October 28th, 2015 Local Union Ironworker Edward T. Mazzu Jr. has passed the NYS Bar Exam and joined Dolce Panepinto as our newest attorney pending his admission into the New York State Bar Association. Mazzu, a member of Ironworkers Local 6 since 2000, has years of experience on job sites welding, working with structural steel and…

September 22nd, 2015 The Dolce Panepinto family is proud to announce that Partner Frank Dolce has received the Leadership Award from the Western New York Council on Occupation Safety and Health (WNYCOSH). “I’ve known Frank for 20 years, and the thing that he is most proud of, aside from his wife and children, is being a founding board member…

September 24th, 2015 The Dolce Panepinto team is proud to announce a pair of victories on behalf of injured clients. Sometimes trials are bifurcated, or split into two trials, with a liability trial held first for the jury to determine who is at fault. If the injured party is successful, then a damages trial is…

September 9th, 2015 The Dolce Panepinto office recently moved to Buffalo’s historic 100 year old Forman House located at 1260 Delaware Ave. The building, which was recently purchased by partners Marc Panepinto, Ed Smith, and Sean Cooney, was built in 1915 by George A. Forman, the son of Eastern Oil Company President George V. Forman. The 40 room…

April 2nd, 2015 Generally speaking, in New York State, a party to a civil lawsuit unhappy with the decision of the trial court can appeal to the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division as a matter of right. The New York State Appellate Division Fourth Department, located in Rochester, New York, has appellate jurisdiction…

March 29th, 2015 The Center for Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine of Western New York has recently opened in affiliation with the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC). It is the first of its kind in Western New York. Occupational and Environmental Medicine is devoted to the prevention and management of occupational and environmental injury, illness, and disability….

February 4th, 2015 Volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMTs are protected by New York State’s Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit Law and the New York State Volunteer EMT Benefit Law respectively. As extensions of the Workers’ Compensation Law, these laws protects individuals who sustain injuries while performing these volunteer jobs. If you are working as a volunteer firefighter…

September 30th, 2014 Dolce Panepinto takes our commitment to our community very seriously. We are grateful to be in a position to assist local organizations who are dedicated to bettering Western New York. Just as in years past, we have been very active in the local community as we continue to look forward to Buffalo’s…

We are happy to announce a big victory for one of our clients: a jury awarded an electric lineman $5,573,783 to compensate him for lost wages, existing and future medical expenses, and pain and suffering. IBEW member John Jourdan suffered permanent knee, back and hip injuries and will never be able to return his job…

You may not be aware, but you have the right to work in a safe place in the state of New York.  (When I was a union construction worker, I was unaware of these laws.)  As an attorney, it is my passion to help enforce these laws and protect my fellow workers. This simple yet…