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Michael F. Chelus

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Michael F. Chelus

Senior Partner
 
Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer & Monte, P.C.
Main Court Building, 438 Main Street, Tenth Floor
Buffalo, New York  14202-3208
(Erie Co.)

Telephone: 716-852-3600
Telecopier: 716-852-0038
http://www.cheluslaw.com



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Practice AreasLitigation; Business and Corporate Law
 
EducationState University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., 1968, State University of New York at Buffalo, B.S., 1965
 
Admitted1968, New York; 1975, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
 
MembershipsErie County (Chairman, Negligence Committee, 1984-1987; Member, Special Committees on: Code of Evidence, 1985—; Legal Specialization, 1986—; Member, Bench-Bar Committee, 8th Judicial District), New York State (Member, Sections on: Estates and Trust; Torts; Insurance; Compensation Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Law Practice Management and Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Western New York Trial Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates (Charter Member, Western New York Chapter); Defense Trial Lawyers Association of Western New York; Defense Research Institute; Council on Litigation Management.
 
MilitaryFirst Lieut., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Trial and Defense Counsel, 1968-1971
 
BornBuffalo, New York
 
BiographyAuthor: "Exceeding the No-Fault Threshold: Serious Injury" in Insurance Law Practice, Chapter 26, Second Edition, published by the New York State Bar Association, 2006; "Fire Insurance and Property Insurance", in Insurance Law Practice, Chapter 29, Second Edition, published by the New York State Bar Association, 2006; "Disaster Awaits: Workers' Compensation Liens v. No-Fault First Party Benefits," New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 62. December, 1990; "Liquor Liability of Fire Companies and Municipalities," Fire District Affairs Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 19, March 1993. Counsel, Orchard Park Fire District, 1971—. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
 
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