Attorneys

Lawrence J. Mattar
lmattar@mdg-law.com

Practice Areas: Business Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Transactions,
Civil Litigation, Personal Injury Law.

Admitted: 1959, New York; 1971, U.S. District Court, Western and
Northern Districts of New York; 1977, Florida.

Law School: University at Buffalo, J.D., 1959
College: Canisius College, B.S., 1956

Member: Erie County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; Erie County Trial Lawyers Association; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. 

Biography: Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, Erie County Trial Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Confidential Assistant to Erie County Court Judge Frederick M. Marshall. Counsel, New York State Senate Public Utilities Committee. Chairman, Advisory Board, Good Shepherd Home. Director of the Better Business Bureau of West New York. Chairman, ECC Citizens Advisor Board.

Thomas C. D'Agostino
tcd@mdg-law.com 

Practice Areas: Civil L

itigation, Criminal Law, Corporate Law, Matrimonial Law, Family Law, Personal Injury.

Admitted: 1965, New York; 1966, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Law School: University at Buffalo, J.D., 1965
College: Niagara University, B.A., 1962

Member: Erie County, New York State and American Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; New York State Defenders Association.

Biography: Instructor, Trial Technique, State University of New York at Buffalo Law School. Named in Naifeh & Smith Publication "The Best Lawyers in America." 
Military: Capt., U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Trial Defense) 1966-1969.

Krista Gottlieb
 gottlieb@mdg-law.com

Practice Areas: Resolution Pro through advocacy, Civil Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration, Employment Law, Discrimination, Corporate and Commercial Law.

Admitted: 1980, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Law School: Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1979
College: Barnard College, B.A., cum laude, 1976

Member: Neutral Panels (W.D.N.Y. ADR Program, 8th Judicial District, AAA, BBB, EEOC, NASD, National Arbitration Forum, USPS); Erie County ADR Committee, 1994-Present (Co-Chair, 1998-2002) and New York State Bar Associations; Alliance for Conflict Resolution; Women Lawyers of Western New York.

Biography: Bringing all sides to the table as litigator and trained and practicing neutral, mediator and arbitrator; lecturer, trainer and problem solver.

Languages: Czech
Born: Prague, Czechoslovakia 

Please visit Ms. Gottlieb's Appropriate Dispute Resolution web page.

Ms. Gottlieb's CV  Gottlieb CV 

                                                         Jonathan Schapp 
                                                         jschapp@mdg-law.com

Admitted:  1989, New York

Law School:  State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., 1989

College: City University of New York, Brooklyn College, B.S. 1986

Member: Erie County Bar Association

                                             Diana B. Cavall
                                             dcavall@mdg-law.com
 
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law

Admitted: 1996, New York; 2003 U.S. District Court, Western District of New York

Law School: Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1995
State University of New York at Buffalo, Philosophy & Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, B.A. 1992 Degree conferred with Academic Distinction

  17 Court Street
Suite 600
Buffalo, New York 14202
Phone: (716) 856-4022
Fax: (716) 856-5814