John P. Comerford

John P. Comerford is a Partner at Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC.  He grew up in Lewiston, New York, a small historic town near the Canadian border.  As a young child, Mr. Comerford grew up in the shadows of Love Canal and personally observed the consequences of environmental pollution. After graduating from high school, 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 of people recover financial awards for injuries. In June 2009, Mr. Comerford became an accredited attorney for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

On November 5, 2004, John Comerford and Michael Ponterio obtained a $3,750,000 jury verdict against Garlock in Niagara Falls, New York. Mr. Comerford has also assisted homeowners and commercial property owners in cases directly against insurance companies. After a two week trial in Buffalo, New York, a jury ordered an insurance company to pay a Niagara Falls hotel owner nearly a million dollars for wrongly denying his claim based on “arson.” Another Niagara Falls hotel owner received a large settlement for water damage.

Admissions:

1996; New York, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, Western District of New York

Education:

• B.S., 1990, Cornell University
• J.D., 1995, State University of New York at Buffalo Law School

Memberships:

• American Association of Trial Lawyers
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association
• Bar Association of Erie County
• New York State Bar Association

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