Samantha Catone
Associate
Samantha Catone focuses her practice on defending large businesses, landowners, and contractors in premises liability and construction site personal injury litigation, including matters involving New York State Labor Law. She is also a regular contributor to the firm’s OSHA: Legal Developments and Defense Strategies blog.
Related Areas
Admitted to Practice
- New York
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
Education
- The State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., 2017
- Buffalo Law Review: Note & Comment Editor
- Mental Hygiene Legal Service: Legal Intern
- Florida State University, B.S., cum laude, 2013
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Bar Association of Erie County
- Upstate Building Industry Alliance (UBIA)
Publications & Events
- “Addressing the OSHA ‘Low Hanging Fruit’ in Manufacturing – What You Need to Know” (Co-Presenter), DiVal 2019 Safety Summit, Niagara Falls, NY, June 4, 2019
- “Unpreventable Employee Misconduct: Series on the Affirmative Defense” (Co-Author), Modern Contractor Solutions, February 2019
- Profiled in “Emerging Attorneys: Samantha Catone,” Buffalo Law Journal, December 3, 2018
- “Minimizing and Eliminating Exposure – Proactively Establishing the Recalcitrant Worker Defense to a Labor Law 240(1) Claim and the Unpreventable Employee Misconduct Defense to an OSHA Citation” (Co-Presenter), Associated Builders and Contractors, Ellicottville, NY, May 2, 2019
- “CAL-OSHA Update: Exploring CAL-OSHA’s Stricter Standards and Strategies for Compliance” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar, March 7, 2019