Joseph A. Catania, Jr.
Founding
and Senior Member

jcatania@tclmm.com

 


Areas of Practice
• Alternate Dispute Resolution
• General Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Insurance Defense
• Medical, Legal and Professional Malpractice Defense
• Plaintiff Personal Injury arising from auto, premises, construction and
            product claims

Articles, Award & Activities
• Rated in 2008 as among the Top 5% of Corporate Counsel for Upstate
            New York Attorneys
• Rated in 2007 as among the Top 5% of Upstate New York Attorneys
• AV Peer Rated by Martindale-Hubbell for skill and integrity
• Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate
• National Board of Trial Advocacy
• Lecturer and Author, 'Damages in New York: Opening and Closing

            Statements' (National Business Institute).
• Lecturer and Author, 'Legal Malpractice' and 'Labor Law Update:

            Recent Developments in Personal Injury Law' (
New York State
            Bar Association).
• Lecturer and Author, 'Avoiding Legal Malpractice' (FLG&P
CLE Program).
• Lecturer and Author, 'Legal Ethics and Malpractice in
New York' (Lorman
            Education Services).
• Participant, 'Advanced Management of the Arbitration Process in Complex

            Cases' (American Arbitration Association)
• Fellow, New York State Bar Foundation

Memberships
• Defense Research Institute
• The American Association for Justice
• Charter Member of NYS Advocacy of Trial Lawyers
• National Arbitration Forum
• United Arbitration, Inc.
• Resolute Systems, Inc.
• Newburgh Bar Association
• Orange County Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• Construction and Commercial Neutral and Mediator of the American

            Arbitration Association
• Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Board of Directors Builders Association of the Hudson Valley

Bar Admissions
New York - 1978
U.S. District Court
            Southern District of New York - 1978
            Northern District of New York -1978
U.S. Supreme Court - 1987
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit – 1987

Education
Albany Law School of Union University (J.D.)
Boston College (B.A.)

Born
Newburgh, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tarshis, Catania, Liberth, Mahon & Milligram, PLLC – One Corwin CourtNewburgh, New York 12550
(845)-565-1100 TCLMM@TCLMM.COM