Biography
Mr. Willett’s practice includes a concentration on appellate practice in New York and federal courts to include legal, medical, professional malpractice, negligence, product liability, commercial, defamation, matrimonial, employment, municipal, real estate, and insurance coverage. Mr. Willett has handled well in excess of 200 appeals and 6 arguments at the New York Court of Appeals.
Mr. Willett is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Bar Association of Erie County.
Admissions
- State of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western District of New York
- United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Ratings & Awards
- Buffalo Business First – Legal Elite: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
- “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers, a division of Thomson Reuters: 2008-2023
- Top 50 Upstate New York Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers, a division of Thomson Reuters: 2019
- Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America for work in appellate practice
- Member of Trial Law Institute and Diversity Law Institute
- “The Best Lawyers in America”: 2013-2016
Education
- St. John’s Law School, cum laude
- Trinity College