We are pleased to announce that Senior Partner, John P. Comerford, has been selected as a Top 100 Attorney in the State of New York by the National Trial Lawyers. This honor is given to only the top 100 attorneys in each state or region for their superior skills, qualifications, and results as criminal defense […]
Founding Partner Michael A. Ponterio had the pleasure of being interviewed by Mercedes Wilson of AM Buffalo recently. Mr. Ponterio describes the lengthy history Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford have in representing thousands of individuals exposed to asbestos. If you want to know more about asbestos disease, radiation-induced cancers, coke oven emissions, lung cancer, and general […]
Six Attorneys at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC Recognized as 2021 Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters!
Asbestos-containing materials covered a vast majority of the pipe lines and associated equipment throughout Allied Chemical’s plants and production facilities. Allied Chemical facilities, a/k/a AlliedSignal, now Honeywell International Inc., regularly utilized asbestos at their many sites. Allied Chemical maintained three production facilities in Western New York: Semet-Solvay (Tonawanda Coke), Buffalo Color and Solvay Process Company. […]
Senior Partner John Comerford appeared recently on AM Buffalo and discussed the history of Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC with host Emily Lampa. Click here or on the picture below to watch the entire interview.
Over the last 25 years, Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC has represented numerous former employees of Hooker Chemical located in Niagara Falls, New York, who developed and died of mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other asbestos-related diseases. We have represented carpenters, millwrights, pipefitters, repairmen, masons, maintenance men, laborers, operators, and riggers who worked throughout the Hooker Chemical Plant. […]
Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC, represents former and retired workers from Donner Hanna Coke Corporation once located at Mystic and Abby Streets in Buffalo, New York. Donner Hanna Coke workers who handled asbestos materials, or were in the vicinity of others who did, have a high risk for developing mesothelioma, lung cancer and other asbestos-related […]
Six Attorneys at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC Recognized as 2021 Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters!
Xerox employees and independent contractors were exposed to asbestos dust fibers during construction and maintenance of their facilities.
Partner John Comerford joined Melanie Camp on AM Buffalo recently to discuss how Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford helps those who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure. He also describes how more and more women are being diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of laundering their husbands’ and fathers’ work clothes. […]