Honors & Affiliations
- Listed in:
- The Best Lawyers in America® 2010-2024, Commercial Litigation; Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property (listed for 15 years)
- Buffalo Business First, Legal Elite of Western New York, 2016, 2019 - 2020
- New York Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation, 2023 (listed for more than 10 years)
- Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
- Pro Bono Honor Roll, United States District Court for the Western District of New York, January 2020 - June 2021
- Erie County Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Western New York Trial Lawyers Association, former Treasurer
- Advocates Club of Western New York, former President
- Senior Fellow, Trial Lawyer Honorary Society
- Diversity Law Institute
- Trial Law Institute
- Eagle Scout
Representative Matters
- Taken well in excess of ten cases to jury verdict, and has handled dozens of appeals.
- Successfully defended state officials in a civil rights class action litigation resulting from the 1971 Attica riot. This included class action liability and individual damages trials and appeals therefrom.
- Co-chaired one of the very few CERCLA cases ever to have been jury-tried nationally.
Representative Publications
- Quoted in "ADR Offers a Different Way to Hash Things Out," Buffalo Law Journal, August 19, 2019
- "Avoiding the ‘Litigization’ of Arbitration," New York Law Journal, March 15, 2019
- Quoted in "Weighing Arbitration’s Pros and Cons," Buffalo Law Journal, July 11, 2018
- "Trial Law: A Complex Beast," Buffalo Law Journal, November 18, 2013
- "Complex Cases Offer Chances, Challenges," Buffalo Law Journal, July 12, 2010
Other Activities
- Greater Niagara Frontier Council, Boy Scouts of America, Board Member
- Lumber City Development Corporation, Board Member
- New York State Forest Owners Association, Niagara Frontier Chapter, Vice-Chairperson
- Nor-Ton Red Jacket Club, Member
News
- Bond Announces 14 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2023 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 23, 2023 - 16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2024 Best Lawyers in America®
August 17, 2023 - Bond Announces 16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2022 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 23, 2022 - 16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2023 Best Lawyers in America®
August 18, 2022 - Bond Announces 18 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2021 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 20, 2021 - 16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2022 Best Lawyers in America®
August 19, 2021 - Bond Announces Five Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named as 2020 Legal Elite of Western New York
October 5, 2020 - Bond Announces 20 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2020 New York Super Lawyers® Upstate Edition
August 21, 2020 - 20 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2021 Best Lawyers in America®
August 20, 2020 - Four Bond Attorneys Honored in Buffalo Business First 2019 Legal Elite and Legal Elite Leaders
September 26, 2019 - 19 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2020 Best Lawyers in America®
August 15, 2019 - Bond’s IP Group Well-Represented among 2020 Best Lawyers® and 2019 Super Lawyers®
August 15, 2019 - Bond Announces 20 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2019 New York Super Lawyers® Upstate Edition
August 12, 2019 - Bond’s IP Group Well-Represented among Best Lawyers® and Super Lawyers®
August 26, 2018 - Bond Announces 20 Buffalo Attorneys Named 2019 Best Lawyers in America®
August 14, 2018 - Bond Announces 19 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2018 New York Super Lawyers® Upstate Edition
August 12, 2018 - Bond Names New Buffalo Office Managing Member and Deputy Managing Member
February 6, 2017