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Main Court Building at
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438 Main Street, Tenth Floor
Buffalo, New York 14202

(716) 852-3600
(800) 724-8519
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2448 Union Road
Cheektowaga, New York
14227

(716) 608-7664

Thomas P. Kawalec


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Areas of Practice
Civil Defense Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense
Discrimination Law
Estate Planning
Insurance Defense
Matrimonial Law
Personal Injury
Real Estate

Bar Admissions

New York, 1998
U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1998
United States Court of Appeals, Circuit Second, 2007
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 2001
Supreme Court of the United States, 2006

Education

State University of New York, Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, New York, 1998
J.D.
Honors: Robert J. Connelly Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, 1998

State University of New York at Buffalo, 1995
B.A.
Major: Political Science
Major: International Studies
Minor: Polish Studies


Published Works
Chapter 29 - "Fire Insurance and Property Insurance", in Insurance Law Practice, Second Edition, published by the New York State Bar Association, 2006

Classes/Seminars Taught

"New Developments in Personal Injury Litigation - Heathcare Insurers' Right of Subrogation
and Medicare Repayment Issues" for the Erie Institute of Law (Erie County Bar Association) - May 26, 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships

Erie County Bar Association
(Negligence, Criminal Law and Employment Law Committees)

New York State Bar Association
(Trial Lawyers and Trial Evidence Committees)

American Bar Association

Charles S. Desmond Inn of Court - Barrister
Treasurer

Western New York Trial Lawyers Association

Advocates Club

Cheektowaga Chamber of Commerce

Defense Trial Lawyers Association of Western New York
(Member of the Board of Directors)

WBASNY


Languages
Polish