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Peter David Grubea
Genesee County, NY Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Consumer and Foreclosure Defense
SUNY Buffalo Law School
We are Western New York's largest bankruptcy law firm. We have been in business for 25 years and have helped more than 15,000 individuals and businesses through the bankruptcy process. Our chapter 7 fees start at just $795, and we can file chapter cases with as little as $100 in legal fees up front. We offer free online bankruptcy evaluations, and we also offer free telephone consultations, which can generally be scheduled within 24 hours. We have 12 offices located in the Buffalo and Rochester region.
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Michael Ranzenhofer
Genesee County, NY Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
State University of New York - Buffalo
My name is Mike Ranzenhofer. I assist residents of the Buffalo and WNY area with their legal needs in three specific practice areas, injury law, divorce and family law and DWI and other crimes.
I am one of the managing partners of Friedman & Ranzenhofer. Our firm has been helping Buffalo and WNY area folks since the late 1950's so it's likely we've helped a family member or friend in the past. In fact, we're told numerous times weekly just that.
Area residents come to us for help for three reasons. 1. We provide exceptional...
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Kristie L. DeFreze
Genesee County, NY Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
SUNY Buffalo Law School
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Donna Haslinger
Genesee County, NY Attorney with 32 years of experience
Divorce and Family
SUNY Buffalo Law School
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Lisa Marie Kroemer
Genesee County, NY Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Divorce, Family and Workers' Comp
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Mr. Michael W. Cole
Erie County, NY Attorney with 22 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Estate Planning
SUNY Buffalo Law School
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David Pajak
Erie County, NY Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Products Liability
SUNY Buffalo Law School
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Kathryn A. Harling
Orleans County, NY Attorney with 23 years of experience
3 E Bank St
Albion, NY 14411
SUNY Buffalo Law School
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Steven Phillip Grodensky
Livingston County, NY Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Collections, Consumer and Landlord Tenant
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
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James Patrick Punch
Orleans County, NY Attorney with 42 years of experience
(585) 774-1025
534 Main Street, Suite 15
P. O. Box 695
Medina, NY 14103
University of Dayton School of Law
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Eric David Friedhaber
Erie County, NY Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
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Dzifa Gan
Erie County, NY Attorney with 15 years of experience
Family, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
University of Western Australia
Dzifa Gan is an Associate Attorney in the firm’s Real Estate Law Department; handling all aspects of residential and commercial real estate. Ms. Gan has varied legal experience having previously worked as a family and matrimonial attorney in London. Her priority across practice areas has always been her clients and ensuring that their needs are met.
Ms. Gan obtained her B.A. in Psychology and concurrently her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Western Australia in 2008. Ms. Gan is admitted to practice law in New South Wales, Australia; England & Wales, UK and New York State, USA.
Before joining HoganWillig,...
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William A. Lorenz Jr.
Erie County, NY Attorney with 10 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
William A. Lorenz, Jr., joined HoganWillig as an Associate Attorney in the fall of 2013. He currently focuses his practice in the areas of Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, and Real Estate Law.
Mr. Lorenz brings a variety of legal experience with him to HoganWillig, having worked in the areas of civil litigation, criminal practice, family law, intellectual property law, landlord-tenant law, and real estate law. Since admission to the New York State Bar, Mr. Lorenz has appeared in courts in both Erie and Niagara County on various matters, including evictions and civil litigation. Recently, he lobbied in Albany for the Child...
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Nina Frances Juncewicz
Erie County, NY Attorney with 26 years of experience
Business, Employment, Immigration and International
State University of New York - Buffalo
Nina Juncewicz, Esq. has 25 years experience in representing those internationally seeking to obtain physical access to the United States market for commercial work and/or family reunification. Her experience was developed early as an outstanding scholar for the agency formerly known as INS at the U.S/Canadian border, and later in its Buffalo District Office’s litigation Department. This experience brought her first-hand knowledge of the technical nuances of complex U.S. immigration law and the government adjudication process which experience she uses for her client’s benefit. She later practiced business and family Immigration in a statewide corporate law firm before opening her...
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Steven Michael Cohen
Erie County, NY Attorney with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
From New York City originally and now residing and practicing law in Buffalo, New York, Mr. Cohen has been successfully trying civil and criminal cases, including high profile civil rights and constitutional law cases, for over 30 years. In addition to corporate and individual litigation clients, he regularly represents local, state and federal law enforcement officers from various agencies, defending them in civil, criminal and administrative proceedings. Admitted to practice in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, he has been admitted pro hac vice to handle matters in many other states. Mr. Cohen is frequently brought in as...
