• Appellate
• Commercial Litigation
  • Breach of Contract
  • ERISA
  • Lender Liability Litigation
  • Real Estate Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Data Security & Privacy
• Insurance Coverage
• Personal Injury Defense Litigation
• Product Liability and Mass Tort Litigation
  • Chemical Exposure/Toxic Torts
• Real Estate
  • Real Estate Litigation and Workouts

Real Property Tax; Condemnation

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

• Recipient of Distinguished Service Award, New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section, 2019
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^©, 2007-2018
  • Named the Best Lawyers^® Litigation – Construction “Lawyer of the Year” in Rochester-NY, 2012
• Selected for the Upstate New York Super Lawyers^® list, 2007-2018
• 2013 Leaders in Law Award, The Daily Record

• State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, J.D., 1978
• University of Rochester, B.A., 1975

• American Bar Association
  • Litigation Section
  • Construction Industry Forum
• American Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Builders Exchange of Rochester, Lecturer
• Construction Exchange of Buffalo and Western New York, Lecturer
• Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
• Monroe County Bar Association
  • President, 2016-2017
  • President-Elect, 2015-2016
  • Judiciary Committee, Former Member
  • Real Property Tax Committee, Former Chairman
  • Courts Committee, Former Chairman
  • Litigation Section
• National Business Institute, Lecturer
• New York State Bar Association
  • Dispute Resolution Section
  • Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
  • House of Delegates
  • Trial Lawyers Section, Executive Committee, Former Chairman
  • Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Former Member
• New York State Builders Association
• The New York Bar Foundation, Fellow

ERISA

• Cerasali v. Xomed, Inc., 47 F. Supp. 2d 401 (1999)
• Darling v. Dupont, 952 F. Supp. 162 (1997)

Administrative

• Shenandoah v. U.S. Department of Interior Oneida Nation and Key Bank, 159 F. 3d 708 (2nd Cir. 1998)
• Marshall v. Town of Pittsford, 105 A.D.2d 1140 (4th Dept. 1984)
• Episcopal Church Home of Western N.Y. v. Toia, 81 A.D.2d 480 (4th Dept. 1981)

Real Property Tax

• County of Livingston v. Chabot, 133 A.D.3d 1247 (4th Dep’t 2015)
• Farbotko v. Clinton County, 168 F. Supp. 2d 31 (NDNY 2001)

Construction

• Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. v. Pike Co., Inc., 137 A.D.3d 1366 (3d Dep’t 2016)
• Altshuler Shaham Provident Funds, Ltd v. GML Tower LLC, 28 Misc.3d 475 (Sup. Ct. Onondaga County 2010), aff’d, 83 A.D.3d 1563 (4th Dep’t), aff’d as modified, 21 N.Y.3d 352 (2013)
• Song v. MGM Development, LLC, 30 A.D.3d 1040 (4th Dept. 2006)
• Board of Managers of Woodcreek Condominium v. Santandrea et al., 247 A.D. 936 (4th Dept. 1998)
• Bell Constructors, Inc. v. Evergreen Caissons, Inc., 236 A.D.2d 859 (4th Dept. 1997)
• DeAngelo v. Brazauskas, 86 N.Y.2d 746 (1995)
• Iacobelli v. County of Monroe, 32 F.3d 19 (2nd Cir. 1994)

Commercial

• HSBC Bank USA v. Prime, L.L.C., 125 A.D.3d 1307 (4th Dep’t 2015)
• NYCTL 2008-A Trust v. Lee Zhen Xiang, 2014 Slip. Op. 07340 (10/29/14)
• NYCTL 1998-2 Trust and Bank of New York v. Michael Holdings, Inc., 77 A.D.3d 805 (2d Dept. 2010)
• NYCTL 1996-1 Trust and Bank of New York v. EM-ESS Petroleum Corp., 57 A.D.3d 304 (1st Dept. 2008)
• SBA Network Services, Inc. v. Fred A. Nudd Corp., 27 A.D.3d 1204 (4th Dept. 2006)
• Song v. MGM Development, LLC, 30 A.D.3d 1040 (4th Dep’t 2006)
• Pittsford Flour Mills v Newcomb Oil, Inc., 8 A.D.3d 1128 (4th Dep’t 2004)
• Harris v. Key Bank N.A., 51 Fed. Appx. 346 (2d Cir. 2002)
• Harris v. Key Bank N.A., 193 F. Supp. 2d 707 (W.D.N.Y. 2002)
• Nemier v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 289 A.D.2d 1053, 735 N.Y.S.2d 295 (4th Dep’t 2001)
• Herman v. Green, 234 F.3d 1262 (2nd Cir. 2000)
• Carpetmaster of Latham Ltd. v. Dupont Flooring Systems, Inc., 12 F. Supp. 2nd 257 (NDNY 1998)
• CarpetMaster of Latham, Ltd. v. Dupont Flooring Sys., 97-CV-1807, 1998 U.S. Dist Lexis 20924 (N.D.N.Y. 1998)
• W.A. Bayer Realtors, Inc. v. W.E. Pearse, Inc., 256 A.D.2d 1164 (4th Dep’t 1998)
• ABB Kent Taylor, Inc. v. Stallings and Co., Inc., 172 FRD 53 (1996)
• North Shore Co. v. Polvino, 209 A.D.2d 980 (4th Dept. 1996)
• First Federal v. Rubyland, 215 A.D.2d 721 (2nd Dept. 1995)
• First Federal v. Ehrhart, 199 A.D.2d 856 (3rd Dept. 1993)
• Bersani v. Bassett, 184 A.D.2d 996 (4th Dept. 1992)
• ICS/Executone Telecom, Inc. v. Mancuso, 178 A.D.2d 996 (4th Dep’t 1991)
• ICS/Executone Telecom, Inc. v. Performance Parts Warehouse, Inc., 171 A.D.2d 1066 (4th Dep’t 1991)
• First Federal v. Capalongo, 152 A.D.2d 833 (3rd Dept. 1989)
• First Fed. Sav. and Loan Ass’n of Rochester v. Capalongo, 152 A.D.2d 833 (3d Dep’t 1989)
• Armored Motor Services Corp. of America v. First Federal, 138 A.D.2d 954 (4th Dept. 1988)
• Bankers Trust Co. of W.N.Y. v. Zecher, 103 Misc. 2d 777 (Sup. Ct. Monroe County 1980)

Estate Litigation

• Estate of Joules, 36 Misc. 3d 1210 (2012)

Bankruptcy

• In Re Brown, 104 BR 609 (SDNY 1989)

Product Liability and Toxic Tort

• Ofsowitz v. Georgie Boy Manufacturing, Inc., 231 A.D.2d 858 (4th Dept. 1996)
• Crossman v. Harding Tools and Master Chemical, 222 A.D.2d 1081 (4th Dept. 1995)

• Monroe County Bar Association Foundation, Board of Directors
• UB Law Rochester Chapter, Alumni Steering Committee

• Volunteer Legal Services Project of Monroe County, Inc., Board of Directors
• Bristol Harbor Homeowners Association, Board of Directors
• Rochester Downtown Development Corporation, Board of Directors
• Foodlink Inc., Chairman of the Board
• Pittsford Mustang Soccer Club, Board of Directors and Coach
• Buffalo Law Review, Senior Editor