Jason A. Botticelli
Partner
Jason Botticelli is an experienced litigator who concentrates his practice on toxic tort and product liability matters. He defends clients in state and federal courts against asbestos exposure claims and claims involving premises, construction site, automotive, and elevator and escalator liability. Jason has represented manufacturers, doctors and hospitals, municipalities, and companies sued under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. He is also an NAUI certified Divemaster and Goldberg Segalla’s National Diving Professional Liability Coordinating Counsel for SCUBA diving professional liability claims.
Jason serves on the Board of the Better Business Bureau for Upstate New York and has as served as an arbitrator for the BBB Auto Line, Commercial Resolution, and New York Fee Resolution programs. He is the co-editor of Goldberg Segalla’s award-winning Asbestos Case Tracker, which in 2016 and 2018 was named to the ABA Journal’s prestigious Blawg 100 and named the Best Litigation Blog for the last three years by the Expert Institute in its annual legal blog contest. He has also contributed to Goldberg Segalla’s popular Timely Notice podcast, discussing e-cigarettes and other trends in liability-related litigation.
Honors & Awards
Upstate New York Super Lawyers, 2019-22
Volunteer Lawyers Project Litigation Award for Pro Bono Services, 2010
Admissions
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York
Education
- State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, J.D., 1997
- State University of New York at Buffalo, B.S. in Criminal Justice, 1994
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee: Vice Chair, 2018 – 2021
- Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Newsletter: Editor, 2020 – 2021
- Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York: Board of Directors, 2014–2019, 2021-Present
Training and Certifications
- Certified Instructor, National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI)
- Arbitrator/Mediator, Better Business Bureau
Community Involvement
- National Association of Underwater Instructors
- Training Subcommittee for Recreational Diving
- SCUBA Instructor
- Training Subcommittee for Recreational Diving, 2021-2022
- Training Subcommittee for Membership Communications, Present
Publications & Events
- Editor, Goldberg Segalla’s Asbestos Case Tracker blog: read Jason’s blog posts here
- Selected for the NAUI Training Subcommittee for Membership Communications, February 2022
- Jason A. Botticelli Selected for NAUI Training Subcommittee for Recreational Diving, February 9, 2021
- Profiled in “Under the Sea With Attorney Jason Botticelli,” Buffalo Business First, March 18, 2019
- “FDA Focuses on Youth E-Cigarette Use as Juul Comes Under Fire in Civil Litigation” (Co-Author), DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Newsletter, Vol. 21, Issue 3, December 14, 2018
- “How to Prepare for a Successful Dive,” SportDiver, August 11, 2018
- “Understanding Your Liability as a Scuba Diving Professional,” SportDiver, August 9, 2018
- “Cosmetic Talc Litigation: Two Emerging and Distinct Mass Torts” (co-author), American Bar Association Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee Newsletter, Summer 2017
- “NYS Court of Appeals Makes Significant Duty-To-Warn Decision” (co-author), Business First, August 17, 2016
- “Do You Have A Charger For My Cigarette? Most Recent Regulations And Litigation Trends With E-Cigarettes” (Moderator), ABA Toxic Torts & Environmental Law Virtual Conference 2020, November 10, 2020
- “Looking into the Chrysotile Ball, the Future of Asbestos Litigation,” American Bar Association Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, March 5, 2019
- “Up in Smoke – Vaping (E-Cigarettes and E-Liquids): The Regulatory Heading, The Marketplace, The Public, The Courtroom” (panelist), ABA/TTEL Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, April 6, 2018
- “Professional SCUBA Diver’s Liability 101” (Presenter), GS Webinar Series, August 27, 2019
- “The Evolution and Epidemic of E-Cigarettes” (Co-Presenter), GS Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Webinar, February 21, 2019
- Contributor, “E-Cigarettes,” Timely Notice, September 7, 2018
Recent Insights
February 9, 2021