Dennis P. Glascott

Dennis P. Glascott is a partner in the firm's Litigation Department.  He is an active trial attorney, with twenty-five years of trial experience in state and federal courts across New York State.  He focuses his practice on complex and catastrophic personal injury litigation.  He has successfully defended self-insured and insured clients in a variety of areas, including products liability, premises and construction site personal injury litigation (New York State Labor Law), municipal liability and police misconduct (42 USC Section 1983) civil rights litigation.

Mr. Glascott is a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI), the New York State Bar Association, Erie County Bar Association and Western Trial Lawyer’s Association and Defense Trial Lawyers Association of Western New York. He has served on the Executive Committee for the New York State Bar Association’s Tort, Insurance and Compensation Law Section. In 2006, was recognized as the Section Chairperson of the Year for his work as the Chair of the Membership Committee. In 2007, he served as the Planning Chair for a state wide program entitled, “How to Litigate a Products Liability Case: The Fundamentals” which was co-sponsored by the Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law and Trial Lawyers Sections of the New York State Bar Association.

Mr. Glascott is a frequent writer and lecturer on various topics, including trial techniques, construction site personal injury, premises liability and ethics.

Mr. Glascott is a former member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the U.S. Navy, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Commander before entering private practice in New York City.  After returning to his hometown of Buffalo, New York, Mr. Glascott has become an active member of the Western New York community, including extensive community service.

Mr. Glascott is admitted to practice before all state courts in New York and the United States District Courts for the Western, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Direct Dial
716.566.5450
Fax
716.566.5401
E-mail
dglascott@goldbergsegalla.com
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Practice Areas

Admitted to Practice

• New York - All Courts
• United States District Court, Western District of New York
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 

Professional Affiliations

• Defense Research Institute
• American Bar Association
• Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section 
• New York State Bar Association
• Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section
• Trial Lawyers Section
• Western New York Trial Lawyers Association
• Defense Trial Lawyers Association of Western New York 
• Erie County Bar Association
• New York State Magistrates Association

• Judge Advocates General's Corp., U.S. Naval Reserve, Lieutenant Commander (Ret.) 1986-1998
• Village Justice, Village of Angola, NY 
• Member, United States Coast Guard Auxillary
• Fire Fighter, Lake Erie Beach Volunteer Fire Department (Water Rescue Team)
• Member, Advanced Local Emergency Rescue Team - Mutual Aid Marine Response Team
• Member, Veteran of Foreign Wars
• Former Board Member, Village of Angola Zoning Board of Appeals
• Former Board Member, Executive committee, Town of Evans Youth Court

Honors

Named to Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition

• Named to New York Super Lawyers
• Recipient, New York State Bar Association Torts Insurance and Compensation Law Section Chair of the Year Award, 2006

• Co-Author, Can 'Ahlborn' Apply to Medicaid, Workers' Comp Liens?, New York Law Journal, May, 2008
• Co-Author, "Set-Offs Available Under General Obligations Law §15-108," New York State Bar Association Post Trial Practice and Procedures Book, 2008
• Co-Author, "Will the Change to General Obligations Law §15-108 Promote More Settlements?", New York State Bar Association Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Journal, Spring, 2008
• Overall Planning Chair, How to Litigate a Products Liability Case - the Fundamentals, co-sponsored by Torts Insurance and Compensation Law Section and Trial Lawyers Sections of New York State Bar Association, March 2007
• Presenter, "Ethics and Product Liability Litigation," New York State Bar Association Seminar, March 2007
• Co-Author, New York Court of Appeals Rejects the Product Line Exception to Successor Corporate Liability, New York State Bar Association, Torts, Insurance& Compensation Law Section Journal, Winter, 2007
• Presenter, "Section 240(1) of the New York Labor Law," Erie Institute of Law Premises Liability Program, March, 2006
• Local Program Chair, “Basic of Premises Liability,” co-sponsored by Premises and Labor Law Committee of the Torts Insurance and Compensation Law Section and Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the New York State Bar Association
• Local Program Chair, “Update and Overview on Premises Liability,” New York State Bar Association, 2005
• Presenter, “Exterior Premises Liability,” New York State Bar Association, 2005