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E. Peter Pfaff
East Aurora, NY Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Free ConsultationState University of New York - Buffalo
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David Pajak
Alden, NY Attorney with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Products Liability
SUNY Buffalo Law School
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Mr. Michael W. Cole
Alden, NY Attorney with 23 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Estate Planning
SUNY Buffalo Law School
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Kristie L. DeFreze
Batavia, NY Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
SUNY Buffalo Law School
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Michael Ranzenhofer
Batavia, NY Lawyer with 44 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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Raymond Paul Sciarrino
Perry, NY Attorney with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
Cornell Law School
Since 1963, Sciarrino & Sciarrino, P.C., has provided New York residents with trusted legal counsel. We care about our clients’ well-being and will do everything we can to quickly and effectively resolve your greatest legal concerns. With law offices in Livingston, Wyoming, and Steuben counties, we serve clients throughout the region, including in Monroe, Allegany, Genesee and Ontario counties.
While attorney Raymond P. Sciarrino primarily focuses on criminal defense and DWI cases, we also have extensive experience in personal injury, estate planning and real estate law. We can serve as your ongoing counsel for life’s legal issues.
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V Julia Luyster
East Concord, NY Attorney with 30 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Divorce and Family
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Janet Lynn Bensman
East Aurora, NY Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationCapital University Law
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Donna Haslinger
Batavia, NY Attorney with 33 years of experience
Divorce and Family
SUNY Buffalo Law School
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Michael Todd Coutu
Batavia, NY Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Lewis & Clark Law School and Lewis & Clark Law School
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Michael Christopher Scinta
Lancaster, NY Attorney with 28 years of experience
Brown Chiari is an expert team of personal injury lawyers with decades of experience and successful verdicts for our clients. We have consistently obtained stellar results in many areas of personal injury, including automobile and truck accidents, food poisoning, defective products, nursing home abuse and neglect, and construction accidents.
At Brown Chiari, we devote our thorough knowledge, expertise and time to obtaining optimum results for our clients. We have a close relationship with many experts in the areas of science, medicine and finance and engineering which gives us an edge. Brown Chiari has recovered millions...
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Lisa Marie Kroemer
Batavia, NY Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Divorce, Family and Workers' Comp
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Diane Tiveron
Lancaster, NY Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Business, Collections and Estate Planning
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
Diane Tiveron is a Partner and the Chairperson of the Corporate & Business Law Department at Tiveron Law PLLC. With over 29 years of legal experience and a educational background in economics and business administration, Ms. Tiveron assists clients with business formations (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporations, and limited liability companies), acquisitions, sales or dissolutions, as well as the preparation of any commercial document/contract, ranging from an employment agreement to a lease. She counsels non-for-profit organizations on nonprofit law and governance, obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status and 501(c) classifications.
Ms. Tiveron also advises individuals and businesses with bankruptcy issues (Chapter...
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Scott Michael Duquin
Lancaster, NY Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
Scott Michael Duquin focuses his practice on Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Civil Litigation. Prior to joining us, Scott spent the first 11 years of his career doing insurance defense. He holds an AVVO Super rating, Martindale Distinguished, and has been named a Super Lawyer in Personal Injury every year since 2013.
Scott has extensive trial and appellate experience representing individuals to multi-national corporations in automobile liability, medical malpractice, products liability, toxic tort and catastrophic personal injury matters. Scott has successfully represented several small business owners in various litigated commercial matters.
In 2016, in a highly publicized case Scott was able to...
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Rebecca C. Cronauer
Lancaster, NY Lawyer with 10 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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Nina Frances Juncewicz
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 27 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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Michael Charles Cimasi
Amherst, NY Attorney with 10 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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Greta Katrin Kolcon
Rochester, NY Attorney with 29 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Employment and Environmental
Stetson University College of Law
Practical, pragmatic advice and representation offered to clients to resolve real world complex problems.
Thoughtful dispute resolution and mediation services offered to litigants and their counsel.
Cost-effective strategies.
Depth of experience.
Individual focus.
The art of representing people.
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James L. Riotto
Rochester, NY Lawyer with 13 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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Bruce Ikefugi
Lancaster, NY Lawyer with 34 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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MIchael Benz
Lancaster, NY Attorney with 12 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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Brady O'Malley
Rochester, NY Attorney with 12 years of experience
Cannabis Law, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
Syracuse University College of Law
Brady and Nave Law have joined forces to strengthen the firm's expertise in Personal Injury law. As the Senior Attorney specializing in Personal Injury & Civil Litigation, Brady brings over ten years of courtroom experience across all regions of New York State. In the past nine years alone, he has successfully handled fourteen jury trials in twelve different counties, consistently achieving favorable outcomes in intricate and high-stakes litigation cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, and commercial disputes.
During the initial decade of his career, Brady served as an associate and partner at the prominent statewide litigation firm, Smith, Sovik, Kendrick &...
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Jeff D. DeFrancisco
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 24 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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Ryan C. Johnsen
Lancaster, NY Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
Mr. Johnsen is an attorney at Tiveron Law primarily focusing in the firm’s Litigation Department.
While attending SUNY Buffalo Law School, Mr. Johnsen was part of the University’s Consumer Financial Advocacy Clinic and was the recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for his work with the program. While in law school, he was a clerk at New Era Cap Co., Inc. Following law school, Mr. Johnsen has gained exposure to several areas of his litigation practice, including special education claims against school districts, employment discrimination claims, general business disputes and work in Erie County Surrogate's Court on...