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Jeff D. DeFrancisco Esq.
Monroe County, NY Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Syracuse University College of Law
Described by his clients as an attorney of the “highest quality”, Jeff DeFrancisco, Esq. has made a career achieving top results in his field of medical malpractice and personal injury.
A few examples of his many great achievements include:
PARALYSIS: $10,000,000 jury verdict following a 3-week trial against 3 defense lawyers for a case where an individual became paralyzed due to medical malpractice.
BRAIN INJURY: $17,500,000 in payments: $3,000,000 cash; $12,000,000 expected payout between a lump sum payment and lifetime monthly payments to an individual who sustained a brain injury; and $2,500,000 in guaranteed lifetime payments to the child of the...
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Michael Charles Cimasi
Erie County, NY Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
SUNY Buffalo Law School
My practice pattern at the Cimasi Law Office is focused on DWI, criminal defense, and traffic matters (e.g. speeding, mechanical violations, unlicensed operation, etc.) in courts across Western New York. I also represent clients on parole violations and landlord-tenant matters. I am a highly meticulous and diligent practitioner who seeks to provide dedicated service to each client, regardless how big or small the matter. I am always available by phone, and there is no fee for initial consultations.
I also teach courses in sociology and legal studies to undergraduates at the University at Buffalo ("UB") and Buffalo State College....
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Bruce Ikefugi
Erie County, NY Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Business, Foreclosure Defense and Real Estate
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
Chair of the largest residential real estate department in Western New York. Extensive third party relocation, REO, commercial and residential lending representation. Recently closed a $3 Million dollar refinance, and a $965,000 commercial purchase secured by properties in Western New York and Florida. Experienced in time share, zoning, land use, condominiums and cooperatives, real estate negotiations and litigation. Voted for inclusion in "Best Lawyers in America" for the past four years.
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James L. Riotto
Monroe County, NY Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense
Albany Law School
Attorney James L. Riotto has an impressive law enforcement background combined with substantial criminal defense experience. His extensive experience as a state trooper, within law enforcement, and in criminal prosecution provides a unique perspective that sets him apart from other Rochester criminal defense attorneys. Clients get the benefit of an attorney with a clear understanding of both sides of their legal issues.
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Michael Anthony Ponterio
Erie County, NY Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationAsbestos, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
New England Law | Boston
Michael A. Ponterio is a founding partner of Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC. Since 1985, Mr. Ponterio has represented families who have suffered injuries as a result of exposure to asbestos. He also practices in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, defective products and motor vehicle accidents. Mr. Ponterio has dedicated his practice to securing justice for clients who have suffered catastrophic and life-changing injuries.
Since 1985, Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford has obtained over one billion in settlements or verdicts on behalf of the firm’s clients.
Mr. Ponterio has been representing people suffering from mesothelioma caused by asbestos for...
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MIchael Benz
Erie County, NY Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Drexel University School of Law
Michael T. Benz is an associate attorney in the firm’s litigation department; handling personal injury, medical malpractice, and criminal defense cases. His motto and practice is to prepare every case as though it will be a jury trial; and he is confident that his trial preparation is the key to getting the best result for his clients.
Mr. Benz brings vast trial experience with him to HoganWillig, having tried hundreds of cases as an Assistant Defender at the nationally recognized Defender Association of Philadelphia, before starting his own private criminal defense practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a native “Buffalonian” he...
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Jeffrey B. Novak
Erie County, NY Attorney with 13 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
The George Washington University Law School
Jeffrey B. Novak is an attorney practicing in Tiveron Law’s Litigation Department with a focus on Business & Corporate Law.
Mr. Novak graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Buffalo with a major in Political Science and History. He received his legal education from the George Washington University Law School while interning for the Army Environmental Law Division. Mr. Novak also served as a summer Law Clerk for the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York and as a Judicial Intern for the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
Mr. Novak has...
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Jeffrey J. Tyrpak
Erie County, NY Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Employment, Estate Planning, Health Care and Real Estate
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
Jeffrey Tyrpak, an Amherst native, attended Fordham University and obtained his BA in International Political Economy in 2010. In 2013, he earned his JD at UB Law School with a concentration in Finance Transactions.
