John J. Jablonski

John J. Jablonski is a partner of the firm and concentrates his practice on commercial and business litigation, construction litigation, product liability litigation, and railroad litigation.  He has extensive experience defending large class one railroads in hundreds of FELA claims involving occupational exposure and traumatic injuries. He has 14 years of litigation experience and has tried numerous cases to verdict in State and Federal Courts. He has successfully briefed and argued appeals to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department.

John consults with clients and attorneys within the firm on electronic discovery issues and legal holds.  He is currently the Chairman of USLAW NETWORK's Electronic Discovery Practice Group.  USLAW NETWORK is a national organization composed of 59 independent member firms in 43 states with over 3,500 attorneys.  The Network is comprised of AV-rated law firms throughout the United States which become part of the Network by invitation only.  John is also the Chairman of the NARTC's National E-Discovery Committee.  He is a frequent presenter and author on electronic discovery, electronic evidence investigation and preservation, best practices for corporate legal hold guidelines, and implementation of legal holds..

John graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law and is admitted to the New York State Bar.  He is also admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York.  He is an active member of the New York State Bar Association's Civil Practice Law and Rules Committee, and is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (NARTC), Defense Research Institute (DRI), and the American, New York State and Erie County Bar Associations.  John has presented to DRI, the NARTC, the Association of American Railroads and other national audiences.  John is the author of various presentation materials on civil litigation.

Mr. Jablonski has been named to the Buffalo Law Journal's/Business First's 2007 Who's Who in Law.

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716.566.5469
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716.566.5401
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Practice Areas

• State University of New York College at Buffalo, B.S., 1989
• Canisius College, ROTC Commission U.S. Army Reserve, 1989
• State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law, J.D., 1993
• Environmental Law Journal

• New York - All Courts
• United States District Court, Western District of New York
• United States, District Court, Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court, Northern District of New York
• United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York

• Defense Research Institute
• American Bar Association
• ARMA International 
• Associate Member, Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. 
• New York State Bar Association
• Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules
• Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
• Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section
• Erie County Bar Association
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel

• Named to the Buffalo Law Journal's/Business First's 2007 Who's Who in Law
• Fellowship, Buffalo Public Interest Law Program
• Graduated in top 15% of cadets, 1988 leadership evaluation program, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
• U.S. Army Achievement Medal
• AMVETS Medal, exceptional leadership as a cadet
• Honorable Discharge, U.S. Army Reserve, October, 1998

• Author, How Much Does an E-Discovery Disaster Cost: Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp.?, 2008
• Presenter "Best Practices for Preservation from Legal Holds to Forensic Collection of Electronic Evidence," 2008 e-Discovery Symposium, January, 2008
• Presenter and Author, "A Practical Guide to E-Discovery: Avoiding Common Pitfalls," Defense Research Institute, Civil Rights and Governmental Tort Liability Seminar, January, 2008
• Presenter and Author, "Admissibility of Electronically Stored Evidence," NARTC, Fall Meeting, October 2007
• Presenter and Author, "Investigation of Electronically Stored Information" (including ESI Investigation Checklist), AAR General Claims Conference, September 2007
• Presenter and Author, "Internet Track Map" and "Effective Use of Online Resources in Litigation," NARTC Annual Meeting, 2007
• Expert Panelist, "Hot Topics in E-Discovery," Lawyers for Civil Justice presentation to USLAW Network's Annual Client Conference, Washington, D.C., 2007
• Author, "E-merging E-Discovery Insurance Coverage Issues," DRI's In-House Defense Quarterly, Summer, 2007
• Presenter, "Nuts, Bolts, Hard Drives and Back Up Tapes:  How to Comply with the New Federal Rules of E-Discovery," NARTC, Special Litigation Conference, 2007 
• Presenter, "e-Discovery Pitfalls:  How to Adapt Your Practice to the New Rules," 2006 e-Discovery Symposium, December, 2006
• Author, New Electronic Discovery Rules Proposed by the Supreme Court, DRI's e-newsletter, The Voice, August, 2006 
• Presenter, Planting the Safety Seed (Incorporating the Safety Story from the Start), NARTC, Special Litigation Conference, 2002
• Presenter, "Changes to the American Institute of Architects' Form Construction Documents," Western New York Construction Users Council, 1998
• Co-Author, E-Mail Confidentiality and Discovery Issues, NARTC, Annual Meeting, 1997