Author: Kim Waszak

Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP is proud to announce that nine of its attorneys have been selected to the 2025 Upstate New York Super Lawyers List. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of lawyers from more than seventy practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. 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 2025 Upstate New York Super Lawyers List:
Brian P. Crosby
Kathleen M. Sweet
Norman B. Viti, Jr.
Robert G. Scumaci
Sally J. Broad
Timothy J. Graber
Melissa M. Morton
Melinda L. Grabowski
Michael J. Willett

Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP is also proud to announce that associate attorney, Theodore A. Joerg, has been selected to the Upstate New York Rising Stars List.

Congratulations to Kathleen M. Sweet who was also named to the list of the Top 50 Upstate New York Super Lawyers and the list of the Top 25 Women Upstate New York Lawyers. 

Additionally, Amanda Rossi was listed in the 2026 6th Edition of “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ in America” in the area of Medical Malpractice Law – 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 that Taylor Wild has joined the firm as a law clerk. Taylor recently finished her second year at the University at Buffalo School of Law and is expected to receive her Juris Doctor degree in May 2026. Welcome to the firm, Taylor!

There’s nowhere else Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP would rather be than right here, right now, cheering on the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs!

Congratulations to Katie Bodie and Tia Elliston of our firm who were sworn in today as licensed New York State attorneys. We are proud of your achievements and wish you all the best in your legal careers.

Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP celebrated the season with its annual holiday party, where we celebrated new friendships and old. Happy Holidays!

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.