Personal Injury
Our attorneys have extensive experience with a wide variety of personal injury claims. We have handled hundreds of complex personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits, including conducting jury and bench trials. Our firm focuses on representing defendants in personal injury lawsuits, but our attorneys bring experience handling both sides of such matters. This allows for accurate assessment of claims and strategic planning to best defend claims for clients.
Vahey Getz LLP works with insurers and businesses to thoroughly and cost-effectively investigate, assess, and defend claims.
We welcome the opportunity to discuss your claim and our services with you.
Insurance Coverage
Our attorneys have decades of experience consulting and handling insurance coverage matters. From review of first-party claims to analysis of complex third-party claims, coverages, tenders and litigation.
- examinations under oath
- No-Fault claim handling consultation
- supplemental underinsurance (SUM) claim handling
- intra-company insurer claims
- additional personal injury protection (APIP) claims
- professional liability coverages
- commercial general liability coverages, including priority of coverage analyses, and
- excess and umbrella coverages.
Business and Commercial Disputes
Our partners are small business owners and experienced attorneys, with decades of trial experience to effectively serve you. Founding partners Laurie Vahey and Jon Getz each have tax certifications from SUNY Buffalo School of Law and Ms. Vahey is recognized as a Super Lawyer in the area of Business Litigation and Mr. Getz in General Litigation. Firm attorneys have taken business disputes through to verdict and they are believers that litigation experience matters.
Vahey Getz LLP lawyers can analyze and strategize innovative solutions to business and partnership disputes. Our attorneys regularly represent corporations, limited liability companies, municipalities, and partnerships across Western New York, as well as national entities. The firm is experienced in advising partners, shareholders, and others of their rights under the applicable law and contracts, including covenants not-to-compete and departing from partnerships and professional organizations.
Professional Defense
Vahey Getz LLP attorneys are experienced in defending licensed professionals against disciplinary charges and malpractice claims. Given their skills in insurance coverage matters, the firm’s attorneys will also seek to have associated expenses covered under any available insurance policies, with client retention of the investigation and defense, where contractually permitted.
The attorneys at the firm are experienced in defending professional claims before courts as well as administrative bodies. This experience includes dismissal of lawsuits by motion practice, as well as trials to verdict. Professions represented include attorneys from some of the largest firms in Western New York, medical professionals (physicians, nurses, chiropractors, and other medically licensed professionals), accountants, and architects, as well as other licensed professionals.
From factual investigations to defense of claims, our attorneys are prepared and experienced in handling professional claims at all levels.
Civil Litigation
