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Municipal Law

Smith Sovik represents numerous municipalities as general counsel and has broad experience in advising town boards, planning boards and zoning boards. We regularly defend the State of New York, counties, towns, cities, villages and school districts in litigation across Upstate and Central New York.

I have 30 years of senior level litigation management experience with a large insurance carrier. Smith Sovik has been the reliable partner throughout this time. Vic Prial made significant impact on outcome in a recent products case resulting in an amputation. His summary judgment motion was impeccable and the argument he made to the judge resulted in our motion being granted. It was so compelling that plaintiff didn’t perfect the appeal he vowed to pursue. The key attribute is in collaborating to meet our clearly defined outcome objectives. All my insureds rave about Smith Sovik and so customer service meets and exceeds expectations. They make my life easy…