Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP is proud to announce that twenty-eight of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, four attorneys from Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria have been recognized with Best Lawyers’ “Ones to Watch” distinction and Matthew B. Morey earned a “Lawyer of the Year” honor.
The attorneys named to the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and the practice areas they were named for, are as follows:
- James T. Scime: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Plaintiffs, and Commercial Litigation
- Michael Schiavone: Corporate Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law, and Tax Law
- Richard P. Weisbeck, Jr.: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Mark L. Stulmaker: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Labor Law-Union, Litigation – ERISA
- Barry N. Covert: Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, DUI/DWI Defense, 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, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, and Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs
- John A. Collins: Appellate Practice, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, and Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs
- Michael P. Stuermer: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Cherie L. Peterson: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Joseph J. Manna: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, and Litigation-Construction
- William P. Moore: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, and Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs
- Thomas C. Burnham: Workers’ Compensation Law-Claimants
- Jonathan W. Brown: Commercial Litigation
- Diane M. Perri Roberts: Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
- Matthew B. Morey: Corporate Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), and Mergers and Acquisitions
- Justin D. Ginter: Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Dale J. Bauman: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Jaime Michelle Cain: Corporate Law
- Lucy M. Berkman: Trusts and Estates, Elder Law, and Litigation-Trusts & Estates
- Paul J. Cambria, Jr.: Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation-First Amendment, and Litigation-Land Use & Zoning
- Patrick C. O’Reilly: Family Law
- Laraine Kelley: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Joseph J. Gumkowski: Corporate Law
- George E. Riedel, Jr.: Trusts and Estates, Elder Law, and Litigation-Trusts & Estates
- Terrie Benson Murray: Trusts and Estates, Elder Law
- 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
“Lawyer of the Year” Award
The Best Lawyers in America has also announced their “Lawyer of the Year” honorees for 2026. Matthew B. Morey was named the named the Best Lawyers’ 2026 Buffalo Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) “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 their 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.”
“Ones to Watch”
The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America also includes the “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 2026:
- Taylor D. Golba: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, and Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs
- Amy C. Keller: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Ryan C. Johnsen: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs and Civil Rights Law
- Candace L. Morrison: Labor and Employment-Employee, Litigation – Labor and Employment
“Top Listed” Awards
In addition, the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America has given Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria the distinction of “Top-Listed” in the following legal categories:
- Top-Listed in New York State in Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Top-Listed in New York State in Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Medical Malpractice Law-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 over 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 a satellite office in Amherst, NY and a regional office in Los Angeles, CA.
