Best Lawyers in America 2013 Includes 19 Attorneys from Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria

Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria is proud to announce that nineteen of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

The attorneys named to the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and the practice areas they were named for are as follows:

  • Paul J. Cambria, Jr.: Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar, 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 (Mass Tort)
  • Herbert L. Greenman: Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Michael Schiavone: Corporate Law
  • Laraine Kelley: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
  • Joseph J. Gumkowski: Corporate Law
  • Richard P. Weisbeck, Jr.: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
  • Mark L. Stulmaker: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Barry N. Covert: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, First Amendment Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation-First Amendment, and Litigation-Land Use & Zoning
  • Christopher S. Mattingly: Family Law and Collaborative Law: Family Law
  • Robert L. Boreanaz: Employment Law-Individuals, Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Union, and Litigation-Labor & Employment
  • Thomas M. Mercure: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
  • George E. Riedel, Jr.: Trusts and Estates, Elder Law, and Litigation-Trusts & Estates
  • Joseph J. Manna: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
  • Scott M. Schwartz: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
  • Richard Lipsitz: Employment Law-Individuals
  • Carl A. Green: Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
  • Eugene W. Salisbury: Employment Law-Individuals
  • Patrick C. O’Reilly: Family Law

In addition, the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America has given Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria the distinction of “Top in Buffalo, NY” in the following legal categories:

  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in First Amendment Law
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Litigation-Land Use & Zoning
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Employment Law-Individuals
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Elder Law
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Family Law
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Collaborative Law: Family Law
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Litigation – First Amendment
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions-Plaintiffs
  • Top-Listed in Buffalo, New York in Legal Malpractice Law-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.”

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 Trials & Appeals, Estate Planning & Administration, Immigration, 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, Cheektowaga, Fredonia, and Ithaca New York; and a regional office in Los Angeles, CA.