BAEC Bulletin | November/December 2022 | 17 Jeff Baase Named Defense Trial Lawyer of the Year; And Meghan Brown to Receive Civility Award Buffalo attorney Jeff Baase will receive the 2022 Robert M. Kiebala Defense Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Defense Trial Lawyers of Western New York (DTLAWNY), at the DTLAWNY’s Holiday Party and annual meeting on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 from 5:30- 8:30 at The Mansion on Delaware. The award is given to the attorney who best exemplifies the Association’s mission of “promoting the highest standard of trial conduct through member education and advocating the defense position in civil cases with the judiciary and where appropriate in the New York State legislature.” A founding partner of Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC, Baase has defended a wide variety of premises liability, product liability, automobile accident and construction cases during the past 30 years. He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, and he has been recognized as one of Buffalo’s “Legal Elite” by Business First, as well as Upstate New York Super Lawyers. In addition, Buffalo attorney Meghan Brown will be receiving the 2022 Sherwood Civility Award, named by the DTLAWNY in honor of attorney Neil Sherwood whose commitment to his profession and volunteer work as a fireman made him a model among his fellow defense trial lawyers. Brown is a partner at Goldberg Segalla, and she has defended personal injury, construction, and professional liability cases for more than a decade. She is vice chair of her firm’s Civil Litigation and Trial practice group, co-chair of their Appellate Group, and she has been recognized in Upstate New York Super Lawyers. Also honored for their service will be outgoing DTLAWNY Directors, Florina Altshiler, Melissa Habberfield, and Christopher Poole, and President, William Kennedy; and membership will vote on new Directors for 2023, Victor Wright, Thomas Digati, and Andrew Kowalewski, as well as officers, Nancy Long (President), Sean Spencer (Vice President/President-elect), Thomas Kawalec (Treasurer), and Elizabeth Midgley (Secretary).•
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