About Kathleen A.
Kathleen A — Burr is an attorney at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC in Buffalo, New York. She joined the firm in 2002, focusing on lead paint legal proceedings and insurance insurance issues. Ms. Burr has been concerned in several court of appeals instances which have formed the legal standards for lead poisoning litigation in New York State. She additionally represents policyholders in first-party property loss instances and handles coverage problems associated with lead poisoning legal proceedings. Her work consists of instances involving property and business income losses brought on by hearth and climate-related situations. Notably, she represented two Rochester enterprise proprietors in a hearth loss case that resulted in a significant decision by the New York Court of Appeals, Bi-Economy Market Inc. v.
Harleysville Insurance Co. of New York, et al., 10 NY 3d 187 (2008), which allows policyholders to claim consequential compensation because of improper claims handling by insurers. Ms. Burr earned her J.D. cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 1990. She received the Robert J. Connelly Award for Trial Advocacy. She also holds a B.S.
summa cum laude in Journalism from Ohio State University, obtained in 1974. She is admitted to practice in New York State and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (1991), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (2001). The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York. Ms. Burr has lectured extensively on lead poisoning litigation, which includes seminars subsidized by the New York State Bar Association and presentations to estate owners groups and insurers.
She has served on panels discussing coverage problems in lead paint legal proceedings at countrywide conferences. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Bar Association of Erie County, the Women's Bar Association of Erie County, and the Western New York Trial Lawyers Association. She has been recognized for her legal information, analytical functionality, court decision, communication, and legal knowledge, with peer reviews rating her four.3/five.0 overall. Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC, established in 1995, is a regulation company in Buffalo, New York, specializing in mesothelioma and asbestos litigation, private damage, and insurance legal proceedings. The company has a group of lawyers with talent in various practice areas, including environmental fitness and safety, lead poisoning, asbestos legal proceedings, and personal damage. The company's office is located at 424 Main Street, Suite 1500, Buffalo, NY 14202.
