• Appellate
• Class Action
• Commercial Litigation
  • Breach of Contract
  • Workplace Fraud/Unfair Competition
• Construction Litigation
• Government Contracts
• Insurance Coverage
• Manufacturing
• Personal Injury Defense Litigation
  • Premises Liability
  • Vehicle Accidents
  • Workplace Accidents
  • Wrongful Death
• Product Liability and Mass Tort Litigation

Aviation; Recreational and Sports Injury

• New York
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

• Listed as a Leading Individual in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2015-2018
• Recognized as a 2014 BTI Client Service All-Star
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^©
• Listed in Legal Elite of WNY, Business First of Buffalo and Buffalo Law Journal, 2013
• Selected for the Upstate New York Super Lawyers^® list, 2007-2018

• Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1984
• National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1989
• Canisius College, B.A., 1981

• American Bar Association
  • Law Practice Management Section
  • Litigation Section
• Bar Association of Erie County
• Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
• New York State Bar Association
  • Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
  • Trial Lawyers Section
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association

TRIAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. English has tried various matters in New York State, Federal, City and Justice Courts.

• Barnhard v. Cybex International, Inc., Index No.:  2368/2005, New York State Supreme Court, Erie County; obtained $65.99 million verdict (2010).
• Vengurlekar v. HSBC Bank USA, Case No. 03-Civil-0243, Hon. Laura T. Swain, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, obtained jury verdict/bench decision (2008) in class action alleging fraudulent transfer and ERISA claims.

Commercial Litigation – Antitrust

• Discon, Inc. v. NYNEX Corp., 93F.3d 1055 (2d Cir. 1996)
• Discon, Inc. v NYNEX Corp., No. I-1995-9479, 2000 WL 33312196 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Dec. 29, 2000)

Commercial Litigation – Corporate Dissolution Matters

• DiMino v. DeVeaux Services, Inc., 238 A.D.2d 943, 661 N.Y.S.2d 550 (4th Dep’t 1997)
• In re Can Plant Maintenance, Inc., 270 A.D.2d 829, 705 N.Y.S.2d 454 (4th Dep’t 2000)

Commercial Litigation – Noncompete Employee Disloyalty

• Buffalo-Niagara Gastroenterology, Pllc v. Gupta, No. 0801679/2015 (Sup. Ct. Erie Cty. Mar. 6, 2015)
• IDG USA, LLC v Schupp, No. 10-CV-76S, 2010 WL 3260046 (W.D.N.Y. Aug. 18, 2010)
• Tremco v. Turk, 170 A.D.2d 987, 566 N.Y.S.2d 145 (4th Dep’t 1991)
• NYSARC, Inc. v Syed, 192 Misc. 2d 772, 747 N.Y.S.2d 327 (Sup. Ct. Chautauqua Cty. 2002)

Contract Litigation

• Long v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 56 A.D.3d 837, 866 N.Y.S.2d 433 (3d Dep’t 2008)
• Niagara Falls Water Board v. City of Niagara Falls, 48 A.D.2d 1039, 850 N.Y.S.2d 753 (4th Dep’t 2008)
• Dowcraft v. Selective Way Ins. Co., 11 A.D.3d 994, 782 N.Y.S.2d 207 (4th Dep’t 2004)

Contract Litigation – Construction and Insurance Matters

• American Motorists Ins. Co. v. Louis P. Ciminelli Constr. Co., 50A.D.3d 1564, 855 N.Y.S.2d 400 (4th Dep’t 2008)
• Zito v. Occidental Chemical Corp., 259 A.D.2d 1015, 688 N.Y.S.2d 307 (4th Dep’t 1999)

Tort and Products Liability

• Barnhard v. Cybex International, Inc., 55 A.D.3d 1348, 864 N.Y.S.2d 378 (4th Dep’t 2008)
• Jackson v. Lehigh Constr. Group, Inc., 299 A.D.2d 836, 750 N.Y.2d 679 (4th Dep’t 2002)

Other

• Stevens v. Calspan Corp., 292 A.D.2d 809, 739 N.Y.2d 792 (4th Dep’t 2002)

• Phillips Lytle Risk Management Partner
• Wheels With Wings Foundation, Board of Directors, Chairman

• Alzheimer’s Association, Western New York Chapter, Former Board Member, Former Vice-President
• West Seneca Youth Hockey Association, Former Coach; Former Board Member
• Taste of Buffalo, Former Board Member
• Co-Editor, New York Litigation Forms, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995