Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer & Monte, P.C.
Main Court Building
Main Street, Tenth Floor
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: (716) 852-3600
Fax: (716) 852-0038
Email: mailbox@cheluslaw.com
2448 Union Road
Cheektowaga, NY 14227
Phone (716) 608-7664
Fax (716) 608-7063
Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer & Monte is a full-service law firm headquartered in Buffalo, New York, serving Western New York for over one hundred years. Whether your needs involve personal injury, corporate law, or wills and estates, with sixteen attorneys, we have the diversity and flexibility of a large firm, but are small enough to be accessible to our clients and give them the personal attention they deserve.
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We are able to handle the needs of the Polish, Italian, and Spanish speaking communities.
Firm Overview
Since 1896, Western New Yorkers have been turning to Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer
& Monte for assistance with their legal affairs.
Over the years, businesses have looked to us for assistance with insurance matters, mergers and acquisitions, agreements and contracts, commercial real estate transactions, and litigation matters. Individuals rely on our firm for legal assistance with estate planning, family and matrimonial matters, real estate transactions, wills and trusts, personal injury claims and workers' compensation disputes.
Our business clients range from mom-and-pop establishments to multinational insurance companies. Our clients for personal legal services include young people just starting out as well as families with multimillion-dollar estates.
The people who rank law firms would call Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer & Monte, P.C. a mid-sized firm. We prefer the term "right-sized." Our staff is large enough to offer clients a full range of legal services, yet small enough to be sure our clients get personalized attention from experienced attorneys.
Experienced Trial Lawyers
Before our lawyers set foot in a courthouse, they review every option for resolving disputes without a trial. If a reasonable out-of-court settlement is possible, we'll present it to you. When our clients' interests are best served by going to trial, our trial lawyers are well equipped to represent you. Our lawyers have a combined total of more than one hundred years of trial experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in civil cases. We have taken hundreds of trials to jury verdicts. Our lawyers are particularly familiar with cases involving insurance claims relating to personal injuries and product liability. Some of the largest insurance companies in America call on us regularly to represent them in Western New York courts.
Commitment To Our Clients
A lot has changed since the firm began. In the early years, around the turn of the 19th century, our firm primarily represented individuals on estate and business matters. Today, we're a mid-size firm providing not only trial counsel to litigants but also legal expertise in a broad range of personal and commercial practice areas. However, there is one thing that has not changed: our commitment to obtain the best possible results for our clients.
A Few Words About Service
At Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer & Monte, our service philosophy is a simple one: To use our legal knowledge and experience to obtain the best possible result for our clients.
GETTING IT DONE
Although legal matters sometimes get complicated, clients usually want their legal disputes resolved quickly and equitably. We're always working toward a prompt result, but we won't compromise your interests for the sake of expediency.
CONTAINING THE COST
When legal matters get complicated, they often get expensive. At Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer
& Monte, we make sure the time spent on your affairs is time well spent. We expect you to hold us accountable for the fees we charge.
INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE
Although not all of our work is handled by the lawyer whose name is on the door, clients can expect that professionals assigned to their affairs will take a personal interest in them.
