Richard P. Weisbeck, Jr. is a senior partner of the firm.   For over twenty-five years he has focused his practice in the area of Personal Injury Law including Construction Accidents, Workplace Injuries, Automobile Accidents, and Defective Products/Products Liability, Slip and Fall Accidents, and Amputations. Numerous local attorneys refer their complex cases to Mr. Weisbeck. His experience in resolving difficult matters as well as his nationally recognized litigation and trial skills are essential for successfully handling serious cases. Over the course of his career, Mr. Weisbeck has insured that hundreds of people recover for their injuries. Some of those he has helped are described below. 

Results

• $14 million structured settlement for a worker who suffered severe electric shock on the job
• $7 million cash and structured settlement for a young man who suffered a brain injury in an automobile   accident
• $5 million for a disabled child who’s attendant failed to suction his tracheostomy, causing further injury to the child
• $4.5 million settlement for a construction worker who suffered back injuries after falling trough a defective stairway
• $3.8 million settlement for a mechanic whose hand was amputated by an engine fan blade he was working on
• $3.8 million settlement for a construction worker for back and internal injuries suffered when the man-lift he was working on toppled over
• $2.2 million jury verdict for a union laborer who sustained back injuries when a scaffold he was working on collapsed
• $2.2 million settlement for a laborer who sustained multiple injuries when he fell through an unguarded floor opening in a new building project

Honors and Achievements 

• Named to The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation
• AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell 
• Named to New York Super Lawyers, Upstate Edition: Personal Injury Law
• Named to Business First of Buffalo's Who's Who in Law, Personal Injury Law

Bar & Court Admissions

• State of New York, 1983
• United States Supreme Court, 1986
• United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1984
• United States District Court, Western District of New York, 1984

Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., 1982
• State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., 1978

Professional Activities

• Member, American Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, Western New York Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, Bar Association of Erie County