John Comerford
Mesothelioma & Asbestos Attorney with 25+ years of experience
John P. Comerford is a Senior Partner at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC. He grew up in Lewiston, New York, a small historic town near the Canadian border. He grew up in the shadows of Love Canal and personally observed the consequences of environmental pollution. He attended Cornell University and studied Environmental Science. Mr. Comerford devotes the majority of his time to asbestos personal injury matters. He has litigated cases throughout Upstate New York in cities which include Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and Binghamton. Over the course of his career, he has helped hundreds of people recover financial awards for injuries. In June 2009, Mr. Comerford became an accredited attorney for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans’ benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
The firm has over $1 Billion Dollars in verdicts and settlements on behalf of their clients. Over the course of his career, he has helped hundreds of people recover financial awards for injuries. Some of these recoveries include a jury verdict of $8 million in November 2019 against Kodak and Ridge for injuries resulting from exposure to asbestos on the job; a $1.4 million wrongful death verdict on behalf of a US Navy veteran in July 2015; a $3 million verdict on behalf of a former Ashland Oil employee in August 2013; a $2 million verdict for a plant worker diagnosed with lung cancer and asbestosis; another $2 million settlement for a 61 year old housewife with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos from laundering her husbands' contaminated work clothes; just to name a few of the many cases.
Mr. Comerford resides in Amherst, New York, is married, and he is the father of three boys and two girls.
- Asbestos & Mesothelioma
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Workers' Compensation
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Massachusetts
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- New York
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Senior Attorney
- Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC
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- SUNY Buffalo Law School
- J.D. (1995)
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- Cornell University
- B.S. (1990) | Environmental Science
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- SuperLawyer
- Thomson Reuters
- 2008 - 2021
- Legal Elite
- Buffalo Business First
- 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 - recognized by peers as one of Western New York's top attorneys
- Erie County Bar Association
- Member
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- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
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- American Association for Justice
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- Lou Gehrig Youth Baseball & Softball
- Board Member
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- New York State Bar # 2723732
- Member
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- Canisius College
- Board of Regents Member
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- New York State Bar Association, Toxic Tort Litigation CLE
- Perrin San Francisco Asbestos Conference, Asbestos Conference
- New York State Bar Association, Product Liability Presentations 2013 & 2014
- Plaintiffs' Asbestos Litigation Seminars, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015
- AM Buffalo - Regular Appearances
John P. Comerford
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