|   | | Law Firm in Buffalo, New York | | A Limited Liability Partnership including Professional Corporations |
| | Address | | 726 Exchange Street, Suite 800 | | Buffalo, New York 14210 | | (Erie Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Kavinoky Cook LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Corporate Law, Taxation, Commercial Finance, Project Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Labor and Employment, Banking Law, International Law, Immigration and Naturalization, Customs Law, Municipal Law, Construction Law, Trademarks, Intellectual Property, Internet, Computer and Software, Environmental Law, Health Care, Elder Law, Trusts and Estate Planning, Probate, Family Law. Alternative Dispute Resolution, General Civil Litigation Practice. Trial and Appellate Practice. | | Year Established: 1949 | Firm Profile:
Founded in 1949, Kavinoky Cook LLP is a respected mid-sized law firm based in Buffalo, New York and Toronto, Ontario, offering a full range of business, litigation and personal legal services. We have the depth to provide sophisticated services while maintaining a high level of personal attention from our partners. We see our relationship with our clients as a partnership. We bring to that relationship a combination of skill, legal knowledge, integrity and hard-won experience that combine to form a professional philosophy that we practice every day. | | Firm Size: 21 | Representative Clients:
Benderson Development Co., Inc.; Buffalo & Ft. Erie Public Bridge Authority (The Peace Bridge); Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority; Canadian National Railways; COPC Group of Companies; Cosentino Companies; Darien Lake Theme Park and Camping Resort, Inc. dba Six Flags Darien Lake; Dynamic Enterprises Inc.; Frontier Insulation Contractors, Inc.; Genesee Patrons Co-Operative Insurance Company; Georgia-Pacific Corporation; Hart Hotels; Hyatt Regency Buffalo Hotel; Ingram Micro, Inc.; The Koffman Companies; Lavalife Inc.; LCo Building, LLC; Mark IV Industries; M&T Bank; Menorah Campus, Inc., d/b/a The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Campus; Michigan Street Preservation Corporation; Northwest Savings Bank; Reeds Jewelers, Inc.; Snyder Companies; Thermal Foams, Inc.; Walmart Stores, Inc.; Wineisit.com Corp. |
Other Office Locations of Kavinoky Cook LLP
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Arnold B. Gardner, (P.C.) (Member) born New York, N.Y., January 3, 1930; admitted to bar, 1954, New York. Education: University of Buffalo (A.B., summa cum laude, 1950); Harvard University (LL.B., 1953). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law (all editions). Member, 1999—, Board of Regents of the State of New York; Trustee, 1980-1999, and Vice-Chairman, 1991-1995, The State University of New York; Member, 1969-1974, and President, 1971-1972, Board of Education, City of Buffalo; Chairman, 1975-1977, New York State Commission on Teacher Education and Certification. Member: Erie County and New York State Bar Associations; American Law Institute (Life Member). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Municipal Law. Email: Arnold B. Gardner, (P.C.) | | Wayne D. Wisbaum, (P.C.) (Member) born Niagara Falls, New York, May 29, 1935; admitted to bar, 1960, New York; 1974, Florida. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1956); Harvard University (LL.B., 1959). Recipient, Root/Stimson Award, for outstanding commitment to community and to the improvement of the justice system, New York State Bar Association, 2003. Listed in: Who's Who in America; Who's Who is World Jewry; Who's Who in American Law. Author: "Revising Your Estate Plan When You Move South," Trusts & Estates, December 1976; "Estate Planning for the Florida Bound New York State Retiree," New York State Bar Journal, January 1978. Member: Erie County (Member: Real Estate Committee, 1966—; Corporation Law Committee, 1971—), New York State (Chairman, Committee on Lawyers Title Guaranty Funds, 1969-1974; Member, Committee on Tax Assessment Litigation) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Real Estate Tax Assessment; Trusts and Estates. Email: Wayne D. Wisbaum, (P.C.) | | Samuel L. Shapiro (Member) born Jersey City, New Jersey, June 2, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, New York. Education: Marietta College (B.A., 1962); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1965). Author: "Sales-Leaseback Transactions," Equipment Leasing, PLI, 1971; "The ABC's of Leasing," University of Illinois Law Forum, 1972; "Financing for the Growth of the Independent Leasing Company," Equipment Leasing in the 1970's, PLI, 1973; "Equipment Lease and Long Term Installment Sale," New Trends in Sales Financing, PLI, 1973; "The Unwind," Equipment Leasing 1976, PLI, 1976; "Peripheral Problems in Leasing," Equipment Leasing-Leveraged Leasing, First Edition, PLI, 1977 and Second Edition, PLI, 1980. Member, Board of Directors, 2003—, Vice Chairman, 2005—, and Treasurer, 2007—, Erie County Medical Center Corporation, a Public Benefit Corporation. Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Menorah Campus, Inc., d/b/a The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Campus, 1990—. Member, Deans Advisory Council, Law School of the State University of New York at Buffalo. Member: Erie County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Contracts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Finance; Construction Law; Banking Law; Health Care. Email: Samuel L. Shapiro | | Jonathan E. Rodwin (Member) born White Plains, New York, May 18, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, New York; 1989, Licensed Foreign Legal Consultant in Ontario, Canada. Education: Bates College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, 1978-1979, Legal Methods, 1979-1980 and Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders, Fall 1983, and Assistant Professor, Corporate Reorganizations and Divisions, Winter 1992, 1993, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. Instructor, Graduate Tax Certificate Program, School of Management, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989. Member: Erie County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; International Business Law; Contracts; Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Intellectual Property. Email: Jonathan E. Rodwin | | Jonathan H. Gardner (Member) born Buffalo, New York, February 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1993, New York. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1981); University of Chicago (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law. Email: Jonathan H. Gardner | | David A. LoTempio (Member) born Niagara Falls, New York, July 20, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., summa cum laude, 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1984). Certified Public Accountant, Florida, 1984. Member: New York Society of Certified Public Accountants; Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Business Law; Public Housing/HOPE VI; Contracts; Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance. Email: David A. LoTempio | | Scott C. Becker (Member) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, July 3, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, New York. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1988); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Member: Erie County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Tax Assessment; Eminent Domain; Commercial Litigation. Email: Scott C. Becker | | Deborah J. Chadsey (Member) born Buffalo, New York, May 3, 1957; admitted to bar, 1988, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., cum laude, 1981); Columbia University Law School (J.D., 1987). Harlen Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia University Law School. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law and Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance. Email: Deborah J. Chadsey | | Russell J. Pieri (Member) born Buffalo, New York, January 20, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, New York. Education: Canisius College (B.A., honorable mention, 1968); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Practice Areas: Business Law; Contracts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Finance; Banking Law. Email: Russell J. Pieri | | Sue Shaffer Gardner (Member) born Buffalo, New York, January 19, 1931; admitted to bar, 1977, New York. Education: Smith College (B.A., 1952); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1976). Member, Board of Trustees, New York State Interest on Lawyers Account Fund. Member: Erie County (Member, Surrogates Court Committee) and New York State Bar Associations. Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: Sue Shaffer Gardner | | Kenneth A. Cohen (Member) born Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, New York. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1965); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1969). Member: American Immigration Lawyers Association; New York State and Erie County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization. Email: Kenneth A. Cohen | | Candace Lynn Bell (Member) born Buffalo, New York, August 31, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, New York. Education: Franklin and Marshall College (B.A., 1987); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademark; Copyright; Internet Law. Email: Candace Lynn Bell | | ASSOCIATES | | Serafina M. Mitri, Esq. (Associate) born Buffalo, New York; admitted to bar, 2002, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., Legal Studies and Sociology, cum laude, 1996; M.B.A., Corporate Finance, 2001; J.D., Finance Transactions, 2001). Member: Erie County, New York State and American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Banks and Banking; Mortgages; Property Law. Email: Serafina M. Mitri, Esq. | | Steve Suneson (Associate) born Stockholm, Sweden, May 20, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, New York. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, honors, Legal Writing, 2000). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Erie County and New York State Bar Associations; Swedish-American Bar Association. Languages: Swedish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Steve Suneson | | Erin E. Bahn (Associate) born Lawrence, Kansas, March 3, 1973; admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: New York University, Tisch School of Arts (B.F.A., 1998); State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (J.D., 2001). New York University Honors Scholar. Recipient, American Bar Association / Bureau of National Affairs Award, 2001. Editor-in-Chief, 2000-2001 and Associate Editor, 1999-2000, Buffalo Human Rights Law Review. Author: note, "To Labor in the Dancing World: Human Rights at Work," The Buffalo Human Rights Law Review, Volume 7, 2001. Member: American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Immigration Law; Corporate Law. Email: Erin E. Bahn | | Elisha J. Burkart (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, March 26, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, New York. