Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP is proud to announce it has been recognized by Best Lawyers in its 2025 edition of “Best Law Firms”.
This year, Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP also had seven of its attorneys named by Best Lawyers to its 2025 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America®”: Brian P. Crosby, Kathleen M. Sweet, Robert G. Scumaci, Melissa L. Zittel, Melissa Morton, Michael J. Willett, and Joseph W. Dunbar. Amanda Rossi was also listed in the 2025 edition of “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™”.
Congratulations to Katie Bodie and Tia Elliston on passing the New York State bar exam! We are happy to have you with our firm to start your legal careers.
Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP was proud to be the exclusive sponsor of the Bar Association of Erie County’s President’s Gala, which was held on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at the Twentieth Century Club. This year’s event honored two of the firm’s partners, Timothy J. Graber, Esq., the immediate past president of the Bar Association of Erie County, and Kathleen M. Sweet, Esq., a former president of the Bar Association of Erie County and president-elect of the New York State Bar Association. It was an enjoyable and memorable evening celebrating Tim, Kathleen, and the Western New York legal community.
Thank you to Glenn Murray, Esq. for providing professional photographs for this special event.
Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP was proud to hit the links as a sponsor of this year’s Kaleida Classic, benefiting the Kaleida Health Foundation. The Kaleida Health Foundation supports the care, programs, research, education, and equipment at Kaleida Health hospitals, long-term care facilities, and through home care with the Visiting Nursing Association of WNY, Inc. The Kaleida Health Foundation helps Kaleida Health, the region’s largest healthcare provider, achieve the best possible outcomes for patients, educate clinical experts, and provide charity care for those in need.
Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP is proud to announce that 15 of its attorneys have been selected to the 2024 Upstate New York Super Lawyers List. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.
Congratulations to the following attorneys that have been named to the 2024 Upstate New York Super Lawyers List:
Robert D. Barone
Sally J. Broad
Ryan P. Crawford
Brian P. Crosby
Joseph W. Dunbar
Aaron F. Glazer
Timothy J. Graber
Melinda L. Grabowski
Melissa M. Morton
Robert G. Scumaci
Michael P. Sullivan
Kathleen M. Sweet
Norman B. Viti, Jr.
Michael J. Willett
Melissa L. Zittel
Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP is also proud to announce that two of its associate attorneys, Theodore A. Joerg and Elisha D. Teibel, have been selected to the Upstate New York Rising Stars List. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger, or in practice for 10 years or less.
Congratulations to Super Lawyer Kathleen M. Sweet who was also named to the lists of the Top 50 Upstate New York Super Lawyers and the Top 25 Women Upstate New York Lawyers.
For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.
Yesterday, Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP held its annual summer party. After a fun afternoon on the course, our attorneys and their guests spent a fun evening together celebrating the firm. Congratulations to Ted Joerg, Nick Demarco, Alex Deantonis, and Michael Seggio on having the winning foursome.
Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP is proud to announce that seven of its attorneys have been named by Best Lawyers to its 2025 31st Edition of “The Best Lawyers in America®”. The attorneys named to the 2025 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America®” and the practice areas for which they were honored are:
Brian P. Crosby: Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Kathleen M. Sweet: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Robert G. Scumaci: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Melissa L. Zittel: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Melissa Morton: Litigation – Insurance
Michael J. Willett: Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Joseph W. Dunbar: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Additionally, Amanda Rossi was listed in the 2025 edition of “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ in America” in the area of Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants.
Brian P. Crosby was also named as “Lawyer of the Year” in Buffalo in the areas of Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants.
Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Its methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical region and legal practice area. Congratulations to the Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP attorneys who received this honor.
Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP is proud to announce its newest group of law clerks for the summer of 2024. Please join us in welcoming the following individuals to our team (as pictured from left to right, back row listed first):
-Michael Seggio, who will be entering his second year at Syracuse University College of Law;
-Blake Breidenstein, who will be entering his second year at the University at Buffalo School of Law;
-Daniel Scully, who will be entering his third year at the University at Buffalo School of Law;
-Alex Deantonis, who will be entering his third year at the University at Buffalo School of Law;
-Julia Slazyk, who will be entering her second year at Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law;
-Antwain Palmer, who will be entering his second year at the University at Buffalo School of Law; and
-Alicia Quarterman, who will be entering her third year at the University at Buffalo School of Law.
Our law clerk program pairs each law clerk with a partner and associate who mentor them throughout the summer, but each clerk is afforded an opportunity to work with several of the firm’s attorneys and practice groups throughout their time at the firm. Several of the firm’s current partners and associates came through the law clerk program.
Please stay on the lookout for future announcements regarding our law clerk program.
Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP proudly participated in this year’s Ride for Roswell, benefiting Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Congratulations to our team that completed an impressive 20-mile route!