He started practicing law at a small firm in New York City before returning home and joining our team in December of 2016. While working in New York City, Mr. Tyrpak handled litigation in federal court regarding collective bargaining agreements and ERISA for employee benefit funds. He also worked on government compliance matters under the Affordable Care Act and ERISA.
Currently, Mr. Tyrpak resides in HoganWillig's Real Estate...
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Keith Richard Vona
Erie County, NY Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationAsbestos, Personal Injury and Products Liability
SUNY Buffalo Law School
I was born and raised on the east side of Buffalo, NY. After graduating high school, I served in the United States Marine Corps, and then became a City of Buffalo Police Officer. I completed my B.S. and J.D. while working full-time as a police officer. I left the department in 2005 to start practicing law. After a long stent with a local law firm, I partnered up with another attorney from the same firm to form Richmond Vona, LLC. Our firm extensive experience handling asbestos cases (Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer), as well as other...
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Alex M. Neurohr
Erie County, NY Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Business, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury and Real Estate
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
Alex M. Neurohr is an Associate Attorney currently focusing his practice in our Corporate and Business Department, handling contract formation and enforcement, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate matters regarding formation, restructuring, and dissolution.
Mr. Neurohr also assists our Real Estate Department with property-related matters, including partition actions and boundary disputes, post-closing issues, and mortgage foreclosures.
Mr. Neurohr received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a minor in Marketing from Nova Southeastern University in 2011. He went on to obtain his Juris Doctor from State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, cum laude, in 2014.
Prior to joining HoganWillig,...
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Sandra K. Cassidy
Erie County, NY Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Sandra K. Cassidy practices in HoganWillig’s Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Criminal Defense departments, she brings with her extensive experience as a former criminal prosecutor for the Erie County and Genesee County District Attorney’s office. Ms. Cassidy also served as legal counsel for the famous environmental advocate Erin Brockovich, investigating complaints of chronic cancers in two separate towns in New York, one of which involved the cross-border dumping of illegal toxins.
Prior to joining HoganWillig, Ms. Cassidy also practiced law in the Western New York area for several years under her established law practice.
Ms. Cassidy has a passion for guiding young...
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Daniel John Henry
Erie County, NY Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and White Collar Crime
State University of New York - Buffalo
Daniel J. Henry, Jr. a partner in the firm Villarini & Henry, L.L.P., is a former Erie County Assistant District Attorney who concentrates his practice in Criminal Defense and Personal Injury/Negligence claims. He has extensive experience defending the rights of people arrested and accused of criminal offenses both in State and Federal Court. He is one of a select group of attorneys who is eligible to handle Death Penalty cases. In addition, Mr. Henry represents clients facing Grand Jury investigations; witnesses called before State and Federal Grand Juries; clients charged under the Federal RICO Statute; clients charged with white-collar offenses;...
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Brooke Barron
Erie County, NY Attorney with 4 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
American University- Washington College of Law
Brooke Barron is an Associate Attorney in the firm’s Matrimonial & Family Law and Estate Planning & Administration Practice Groups.
Ms. Barron obtained her B.S. in Business Administration from SUNY Geneseo, and received her Juris Doctor in 2018 from American University- Washington College of Law.
While in law school, Ms. Barron was an Alternative Dispute Resolution Competition winner. Additionally, Ms. Barron was a law clerk for Commissioner Feldblum at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Washington, D.C. and a student attorney for American University- Washington College of Law’s Civil Advocacy Clinic. Ms. Barron had also previously been employed at HoganWillig as...
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Jeffrey Johnstone
Monroe County, NY Attorney
Business, Estate Planning and Tax
Cornell University
Jeffrey M. Johnstone is a Partner in Tully Rinckey PLLC’s Rochester office, where his practice is concentrated in estate planning, trusts, estate administration, corporations and business, not-for-profit entities, and federal and New York tax.
He is admitted to practice in New York and Florida, in addition to the U.S. Court for the Western District of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. Tax Court.
Prior to joining Tully Rinckey, Jeffrey was an equity Partner with Harris, Chesworth, O’Brien, Johnstone & Welch, LLP.
Upon graduating from law school, Jeffrey became associated with the Rochester, New York, firm...
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Peter J. Pullano
Monroe County, NY Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and Criminal Defense
Albany Law School and SUNY Buffalo Law School
Peter is the Managing Partner at Tully Rinckey PLLC’s Rochester Office, where he practices criminal defense.
