, with successes in the Court of Appeals, all four Appellate Divisions, and the Appellate Term.. Mr. Horner has been approved to handle assigned criminal appeals by the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department. In addition, he has researched and written perhaps 1,000 motions across the state involving a wide range of procedural and substantive issues.. Mr. Horner was formerly an appellate partner in a major statewide personal injury law firm, and was in public service as Chief Appellate Counsel for the Dutchess County Public Defender in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Firm: Bond, Schoeneck and King, PLLC

One Lincoln Center New  13202 , Syracuse , New York 13202

Practice Areas: Appellate ,Civil ,Toxic Substances

Firm: Schwartzapfel Lawyers PC

600 Old Country Road , Garden City , New York 11530

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Construction Accidents, Estate , Head and Spinal Injuries, Labor , Medical Malpractice, Municipal , Nursing Home Negligence, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Slip and Fall, Toxic Substances, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury

Steven J. Schwartzapfel is the founding Member of Schwartzapfel Lawyers P.C., one of the most prominent and well respected Plaintiff’s personal injury law firms in New York.. Steven attended the State University of New York at Buffalo where he earned his B.A. degree with honors in 1977 and went on to graduate with Pace University School of Law’s second class in 1980.. Steven has been a member, director, and officer and Past President-elect of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and currently serves as a Director Emeritus.  Steven served as the first President of the Alliance for Consumer Rights, and is also a founding member, Director and First Vice-President Officer of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has served on the Judicial Screening Committees for the Supreme Court, Appellate Division and New York Court of Appeals, in addition to serving on the Committee on Professional Discipline.. Steven has also served as chairperson and faculty lecturing to attorneys within and outside the country on many topics including trying cases, negotiation, strategies and tactics, decisions and statutes, insurance issues, law office management, client relations and ethics.. Steven has founded , a Web site designed to provide information and other resources for the working families and socially and/or economically disenfranchised of New York.. Steven has been awarded the prestigious AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell, named to The New York Super Lawyers List and selected as one of the 2007 Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association.

Firm: Ward Norris Heller and Reidy LLP

300 State Street New  14614 , Rochester , New York 14614

Practice Areas: Products Liability,Professional Malpractice,Toxic Substances

Firm: Roberta E. Ashkin

Broadway , New York , New York 10012

Practice Areas: Asbestos ,Drugs & Medical Devices,Environmental ,Medical Malpractice,Nursing Home Negligence,Products Liability,Toxic Substances,Wrongful Death

Firm: Robert P. Ianelli

1436 Route 52   1 New  12524 , Fishkill , New York 12524

Practice Areas: Animal Bites,Asbestos ,Assault & Battery,Civil Rights,Construction ,Drugs & Medical Devices,Employment & Labor ,Government Agencies,Health Care & Hospitalization,Housing & Construction Defects,Insurance ,Legal Malpractice,Medical Malpractice,Motor Vehicle Accidents,Motor Vehicle Defects,Nursing Home Negligence,Personal Injury,Premises Liability,Products Liability,Professional Malpractice,Social Security Benefits & Disability,Toxic Substances,Transportation ,Workers Compensation,Wrongful Death

Firm: Law Office of Robert L. Boydstun

12 Park Ave New  10502 , Ardsley , New York 10502

Practice Areas: Animal Bites,Assault & Battery,Civil Rights,Elder ,Estate Planning,Health Care & Hospitalization,Insurance ,Legal Malpractice,Medical Malpractice,Motor Vehicle Accidents,Nursing Home Negligence,Personal Injury,Premises Liability,Probate ,Products Liability,Professional Malpractice,Sexual Harassment,Toxic Substances,Trusts,Wills,Wrongful Death

Firm: Law Offices of Richard A. Fogel, P.C.

389 Cedar Ave , Islip , New York 11751

Practice Areas: Corporate , Environmental , Insurance , Products Liability, Toxic Substances, Personal Injury

