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    Laurie S. Bloom

    Counsel


    • Rochester
    • Office716.853.8102
    • lbloom@nixonpeabody.com
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    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.

    Practice Areas

    Arbitration, Mediation & Alternative Dispute ResolutionProduct Liability, Complex Tort & Health EffectsComplex DisputesLitigationConstruction & Real Estate LitigationNon-Compete & Trade SecretsEnvironmental Litigation

    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.

    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

    Laurie is a member and President of the Erie County Bar Association. She is a member of the Defense Research Institute, American Bar Association, and the New York State Bar Association and its House of Delegates.

    Recognition

    Laurie was selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 in the fields of Commercial Litigation; Litigation—Environmental; and Product Liability Litigation—Defendants. Laurie has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2016.

    Laurie has been recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2022 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.

    News Mentions

    • 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

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