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Downtown Office
Main Court Building at
Lafayette Square
438 Main Street, Tenth Floor
Buffalo, New York 14202
(716) 852-3600
(800) 724-8519
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Suburban Office
2448 Union Road
Cheektowaga, New York
14227
(716) 608-7664

Thomas P. Kawalec

Member
phone (716) 852-3600
fax (716) 852-0038
e-mail tkawalec@cheluslaw.com

 

 

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
U.S. Court of Appeals, Circuit Second, 2007
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York, 2001
U.S. Supreme Court, 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

Advocates Club

Charles S. Desmond Inn of Court - Barrister (Director)

Cheektowaga Chamber of Commerce

Defense Trial Lawyers Association of Western New York (Treasurer)

Erie County Bar Association
  Negligence Committee
  Criminal Law Committee
  Employment Law Committee

New York State Bar Association
  Trial Lawyers Committee
  Trial Evidence Committee

WBASNY

Western New York Trial Lawyers Association (Treasurer)

Languages

Polish