Bottar Law, PLLC, was the only law firm in Central New York to receive a FIRST TIER ranking in the 2018 edition of U.S. News & World Report | Best Lawyers®, “Best Law Firms” for:
On May 11, 2017, Michael A. Bottar was sworn in as regional vice president of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. The ceremony was held at the Academy’s 13th annual membership reception located at the Friar’s Club in New York City, with a number of distinguished guests including Rowan D. Wilson, associate justice of the New York State Court of Appeals.
About Michael A. Bottar and Bottar Law, PLLC:
Michael A. Bottar is a member of Bottar Law, PLLC, an award-winning upstate New York law firm recognized annually since 2010 by U.S. News and World Report | Best Lawyers as “first tier” for plaintiffs personal injury litigation.
On May 2, 2017, Aaron J. Ryder was sworn in as vice president of the Onondaga County Bar Association. The ceremony was held at the OCBA’s Law Day reception at the OnCenter, with keynote speaker Dean Craig M. Boise from the Syracuse University College of Law.
About Aaron J. Ryder and Bottar Law, PLLC:
Aaron J. Ryder is a member of Bottar Law, PLLC, an award-winning upstate New York law firm recognized annually since 2010 by U.S. News and World Report | Best Lawyers as “first tier” for plaintiffs personal injury litigation. At the Firm, Aaron’s trial practice focuses upon the investigation and pursuit of medical malpractice, misdiagnosis, product liability, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, and construction and/or workplace accidents. Aaron is listed in Upstate New York Super Lawyers®.
On November 5, 2015, Michael A. Bottar completed the final leg of a six-city CLE tour for the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers titled “Say What? Using, Misusing and Abusing the Hearsay Rules.” Bottar chaired the statewide CLE, which was attended by hundreds of attorneys in Syracuse, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, New York City and Long Island.
A DVD of the lecture and accompanying print materials may be obtained from the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers members-only CLE library. To join the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, click here.
CLE description:
Formerly Samantha C. Robbins, Ms. Riggi’s practice focuses on cases sounding in medical malpractice, workplace accident, motor vehicle, product liability, wrongful death and severe personal injury matters.
Ms. Riggi is a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law, and Siena College, magna cum laude. She is a past member and Associate Editor of the Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, which published her note “Who’s Your Daddy: The International Market for American Sperm.” In addition to the Journal of International Law and Commerce, she is a past member of the Syracuse University College of Law Moot Court Honor Society, and was inducted into The Order of Barristers.
While in law school, Ms. Riggi won a number of trial and appellate competitions, including the 42nd annual Mackenzie Hughes LLP, Edmund H. Lewis Appellate Advocacy Competition (winner; best final round advocate; highest-scoring brief), the 41st annual annual Mackenzie Hughes LLP, Edmund H. Lewis Appellate Advocacy Competition (winner; highest-scoring brief), and the 36th annual Lionel O. Grossman Trial Competition (winner)
On October 16, 2015, Michael A. Bottar, a partner with Bottar Law, PLLC, received the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers “ROCKSTAR” award for his commitment to providing high-quality continuing legal education to attorneys throughout the State of New York.
The Academy’s ROCKSTAR award has been issued to a handful of members who have provided legal instruction on at least thirty (30) occasions. Since 2012, Bottar has lectured more than 1,000 attorneys at seminars held in Syracuse, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, New York City, and Long Island, as follows:
On January 15, 2015, Bottar Law, PLLC was among fifteen New York law firms (the only firm in upstate New York) to receive a 2014 Litigator Award for extraordinary achievement within the fields of medical malpractice, birth injury, products liability, catastrophic injury and personal injury litigation.
According to the Trial Lawyers Board of Regents™, the annual Litigator Awards stand as nation’s most coveted symbol of litigation Achievement, and recognize trial lawyers that have attained extraordinary litigation achievement within one or more of 72 pre-defined practice specialty categories. To be award eligible, nominees must prove achievement of litigation performance benchmarks that includes not less than:
On November 7, 2014, Aaron J. Ryder spoke in Syracuse and Albany for the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers at a CLE titled “Cutting the Gordian Knot, Resolving Liens and Reimbursement Claims.”
CLE description:
Few things are more frustrating to litigators than a client’s Medicare, Medicaid or ERISA claimed right of lien or reimbursement. Often the lien and reimbursement claims from third party providers derail settlements, and leave clients and their attorneys in limbo. Attorneys frequently report that they spend as much time negotiating these claims as they do litigating the underlying case. This seminar will focus on this practical problem and the best way to avoid or surmount it.
With a great head-start, the College of Law went on to raise another $30 million to make the 200,000 share foot, five-story building a reality, including pivotal donations from the College of Law’s Board of Advisors, as well as contributions from alumni nationwide.
In support of the mission, Tiffany and Michael A. Bottar L’03 pledged $750,000.00 to name the Lorraine and Anthony V. Bottar Lecture Hall after Michael’s paternal grandparents. The Bottar Lecture Hall is an 80 seat tiered lecture hall located on the third floor of Dineen Hall. It is equipped with cutting-edge audio-visual and wireless technology, including the capacity to live-stream lectures.
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