Richard A. Fogel, Esq., Law Offices of Richard A. Fogel, P.C., 389 Cedar Avenue, Islip N.Y. 11751-4627-direct)-fax) AV Rated Attorney, Best’s Recommended Insurance Attorney. Insurance coverage, toxic tort, environmental, product liability and commercial litigation. Adjunct Professor of Business Law, Nassau Community College, Garden City, N.Y. (2013-present). Bar Admissions: NY- 1/98, NJ - 12/87, US Supreme Court - 4/97, 2nd Circuit – 9/14. Education: J.D., Fordham Law School (1987) (Commentary Editor, Fordham ILJ, Articles Editor, Fordham Envt'l Law Reporter); M.S. Oceanography, SUNY Stony Brook (1982). (Graduate Assistantship, Graduate Research Assistantship); B.S. Marine Biology, Southampton College of LIU (1980). (Presidential Scholarship, Regent's Scholarship, Dean's List, Faculty Honors). Previous Work History: Partner Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding, 1992-2004 (Merged with McMillan, Rather, Bennett & Rigano, P.C. in 3/2003); Associate Rivkin, Radler, Dunne & Bayh, Uniondale, N.Y., 1987-91; Research Scientist at Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook, N.Y., 1983-84; High School Science Teacher, St. Dominic's HS, Oyster Bay, N.Y., 1982-83.. Lectures: CLE Lecturer, Medicare Lien Issues for Defense Counsel, (NACLE videotaped, August 2014) and (27th Medical Device Seminar, Medmarc Insurance Panel Counsel, Vail, CO., June 2014); Claims and Litigation Settlement Negotiations (CLM), New York Central Mutual Ins. Co., Edmeston, N.Y., May 2013; Lecturer, Environmental Issues Facing Commercial Real Estate in Today’s Market Place, AIG Environmental Claims and MLW Services Seminar at the Harmonie Club, New York, NY, June 2004; Lecturer, Selected Coverage Issues In CGL Insurance, Long Island RIMS Chapter, Woodbury, NY, March 2004; Coverage Issues in Mold Litigation, Sterling Education Seminars, Farmingdale, NY, October 2003; Lecturer, Risk Management Issues for Small Businesses, SUNY Farmingdale, Small Business Institute, Nov. 2002; Lecturer, Settlement Negotiations and Strategy, Travelers Insurance, July 2002; CLE Lecturer, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Commercial General Liability Insurance (But Were Afraid To Ask), March 2005, USEPA Region 2, July 2004, Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding, February 2002, Greater New York Insurance, Dec. 2002, Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C. April, 2002, Sentry Insurance, March 2002, Suffolk County Bar Assn., February 2002; Speaker, Current Legal Issues For Technology Businesses, MRBR Seminar, June 2000; Speaker, Recent Developments in CERCLA and Toxic Tort Litigation, NYSBA, April 2000; Speaker, Toxic Torts, Pollution, Asbestos and Lead Liability, UJA-Federation Young Insurance Division, February 1993.. Publications: Risk Management for Small Businesses, N.Y.L.J. (June 16, 2004) at 4, ; Risk Management for Small and Mid-Size Businesses, ABSCI Newsletter (July 2003); Settlement Negotiation and Strategy, 50 Risk Management Magazine 18 (February 2003); Why a New Ethics Rule Could Help Firms Limit Billable Hour Requirements, 15 Acct'g and Fin'l Planning for Law Firms 5 (No. 5 May 2002);, Limit Billable Hour Requirements, N.Y.L.J.(March 14, 2002) at 2, ;Definition of Single Loss In Environmental Claims Under Treaty Reinsurance, Risk Management Magazine (February 2002) at 7; Sept 11: Risk Management Lessons Learned, N.Y.L.J. (November 2, 2001) at 1; Appellate Panel Saves Notice Defense for Single Family Lead Paint Cases, N.Y.L.J. (October 20, 1998) at 1; Litigation and Lead Paint Claims, Risk Management Magazine (February 1995) at 38; Defense Can Chip Away at Lead Paint Lawsuits, Best’s Review, Property/Casualty Edition (November 1994) at 98; Do Not Judge a Book by its Cover: Mega – Site Environmental Coverage Litigation Is Not Inherently More Cost And Time Efficient Than Single Site Cases, Mealey’s Litigation Rep., Ins. (May 19, 1992) at 16; Grey Market Goods and Modern International Commerce: A Question of Free Trade, 10 Fordham Int’l L.J. 308 (1986-87).

Firm: Baumeister & Samuels, P.C.