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Pia Perfetto
Amherst, NY Attorney with 4 years of experience
Business and Estate Planning
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Pia Perfetto is an associate attorney at HoganWillig, primarily focusing her practice in the Corporate and Business Practice Group. Ms. Perfetto is also a member of the litigation team who initiated numerous constitutional challenges pertaining to the State of New York’s COVID-19 governmental restrictions.
Ms. Perfetto graduated from Canisius College and the University at Buffalo School of Law in 2016 and 2019, respectively. Prior to joining HoganWillig as an attorney, Ms. Perfetto clerked with the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, was a legal intern for the Kinship Care Legal Services Program with the Center for Elder Law and Justice, and worked for...
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Sandra K. Cassidy
Amherst, NY Lawyer with 38 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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Jacob Henry Zoghlin
Rochester, NY Attorney with 9 years of experience
Cannabis Law, Environmental, Municipal and Real Estate
American University Washington College of Law
Jacob is a Partner with The Zoghlin Group and Chairs the firm’s Zoning & Land Use Law and Cannabis Law practice group. His practice focuses on environmental, zoning, land use, cannabis, energy, & municipal law. He counsels individuals, businesses, & municipalities, and helps them resolve their issues by advocating, educating, advising, & litigating on their behalf.
In his municipal practice, Jacob provides special counsel services to municipal boards, and advises clients on a wide range of procedural and legal issues. His practice also focuses on ensuring government entities comply with the law, and has included litigation related to New York’s Administrative...
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Matthew Borowski
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 10 years of experience
Appeals and Immigration
Drexel University
The first-generation son of immigrants, Matthew Borowski is a knowledgeable and compassionate lawyer. He has been featured on news media outlets including CNN, NBC, ABC, and The Buffalo News for his asylum and refugee work. Matthew is licensed in both the U.S. (New York) and Canada (Ontario). Borowski Witmer Immigration Lawyers has locations in Buffalo, NY and in Springfield, VA. He is well-versed in immigration matters including deportation defense, family and business immigration including NAFTA/TN visas and rehabilitation/waivers, federal criminal defense, and post-conviction relief. He appears before Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, USCIS, New York state courts and...
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Alex M. Neurohr
Lancaster, NY Lawyer with 9 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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Brooke Barron
Lancaster, NY Attorney with 5 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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John Comerford
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 28 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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Rebecca M. Kujawa
Lancaster, NY Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
Rebecca Kujawa concentrates her practice in Litigation and Appellate Practice. Rebecca has experience in various types of civil litigation in state court as well as with administrative agencies. Rebecca assists in many aspects of the litigation process, including pleadings, discovery and motion practice. Rebecca received her JD from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, where she served as a Publications Editor for the Buffalo Law Review and was awarded the Order of the Coif (highest academic achievement). As a law student, Rebecca also gained extensive insight into civil litigation as a student law clerk to...
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Steven Michael Cohen
Lancaster, NY Attorney with 36 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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Daniel John Henry
Hamburg, NY Lawyer with 37 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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Jessica M. Peraza
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Jessica Peraza is Counsel working with the firm’s Trusts & Estates 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 graduated with a...
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William A. Lorenz Jr.
Lancaster, 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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Joseph E. (Jed) Dietrich III
Buffalo, NY Attorney with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationAnimal, Construction, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Jed Dietrich Esq. has settled 31 cases for 1 Million Dollars or more since 1999.
Jed Dietrich Esq. has personally obtained over 150 Million Dollars for the injured since 2007.
Jed Dietrich Esq. has been named a New York Superlawyer from 2010 to the present.
Jed Dietrich Esq. is a highly competitive person who was a 14 time National Champion in the sport of rowing.
It is Jed’s passion to represent the seriously injured to the very best of my ability.
The Dietrich Law Firm P.C., has been established to FIGHT for our clients to obtain MAXIMUM COMPENSATION for every person that we...
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Peter J. Pullano
Rochester, NY Attorney with 37 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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Jeremy L. Richards
Buffalo, NY Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Immigration
State University of New York - Buffalo
JEREMY RICHARDS is a licensed lawyer in the United States, and a Foreign Legal Consultant with the Law Society of Ontario, who devotes his legal practice to US Immigration Law and related matters. He has successfully handled immigration matters for businesses of all sizes and citizens from countries all over the world. He has a broad understanding of US immigration and nationality laws, and can assist with most US immigration law matters, having successfully handled immigration matters for medical professionals, students, professors, individuals, families, employees, small to large businesses, international corporations, colleges and universities, and others.
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J. Michael Kelleher
Lancaster, NY Attorney with 53 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning and Real Estate
University of Notre Dame
J. Michael Kelleher graduated cum laude from St. Bonaventure University with a B.A. in 1967, and received his legal education at the University Of Notre Dame, graduating in 1970. Mr. Kelleher was Town Justice for the Town of Lancaster from 1975 to 2014 and is Senior Counsel at Tiveron Law since joining the firm in 2011.
Mr. Kelleher has focused his practice in commercial and residential real estate as well probate, estate planning, and corporate law since 1970. He is a member of the Real Estate and Estate Practice and Procedure Committees of the Erie County Bar Association.
Mr. Kelleher has lectured...