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 2002); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; General Corporate. Email: Elisha J. Burkart | | Danielle P. Maibohm (Associate) born Rochester, New York, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, New York. Education: State University of New York College at Brockport (B.S., 2001); State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Business Law; Securities. Email: Danielle P. Maibohm | | OF COUNSEL | | Brian D. Baird (Of Counsel) born Buffalo, New York, September 23, 1950; admitted to bar, 1984, New York. Education: Haverford College (B.A., 1972); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Practice Areas: Business Law; Trusts and Estate. Email: Brian D. Baird | | Marilyn A. Hochfield (Special Counsel) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A.); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Special Mediator Panel, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. Member: Erie County (Chair, Appellate Practice Committee; Past Chair, Human Rights Committee; Labor Law and Federal Practice Committees), New York State (Member, Sections on: International Law; Labor and Employment) and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Individual Rights) Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association of the State of New York. Reported Cases: Mennen v. J.P. Morgan & Co., 91 N.Y.2d 13 (1997); Mitskovski v. Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority, 453 F.3d 127 (2d Cir. 2006); New Kayak Pool Corp. v. R&P Pools, Inc., 246 F.3d 183 (2d Cir, 2001); Maier-Schule GMC v. General Mortors Corp., 850 F. Supp. 1095 (W.D.N.Y. 1994), aff'd 62 F.3d 1412 (2d Cir. 1995); Cunnigham v. Ford, 20 A.D.3d 897 (4th Dept. 2005); Davenport v. Martin, 294 A.D.2d 891 (4th Dept. 2002), 4 A.D.3d 873 (4th Dept. 2004); Myron Hunt/Shaker Loudon Assocs. v. Bd. of Assessment Review, 6 A.D.3d 953 (3d Dept. 2004); Faulkner v. Darien Lake Theme Park & Camping Resort, Inc., 6 A.D.3d 1097 (4th Dept. 2004); Alexander v. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 291 A.D.2d 813 (4th Dept. 2002); Doe v. Darien Lake Theme Park & Camping Resort, Inc., 277 A.D.2d 967 (4th Dept. 2000); Young v. United Cellular Network, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6104 (N.D.N.Y. 1998); AT&T Information Systems, Inc. v. McLean Business Services, Inc., 175 A.D.2d 652 (4th Dept. 1991); Johnson v. Moog, Inc., 114 A.D.2d 538 (3d Dept. 1985). Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Civil Rights; Mediation. Email: Marilyn A. Hochfield | | Richard F. Griffin (Counsel) born Buffalo, New York, February 22, 1933; admitted to bar, 1957, New York. Education: Canisius College (A.B., 1954); University of Buffalo (J.D., 1957). Listed in the Best Lawyers in America for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial and Personal Injury Litigagion; Adjunct Professor SUNY Buffalo Law School teaching ADR with emphasis on arbitration and mediation (2000-2006); Member, Panel of Mediators and Commercial Arbitrators of American Arbitration Association; Mediator, New York Supreme Court Erie County, Commercial and Personal Injury matters; Mediator, Special Mediation Panel USDC WDNY; Mediation: "Fat Law Suit or Lean Settlement," Business First, June 2007; Speaker: Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills Training, ABA Section of Dispute Resloution, Oct 2006; "How to Represent a Client in Mediation," New York State Bar, May 2001; "An Overview of ADR with Emphasis on Mediation, The Superstar of ADR," UB Law Convocation, Nov. 2000; "A Fresh Look at ADR: Should We Be Mediating More Often? A Discussion of ADR," Monthly Meeting Supreme Court Justice, Eighth Judicial District, Feb. 1999. Member: Erie County Bar Association (ADR Committee); New York State Bar Association (ADR Committee); American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section); Alliance for Dispute Resolution. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Litigation; Mediation; Arbitration; Public Interest Law. Email: Richard F. Griffin | | Laurence K. Rubin (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1978, New York. Education: State University of New York, New Paltz (B.A., cum laude, 1974); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1977). Buffalo Commissioner of Community Development, 1988-1992. Buffalo Corporation Counsel, 1992-1993. Member, Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency, 1988-1993. President, Jewish Family Service of Buffalo, 1996-1998. Erie County Commissioner of Environment and Planning, 2000-2006. Erie County Attorney, 2006-2007. President, Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo, 2008. Member: Erie County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Municipal Law; Housing Development; Nonprofit Corporations; Government Relations; Public Policy; Environmental Law; Municipal Finance; Contracts. Email: Laurence K. Rubin | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Toronto, Ontario Office: 111 Richmond Street West, Suite 405, M5H 2G4. Telephone: 416-203-0631. Fax: 416-203-0639.
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