Introduction
Laurie Styka Bloom represents clients in complex and commercial litigation as well as environment-based litigation claims.
Laurie Styka Bloom is a Buffalo-based attorney with a business address in Rochester.
My focus
I use my 30 years of litigation and environmental law experience to assist my clients in solving their disputes efficiently and effectively. My practice is focused on litigation arising out of environmental issues, such as alternative energy, cell tower siting and land use as well as commercial and products liability/personal injury issues.
Environmental
I represent wind energy developers, major cellular telecommunications companies and commercial enterprises bringing or defending land use litigation. Recent successes include concluding multi-year litigation that resulted in an appellate ruling allowing the client to locate a wind farm in central New York. I am currently defending an environmental justice claim in the Bronx, New York.
Commercial
I represent large companies in commercial claims such as breach of contract and trade secret and also defend brokers in securities claims brought by customers.
Products Liability/Personal Injury
My practice includes defending product defect claims and representing a major railroad in FELA (Federal Employers Liability Act) and trespasser personal injury claims.
Looking ahead
I see the opportunity to assist clients in navigating the shift to renewable energy and stewardship of the environment issues and away from remediation issues.
In the news
- Law360
CSX gets trial win in New York railroad switch injury
July 25, 2024This article covers a trial victory for client CSX Transportation Inc. after a New York federal jury found the company was not negligent when a man allegedly injured himself when a railroad switch closed on his foot. Buffalo Complex Disputes counsel Laurie Styka Bloom is mentioned in the coverage for representing CSX.
- Law360
7th Circuit says Wisconsin regulators have toxic dust handled
This article covers a court’s unanimous refusal to revive litigation claiming that client SPX Corp. contaminated Wisconsin properties, with the panel noting a lower court was correct to find the requested injunctive relief improper. Buffalo partner Vivian Quinn, Long Island partner Joe Ortego, and Buffalo counsel Laurie Bloom and Tracey Scarpello, all of the Complex Commercial Disputes group, led the successful defense of SPX.May 27, 2021 - Law360
Demolition Trio Urges 7th Circuit to Uphold 2nd Toxic Dust Win
This article covers oral arguments from three demolition companies urging the Seventh Circuit to uphold a lower court’s exclusion of experts’ testimony related to toxic dust claims. The article mentions Long Island partner Joe Ortego and Buffalo counsel Laurie Bloom, both of the Complex Commercial Disputes group, for representing SPX Corp., one of the demolition companies.Nov 2, 2020 - The Daily Record
Appeals court issues split ruling on Whole Foods project
This article mentions Buffalo Complex Commercial Disputes counsel Laurie Styka Bloom for her representation of a local neighborhood association in an ongoing dispute over the details of a proposed development in Rochester.July 1, 2019 - Pink News
Victory as New York trans man granted legal name change at appeal
Buffalo counsel Laurie Styka Bloom is mentioned in this article for her pro bono work on behalf of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) to help a transgender man obtain the right to legally change his name.Dec 20, 2016 - Law360
Appeals Court Reaffirms FreshDirect's Bronx Move Subsidies
The feature story notes a New York appeals court decision affirming a lower court’s order denying a community group’s attempt to renew a challenge to $84 million in city tax subsidies approved for FreshDirect LLC to move its distribution center to Harlem River Yard in the Bronx. Buffalo commercial litigation counsel Laurie Styka Bloom is noted as counsel for FreshDirect.April 7, 2016 - Buffalo News
Area Law Firms Grow by Finding Faraway Clients
Buffalo Commercial Litigation counsel Laurie Bloom, president of the Erie County Bar Association, is quoted in this story on how Buffalo-area law firms are reaching beyond the local community in terms of their client base and work.Jan 25, 2015 - Buffalo Business First
Legal Elite of Western New York
Buffalo Commercial Litigation partner Susan Roney and counsel Laurie Bloom are listed among attorneys honored as the 2014 Legal Elite of Western New York.Sep 29, 2014 - Buffalo Law Journal
Volunteer Lawyers Project: Three decades strong
Erie County Bar Association president and Buffalo counsel Laurie Styka Bloom discusses the bar’s pro bono program, the Volunteer Lawyers Project.July 28, 2014 - Buffalo News
Bloom Sworn in as Bar Association President
Buffalo Commercial Litigation counsel Laurie Bloom is featured in this article noting the new leadership of the Erie County Bar Association. Laurie is the 108th president of the Association.June 13, 2014
Admitted to practice
New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
Education
Canisius College, B.A., cum laude
State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., cum laude
Professional activities
- Erie County Bar Association, President
- Defense Research Institute
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association, House of Delegates
Recognition
- Selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 in the fields of Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation—Environmental; and Product Liability Litigation—Defendants; listed in Best Lawyers since 2016
- Named Best Lawyers® 2024 Litigation—Environmental “Lawyer of the Year” in Buffalo
- Laurie has been recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2024 editorial for practice focus—Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense
- Laurie has also been named to the Legal Elite of Western New York 2104 under the Legal Elite Leaders section, a supplement of Buffalo Business First and Buffalo Law Journal. She has also been recognized for her leadership as president of the Erie County Bar Association.
- Laurie was selected as one of the Top 25 women lawyers in Upstate New York, based on a peer-review survey conducted by New York Super Lawyers magazine, 2009 Upstate Edition.
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