Paul is an experienced civil litigator who focuses his practice on protecting professional-liability clients, including medical professionals, municipalities and municipal officials, attorneys, debt-collection companies, accounting professionals, and law-enforcement professionals. He handles all kinds of malpractice claims, inadequate-medical-treatment claims, legal-malpractice claims, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claims, accounting malpractice and fraud claims, and claims for violations of US Constitutional provisions. He is also experienced in defending standard-tort, toxic-tort and personal-injury claims.
Paul also focuses his practice on products-liability claims, handling cases in New York State and throughout the country. He additionally has extensive experience representing clients ranging from individuals and small businesses to publicly traded companies in commercial litigation matters, including simple and complex commercial disputes such as contract and transactional disputes, disputes among business partners, real estate and commercial-leasing disputes, and employment-related disputes.
Paul represents clients in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels as well as in alternative-resolution forums. He is proficient in settlement negotiation and regularly achieves beneficial results and resolutions.
In addition to his legal practice, Paul serves as the diversity partner in the firm's Rochester office.