One Exchange Plaza , New York , New York 10006

Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, International & Trade, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Toxic Substances, Aviation

Firm: Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman and Mackauf

80 Pine Street  10005 , New York , New York 10005

Practice Areas: Appellate ,Automobile Accidents,Aviation & Aerospace,Birth Injuries,Boating Accidents,Civil ,Construction Accidents,Drugs & Medical Devices,Head and Spinal Injuries,Insurance ,Legal Malpractice,Medical Malpractice,Municipal ,Nursing Home Negligence,Personal Injury,Premises Liability,Products Liability,Professional Malpractice,Slip and Fall,Toxic Substances,Transportation ,Trucking Accidents,Wrongful Death

Firm: Gomez Law, LLC

2746 Delaware Avenue , Buffalo , New York 14217

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Products Liability, Toxic Substances

Mr. Gomez is a trial lawyer with a concentration in Civil Litigation. He has litigated a wide array of civil matters involving personal injury, toxic exposures including lead paint poisoning, employment and discrimination claims, commercial litigation, and contract disputes. He has handled matters from the initial investigation through trial and appeal in both State and Federal courts in New York and has tried more than thirty-five civil trials to verdict. Mr. Gomez advocates for his clients in both the prosecution and defense of civil claims. His clients have ranged from individuals to national corporations and he fights tirelessly on their behalf to ensure their rights are protected.. Mr. Gomez also represents small businesses ranging from sole proprietorships to not-for-profits to corporations in all aspects of their business pursuits. His work involves creation of the appropriate business entity, day to day legal counseling on liability issues, employment matters and contract drafting and review. As counsel to these businesses he assists his clients navigate the difficult waters of business to ensure they are in compliance with applicable laws and all rights are protected as they operate in today’s challenging economy.. Mr. Gomez is fluent in Spanish and is a first generation citizen who was born in Buffalo after his family moved to Western New York from the Dominican Republic. He is actively involved in the local Hispanic community including Hispanics United of Buffalo, and in 2008 he received the Nuestro Orgullo Latino award from HUB for his contributions. He has also been selected as a top lawyer in Insurance Litigation by Business First. Mr. Gomez has concentrated on lead paint poisoning cases and successfully tried the first civil case to verdict in Erie County in 2003. He has also been a national speaker on lead paint poisoning and presented at Mealey’s Lead Paint Poisoning program in 2008.

Firm: Paul Napoli Law PLLC

229th Street , Garden City , New York 11530

Practice Areas: Drugs & Medical Devices, Environmental , Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Toxic Substances, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury

Paul J. Napoli is nationally known as a tenacious advocate for his clients’ rights in courts around the country, where he consistently achieves results in the multiple millions of dollars for injured plaintiffs.. Paul J. Napoli is a nationally renowned personal injury, medical malpractice, and mass tort litigation attorney with more than 25 years’ experience in the field. He aggressively defends the rights of his clients in courtrooms throughout the country, fighting to ensure they get the maximum amount of compensation they deserve. Trusted by those he represents and respected by his colleagues in the legal field, he has a well-earned reputation for integrity and honesty, and a dedication to ensuring justice is served. He is well known for consistently achieving jury awards and settlements involving multiple millions of dollars for plaintiffs, and he brings his particular brand of excellence, his high powered legal skill, and his tenacious approach work on behalf of clients at Napoli Shkolnik, PLLC, where he has led the legal team in a number of breakthrough legal cases.. He has been named in New York Super Lawyers® each year since 2007, and in 2010, was named as one of the top 100 lawyers in the New York Metropolitan area.

Firm: Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, Shkolnik and McCartney LLP

113 East 37th Street  10016 , New York , New York 10016

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury,Professional Malpractice,Toxic Substances

Firm: Paul W. Cutrone, Esq.

4224 235th St , Douglaston , New York 11363

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Birth Injuries, Civil , Construction Accidents, Construction Defects, Construction , Head and Spinal Injuries, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Nursing Home Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Slip and Fall, Toxic Substances, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice

Firm: Brown and Kelly, LLP

8770 Transit Rd Ste 3 , East Amherst , New York 14051

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Insurance , Toxic Substances, Insurance

One Chase Manhattan Plaza  10005 , New York , New York 10005

Practice Areas: Health Care & Hospitalization,Medical Malpractice,Premises Liability,Toxic Substances

Firm: Shandell, Blitz, Blitz and Bookson, LLP

Broadway , New York , New York 10038

Practice Areas: Civil ,Labor ,Medical Malpractice,Toxic Substances

Firm: Meier Law Firm, PLLC

10 Utica Avenue , Latham , New York 12110

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor , General Practice, Municipal , Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Toxic Substances, Estate Planning

Theresa B. Marangas received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Albany and her Juris Doctorate from Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, Connecticut. Theresa draws upon her extensive legal experience to skillfully address the needs of her clients with her hallmark compassion and integrity.. Theresa is licensed to practice in the United States Supreme Court, all of the federal district Courts for New York and Vermont, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and in the State of New York.