Webster Szanyi LLP has secured a defense verdict in favor of its longtime client, Daimler Truck North America LLC (“DTNA”) in Hunter v. Daimler Truck North America LLC.  The verdict, on December 17, 2025, followed a six-week trial that began with jury selection on...

Webster Szanyi, whose attorneys Thomas Lane and Steven Hamlin represented the plaintiff Samuel Capizzi, is pleased to announce that the parties have reached a mutually agreeable resolution in the Capizzi v. Brown Chiari LLP partnership dissolution matter. This...

Webster Szanyi LLP is pleased to announce that Steve Hamlin has become a partner of the firm. Since joining Webster Szanyi in 2013, Steve’s practice has concentrated on product liability, personal, injury, and commercial litigation. Steve graduated magna cum laude...

Webster Szanyi LLP Attorneys Named To The Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers lists. Webster Szanyi LLP is pleased to announce many of the firm’s attorneys have been ranked in The Best Lawyers in America and to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists....

Mark Guglielmi successfully tried a personal injury matter, securing a jury verdict and a substantial six figure award for our client. The individual is a non-verbal autistic adult living in a group home setting who was injured due to the negligence of the group home...

Webster Szanyi LLP Obtains Summary Judgment Dismissing Child Victims Act Case The lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court, alleged the plaintiff was subjected to significant and frequent sexual abuse on a school bus in the early 1980s.  The alleged perpetrator...

The New York State Division of Human Rights (“SDHR”) issued a “no probable cause” determination on a complaint filed on behalf of kindergarten student against a local school district. The Complaint alleged that the school district permitted student-on-student bullying...

Heather Dechert, Esq. represented a local school district in a lawsuit wherein the plaintiff claimed discrimination and retaliation in violation of New York State Labor Law and New York State Human Rights Law. Webster Szanyi moved to dismiss the case, arguing that the...

Dina Allen was hired as a partner at Webster Szanyi LLP. Dina concentrates her practice on representing management in all facets of labor and employment matters, with a focus on representing school districts throughout New York State. She earned her J.D. magna cum...

Tabita J Saraj was hired as an associate at Webster Szanyi LLP in the litigation group.  She earned her J.D. from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law and her B.S from Niagara University.  She specializes in Civil Litigation and Intellectual...

Commissioner Dismisses Appeals Regarding Mask Requirements The New York State Commissioner of Education recently dismissed appeals filed against several school districts across New York State related to the requirement to wear face coverings in school buildings on...

The New York State Commissioner of Education recently dismissed an appeal filed against a school district by six individuals (including community members, parents and a former teacher), seeking removal of the Superintendent and all members of the Board of Education. ...

The lawsuit, which was filed in the District Court for the Western District of New York, alleged that the plaintiff was discriminated against in connection with a municipality’s decision to hire another applicant for a position, and that she was retaliated against...