With over 30 years of criminal defense experience, Peter has handled thousands of criminal cases, including violations, misdemeanors, felonies and appeals. He has primarily represented defendants in felony cases in both state and federal courts. Peter is certified as “learned counsel” in federal court capital cases. Prior to New York State’s abolishment of capital punishment, he was likewise certified to handle death penalty cases in state courts.
On multiple occasions, Peter has won acquittals or verdicts to lesser charges for clients charged with murder. Additionally, he...
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Jessica M. Peraza
Erie County, NY Attorney with 8 years of experience
Elder, Employment and Estate Planning
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Jessica Peraza is an associate attorney working with the firm’s estate and elder law department. She focuses her practice on Estate Planning and Administration, Medicaid and Long-term Care Planning, and Wealth Management. As a law student, she interned for the Hon. Barbara Howe in Erie County Surrogate’s Court and worked in the Public Benefits Unit of Neighborhood Legal Services. Her previous experience includes residential foreclosures, public and private sector labor law, contract negotiations, probate matters, third party credit collections, and representation of clients in administrative hearings and arbitrations.
Ms. Peraza attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York where she...
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Rebecca C. Cronauer
Erie County, NY Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Business, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Ohio Northern University
Ms. Cronauer is an attorney working with the firm’s Litigation department. She has experience in the full range of client representation including Supreme Court and Appellate oral arguments, complex motion and appellate brief production and representation of clients in mediations, arbitrations and trials.
Ms. Cronauer attended Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania where she graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science in political science and a minor in economics. At Saint Vincent College, she played varsity tennis and was a George Washington Fellow. Following her undergraduate education, she attended Ohio Northern University College of Law from which she graduated...
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John Comerford
Erie County, NY Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationAsbestos, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
SUNY Buffalo Law School
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...
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Eugene Welch
Monroe County, NY Lawyer with 52 years of experience
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Eugene Welch is a Partner in Tully Rinckey PLLC’s Rochester office, where his practice encompasses federal and state litigation and governmental issues. After being specially invited to do so by all of the Federal Judges in the Western District of New York, Gene is a Certified Federal Court Mediator available to mediate your litigation. Gene’s experience as a Federal Prosecutor, trial instructor for Justice Department attorneys and his experience in the New York State Attorney General’s Office give him unique qualifications to assist clients to make sure they are in compliance with both New York State and Federal laws and...
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Leonard Gary London
Erie County, NY Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Real Estate and Tax
Vanderbilt University Law School
In law school, Mr. London specialized in taxation and after graduation joined a large firm in Buffalo where his practice emphasized tax planning for businesses, individuals and estates. Mr. London established his own practice which over the years grew through referrals from clients, accountants and lawyers. His business clients are both small and large U.S. and Canadian companies and credit unions. "When clients have had unusual challenges I have often been able to fashion unique solutions which enabled a transaction to occur. I believe it is not sufficient for a lawyer to tell a client why something can't be done...
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Doreen Elizabeth Letty
Erie County, NY Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Foreclosure Defense and Real Estate
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
As an attorney in the real estate department, Ms. Letty oversees the everyday operations of all aspects of the real estate practice including buy/sell, mortgage handling, as well as, all transactions that require litigation or attention beyond the normal closing procedure. She is also the principal title insurance attorney who examines titles, prepares preliminary title reports, resolves title problems, and issues final title insurance policies through various title insurance agencies, in an effort to ensure that our clients, whether they are purchasers or banks, are fully protected against adverse title claims that may arise as a consequence of their purchase...
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Michael A. Rosenhouse
Monroe County, NY Attorney with 48 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Business and Employment
University of Chicago
Michael A. Rosenhouse concentrates his Rochester, NY, based practice in appeals and complex trial court motions, and includes experience both with and against prominent New York City and Chicago lawyers. He has received the highest rating from the oldest and most reputable peer-review institution in the profession. His successful appellate practice is supported by years of experience in complex civil litigation. He is the author of several books and articles on a wide variety of legal subjects and has lectured for national and local, specialized and general, legal educational organizations.
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Christopher J. O'BRIEN
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Chris O'Brien is one of WNY's most experienced and successful trial lawyers. He has built a reputation over thirty years of being client-focused. Having taught both locally, nationally and internationally, Chris brings the latest and most effective trial tactics to every case, resulting in more than 98% of his cases settling before trial. He never charges for an initial appointment and takes the time to explain the law to all of his clients.