Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP is proud to announce that twenty of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, four attorneys from Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria earned “Lawyer of the Year” honors for their area of practice and seven attorneys have been recognized with the new “Ones to Watch” distinction.
The Best Lawyers in America Honorees
The attorneys named to the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and the practice areas they were named for are as follows:
- Paul J. Cambria, Jr.: Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, First Amendment Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation-First Amendment, and Litigation-Land Use & Zoning
- James T. Scime: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions-Plaintiffs, and Commercial Litigation
- Herbert L. Greenman: Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, DUI/DWI Defense, and Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Michael Schiavone: Corporate Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Tax Law
- Laraine Kelley: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Richard P. Weisbeck, Jr.: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Mark L. Stulmaker: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Labor Law-Union
- Barry N. Covert: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, First Amendment Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation-First Amendment, Litigation-Land Use & Zoning, and Qui Tam Law
- Robert L. Boreanaz: Employment Law-Individuals, Labor Law-Union, and Litigation-Labor & Employment
- Thomas M. Mercure: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- John A. Collins: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, and Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs
- Michael P. Stuermer: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Cherie L. Peterson: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Joseph J. Manna: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, and Litigation-Construction
- William P. Moore: Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Richard D. Furlong: Labor Law-Union and Litigation-Labor & Employment
- Scott M. Schwartz: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Patrick C. O’Reilly: Family Law
- Joseph J. Gumkowski: Corporate Law
- George E. Riedel, Jr.: Trusts and Estates, Elder Law, and Litigation-Trusts & Estates
“Lawyer of the Year” Recipients
The Best Lawyers in America has also announced their “Lawyer of the Year” honors for 2021. The following attorneys from Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria have earned Lawyer of the Year honors for 2021:
- Barry N. Covert: named the Best Lawyers’ 2021 Buffalo Criminal Defense: White-Collar “Lawyer of the Year.”
- Robert L. Boreanaz: named the Best Lawyers’ 2021 Buffalo Labor Law-Union “Lawyer of the Year.”
- Thomas M. Mercure: named the Best Lawyers’ 2021 Buffalo Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs “Lawyer of the Year.”
- Joseph J. Manna: named the Best Lawyers’ 2021 Buffalo Litigation-Construction “Lawyer of the Year.”
Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyer of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Honorees
For the first time, the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes a “Ones to Watch” distinction. According to Best Lawyers, these awards are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. “Ones to Watch” recipients typically have been in practice for 5-9 years.
The following attorneys from Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria have been named to The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for 2021:
- Lynn M. Bochenek: Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Joseph L. Guza: Labor and Employment Law-Employee and Litigation-Labor and Employment
- Richard A. Maltese, Jr.: Workers’ Compensation Law-Claimants
- Justin D. Ginter: Criminal Defense: White-Collar and DUI/DWI Defense
- Dale J. Bauman: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Karoline R. Faltas: Workers’ Compensation Law-Claimants
- Melissa D. Wischerath: Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
“Top-Listed in Buffalo, NY”
In addition, the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America has given Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria the distinction of “Top-Listed in Buffalo, NY” in the following legal categories:
- Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs
- Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
The “Top-Listed” distinction signifies that no other firm in the stated region has more attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America for a particular practice area.
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 24,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than a half million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a signal honor. Corporate Counsel Magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP has been serving all the legal needs of the Western New York community for over 50 years. With nearly 50 attorneys, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP is one of Buffalo’s largest law firms. The firm serves individuals, organizations, and corporations in the areas of Accidents & Personal Injury, Business & Corporate Law, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense Trials & Appeals, Estate Planning & Administration, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Matrimonial & Family Law, Medical Malpractice, Professional Licensing Defense, Real Estate, Social Security Disability, Sports & Entertainment Law, Workers’ Compensation, and Zoning & Land Use. In addition to its headquarters in Buffalo, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP maintains satellite offices in Amherst and Cheektowaga, New York; and a regional office in Los Angeles, CA.
