Laraine Kelley

Laraine Kelley

Laraine Kelley
Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP
Experience: 44 years
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse and Products Liability
Listed, Personal Injury Litigation—Plaintiffs, Listed, Medical Malpractice Law—Plaintiffs and 10 others
Awards 12
Experience 44y
Videos 6
Online & Web 4

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Laraine Kelley is recognized as one of the Western New York region's preeminent medical malpractice attorneys. She has significant experience representing victims of medical malpractice, fighting for clients' rights, finding answers to what happened, and obtaining successful results so justice is served for clients. Her legal skill, track record of results, and professional ethics have been acknowledged by peers, earning her several industry recognitions, including "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America; inclusion in Super Lawyers; and an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

New York

Since 1980

Professional Experience

Current

Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP

Senior Partner

Over the course of her career, Ms. Kelley has helped hundreds of clients and has acted as lead trial counsel in numerous cases. She has been responsible for personal injury recoveries on behalf of catastrophically injured plaintiffs, including a young child who received a $9,000,000 structured settlement for brain injuries caused by a delayed cesarean section; a young woman who received a $8,800,000 verdict for a severe injury caused by a defective post-hole digger; an individual who lost a limb due to the delayed diagnosis of an infectious disease and received a $2,000,000 settlement; a person who received a $1,900,000 settlement for liver damage sustained due to the lack of monitoring of a prescription drug; a family who received $3,000,000 following the death of a man due to medical malpractice; an injured worker who received $1,800,000 as a result of a fall; the family of a woman who received $1,500,000 as a result of a delayed diagnosis of cancer; a woman who was awarded $900,000 as a result of the delay in corrective surgery following a hysterectomy; and an individual who received $500,000 for a delayed emergency room diagnosis of a heart condition.

Education

1979

State University of New York - Buffalo

J.D.

1975

University of Virginia

B.A.

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Awards

year - Laraine Kelley
Listed, Personal Injury Litigation—Plaintiffs

Best Lawyers in America

Listed, Medical Malpractice Law—Plaintiffs

Best Lawyers in America

Listed, Product Liability Litigation—Plaintiffs

Best Lawyers in America

AV Peer Review Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

year - Laraine Kelley
Lawyer of the Year in Buffalo - Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs

Best Lawyers in America

Top 50 attorneys

Upstate New York Super Lawyers

Listed, Personal Injury Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Product Liability Litigation (Plaintiffs)

Best Lawyers in America

AV Peer Review Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

year - Laraine Kelley
Lawyer of the Year in Buffalo - Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs

Best Lawyers in America

Listed in Upstate New York edition

Super Lawyers

Listed, Personal Injury Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Product Liability Litigation (Plaintiffs)

Best Lawyers in America

AV Peer Review Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

Contacts

42 Delaware Avenue Suite 120 Buffalo NY 14202 Telephone: (716) 849-1333

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Experience: 44 years
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Practice Areas

Medical Malpractice

Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

Products Liability

Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts

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