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Michael E. Appelbaum

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mappelbaum@goldbergsegalla.com
716.844.3452
Buffalo

Michael Appelbaum, a leader of the firm’s Retail and General Liability practices, is a seasoned litigator who tries cases in the state, federal, and appellate courts of New York involving personal injury, sexual torts/abuse, truck and motor vehicle accidents, and the sports and entertainment industry. He has extensive experience successfully defending contractors and owners in construction worksite injury claims invoking New York’s Labor Law. His diverse background also includes the representation of professionals practicing in the medical, mental health and fitness industries. Michael has obtained successful results for his clients at every level of court in New York State.

Michael maintains active memberships in the Bar Association of Erie County and the New York State Bar Association, and is a past director of the Western New York Trial Lawyers Association. He is annually included in Upstate New York Super Lawyers as well as among Western New York’s “Legal Elite,” an exclusive list of the area’s most respected attorneys produced by Buffalo Law Journal and Business First.

Michael is active in a number of charitable and youth sports associations and serves as an advisory member of the Sisters Hospital Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Related Areas

General Liability

Industries

Retail and HospitalitySports and Entertainment

Honors & Awards

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating: AV Preeminent

Business First‘s Legal Elite of Western New York, 2015–19

Upstate New York Super Lawyers, 2013–19

Admissions

  • New York
  • Connecticut, 1996
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Education

  • Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1997
  • Hobart College, B.A., 1992

Professional Affiliations

  • Bar Association of Erie County
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Western New York Trial Lawyers Association: Past Director

Community Involvement

  • Board of Directors, Sisters Hospital Foundation
  • Buffalo Shamrocks Hockey Club

Publications & Events

  • Co-Author, “How Lawyers Can Help Clients Prevent Sexual Abuse and Handle Claims,” Buffalo Law Journal, February 20, 2018
  • Co-Author, “For the Defense: A Case for OPWDD,” Buffalo Law Journal, September 12, 2015

Recent Insights

Goldberg Segalla Attorneys Honored in 2019 Legal Elite of Western New York

September 23, 2019

Confronted with Social Media Evidence Impugning Key Witness, Plaintiff Discontinues Liability Case

September 10, 2019

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

August 13, 2019

What Employers, Supervisors Need to Know About New York’s Child Victims Act

July 16, 2019

Goldberg Segalla Attorneys Honored in 2018 Legal Elite of Western New York

September 2018

Sixty-One Goldberg Segalla Attorneys Featured in 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers

August 13, 2018

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