Firm News Archive

Lipsitz & Ponterio attorneys Michael A. Ponterio, John P. Comerford and Anne E. Joynt have been selected as 2017 Legal Elite honorees by Buffalo Business First.

Effective Monday, August 28, 2017 the law office of Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC, has moved to the Liberty Building.

Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC, is pleased to announce that Ryan D. Ledebur has joined the firm as an associate attorney.

John E. Richmond has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Mr. Richmond will focus his practice on representing individuals suffering from occupational diseases, including mesothelioma and lung cancer.

We are pleased to announce that seven of the firm’s attorneys have been named to the Super Lawyers list for 2014.

The law firm of Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC, will launch a campaign to raise funds for Roswell Park Cancer Institute. For every new page “like” that Lipsitz & Ponterio’s Facebook page receives, the firm will donate one dollar to Roswell Park Cancer Institute for its research focusing on asbestos-related cancers, including mesothelioma and lung cancer.

Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC, is pleased to announce that Grace M. Gannon has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Ms. Gannon will focus her practice in the areas of mesothelioma and asbestos litigation.

The law firm of Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC is pleased to announce that Anne E. Joynt, Esq., has been selected to serve as a member of the Steering Committee of the Women’s TAP Fund.

Michael Anthony Ponterio, of Lipsitz & Ponterio LLC, has been selected to the 2015 list as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence.

Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC is pleased to announce that Zachary James Woods has joined the firm as an associate attorney.

Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized by Newsweek magazine as a prominent leader in the representation of mesothelioma victims. With over 50 years of combined legal experience in New York State, Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC represents victims of mesothelioma and lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.

After three hours of deliberations last night in the Hall of Justice in downtown Rochester, a Monroe County Supreme Court jury returned the first verdict for a plaintiff in a lead poisoning case in Western New York history.

Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC and Nan L. Haynes, Esq., announce that they have defeated a motion for summary judgment brought by the defendants in a §1983 action involving a Cheektowaga, New York man who was denied adequate medical care while a pretrial detainee at the Erie County Holding Center.

The New York State Court of Appeals yesterday reaffirmed an important decision released in February that will greatly help New York State policyholders and promote fairer claims handling practices by first-party insurers, who are covering the homes, the automobiles, the health and the very lives of this State’s consumers.

Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC is pleased to announce that Mathew J. Morton, Esq. has joined Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC as an associate. Mr. Morton will practice in the areas of asbestos and mesothelioma litigation as well as automobile accidents.