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Jason A. Botticelli

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jbotticelli@goldbergsegalla.com
716.566.5460
Buffalo

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.

Related Areas

Toxic TortProduct LiabilityManagement and Professional LiabilitySCUBA and Diving Professionals Liability

Honors & Awards

Upstate New York Super Lawyers, 2019-20

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
    • Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Newsletter: Editor
  • Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York: Board of Directors, 2014–2019, 2021-Present

Training and Certifications

  • Certified Divemaster, National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI)

Community Involvement

  • The National Association of Underwater Instructors
    • Training Subcommittee for Recreational Diving

Publications & Events

  • Editor, Goldberg Segalla’s Asbestos Case Tracker blog: read Jason’s blog posts here
  • 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

Jason A. Botticelli Selected for NAUI Training Subcommittee for Recreational Diving

February 9, 2021

Super Lawyers Honors 68 of Goldberg Segalla’s Upstate New York Attorneys in 2020

August 24, 2020

Study Links Lung and Bladder Cancer to Mice Exposed to Nicotine in E-Cigarette Vapor

October 10, 2019

Super Lawyers Honors Nearly Two-Thirds of Goldberg Segalla’s Upstate New York Attorneys

August 13, 2019

Jason A. Botticelli Profiled in "Under the Sea With Attorney Jason Botticelli," Buffalo Business First

March 18, 2019

Goldberg Segalla Blogs Take Top Spots in Expert Institute’s Best of 2018

December 27, 2018

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