Chris DeFrancesco Wins Summary Judgment

February 7, 2018

Chris DeFrancesco successfully obtained summary judgment in Otsego County for a Southern Tier excavating contractor.

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Dan Ryan and Chris DeFrancesco Win Summary Judgment

December 6, 2017

Dan Ryan and Chris DeFrancesco obtained summary judgment for a North Country area hospital. The

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DeFrancesco Wins Summary Judgment in Legal Malpractice Case

September 10, 2019

Chris DeFrancesco won summary judgment in Monroe County on behalf of an attorney accused of

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Steven Ward Williams and Karen Guyder Felter Successfully Defend School District and Secure Summary Judgment in Federal Court

February 4, 2017

Steven Ward Williams and Karen Guyder Felter recently defended a school district, along with several

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Dan Ryan Wins Summary Judgment in Federal Court (WDNY)

April 19, 2018

Plaintiff claimed she fell in our client’s store as a result of water puddling in

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Kristen Benson and Anthony Brighton Successfully Secure Summary Judgment in Oneida County Dismissing Plaintiff’s Slip and Fall Complaint

October 4, 2016

Defendants prima facie established they did not create the black ice condition on which plaintiff

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Hulslander and Wanemaker Win Again in Niagara County

June 15, 2021

Kevin Hulslander and Jaclyn Wanemaker recently won Summary Judgment in a products liability subrogation case

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Smith Sovik Successfully Defends Attorneys Sued for Legal Malpractice in Case Venued in US District Court, NDNY

September 26, 2014

Kevin E. Hulslander, Esq., and Phillip D. Dysert, Esq., secured summary judgment in the US

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Hulslander and Johnson Named 2021 Lawyers of the Year

August 27, 2020

Smith Sovik is proud to announce that Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review

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Jury Finds No Serious injury Despite Plaintiff Undergoing Lumbar Fusion Surgery

March 15, 2017

Kristin L. Norfleet, Esq., secured a defense verdict after a week-long trial in Onondaga County

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