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John N. Lipsitz

135 Delaware Ave
5th Floor
Buffalo, NY 14202-2415
Phone: (716) 849-0701
Fax: (716) 849-0708

John Ned Lipsitz is a founding partner of Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC. He has represented workers suffering from industrial diseases, such as asbestosis and mesothelioma since 1985. Prior to 1985, Mr. Lipsitz instructed students at the Buffalo Law School in professional legal representation of consumer debtors, occupational safety and health law, constitutional rights and habeas corpus.

During his thirty-one years of legal practice, Mr. Lipsitz has represented clients in a wide variety of cases, including class actions to vindicate constitutional rights and to preserve lifetime health insurance for retirees, wrongful employment termination, negligent exposure to HIV infection, childhood lead poisoning, automobile accidents, medical malpractice, immigration law, construction accidents, workers' compensation, and claims of radiation induced cancers. Mr. Lipsitz represented the plaintiffs in the first chronic beryllium disease cases in New York State.

In addition to his trial experience, Mr. Lipsitz has briefed and argued numerous appeals before state and federal appellate courts and has handled hundreds of motions on significant legal issues in New York State trial courts.

Admissions:

1979, New York State

Education:

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

Memberships:

American Association of Trial Lawyers
Western New York Regional Affiliate of New York State Trial Lawyers' Association
Western New York Council on Occupational Safety and Health
Erie County Bar Association
New York State Bar Association

Publications:

Mr. Lipsitz is the co-author of "The Treatment of Mesothelioma Cases in the American and United Kingdom Legal Systems, a chapter on the medico-legal considerations regarding mesothelioma included in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, published in 2006 by Oxford University Press.

Awards:

2012, Selected as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters
2008, Listed BV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. This is the highest peer review rating for legal ability and ethical standards

Languages:

Mr. Lipsitz is fluent in French.

Reported Cases:

Billie v. Hedman Resources, Ltd., 274 A.D.2d 955 (2000); Chrabas v. A.P. Green Industries, Inc., 273 A.D.2d 863; Siemucha v. A.P. Green Industries, Inc., 267 A.D.2d 964; Jarzabek v. Johns-Manville Corp., 255 A.D.2d 947; Takacs v. Asbestospray Corp., 255 A.D.2d 1002; Mattingly v. AES Corp. et al., 291 A.D.2d 862 (4th Dept. 2002); l Scott v. Crystal Construction Corp., 1A.D.3d 992 (4th Dept. 2003); Tedesco v. A.P. Green Industries, Inc., 21 A.D.3d 1418, 801N.Y.S.2d 867 (4th Dept. 2005); Tedesco v. A.P. Green Industries, Inc., 8 N.Y.3d 243 (4th Dept. 2007); Clark v. Weinstein, 23 A.D.3d 1053 (4th Dept. 2005); Helmer v. Draksic, ---N.Y.S.2d----, 2007 WL 779612 (N.Y.A.D. 4th Dept.), 2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 02295; Campbell v. Aerospace Products Intern., 37 A.D.3d 1156 (4th Dept. 2007); Reynolds v. Amchem Products, Inc., 32 A.D.3d 1268 (4th Dept. 2006); Ackerman v. Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., 30 A.D.3d 1073 (4th Dept. 2006).