Goldberg Segalla

Mary Wydysh is a partner of the firm. She concentrates her practice in product liability and general litigation, and she has extensive civil trial experience that includes the defense of insured, self-insured and municipal clients.

Mary is a past president of the Western New York Trial Lawyers Association and a past president of the Defense Trial Lawyers Association of Western New York. She has addressed judiciary panels on issues relating to judicial reform, jury selection and summary jury trials. She has lectured and conducted in-service seminars on a wide variety of topics including no-fault, SUM, premises liability and bad faith issues. In addition to her law degree, she holds a certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution Studies from Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Honors

• Named to Business First's Who's Who in Law
• Selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers

Professional Affiliations

• Defense Research Institute: Medical Liability Committee (Publications Chair, Newsletter Editor, Steering Committee); Steering Committee for Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar; Steering Committee for Nursing Home/ALF Litigation Seminar
• New York State Bar Association: Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association
• Defense Trial Lawyers Association of Western New York, Past President
• Western New York Trial Lawyers Association, Past President
• Bar Association of Erie County, Judiciary Committee 
• Women's Bar Association of the State of New York: Western New York Chapter Board of Directors

Civic Activities

• Member, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Tonawanda, NY

Admitted to Practice

• New York
• U.S. District Courts for the Western, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., summa cum laude, 1991
• State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, 1993 (Moot Court Board)
• Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, ADR Certificate, 2002