What Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC does

Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC is a privately-held plaintiff law firm founded in 1995 in Buffalo, New York, with a secondary office in Rochester. The firm is organized as a New York LLC and operates on a contingency fee basis, advancing all litigation costs and collecting fees only from successful recoveries. Its practice is anchored in mesothelioma and asbestos-related disease litigation, representing individuals diagnosed with occupational, environmental, or secondhand-exposure illnesses against manufacturers, employers, and bankrupt asbestos trust defendants, and has cumulatively recovered over $1 billion for clients. The firm complements this core docket with a catastrophic personal injury practice covering motor vehicle and construction accidents, wrongful death, product liability, and an expanding set of toxic-exposure and mass-tort verticals (Child Victims Act, Camp Lejeune, PACT Act, Depo-Provera, GLP-1, quartz silicosis).

The firm employs over 48 staff including 15 attorneys, with the leadership team comprising founding partners John N. Lipsitz and Michael A. Ponterio, senior partner John P. Comerford, and senior partner Mathew J. Morton. Founding partners hold personal family ties to the Western New York industrial and environmental events (Durez plant, Love Canal) that drive much of the firm's docket, and the firm has produced several first-of-kind asbestos verdicts in New York State and Buffalo. The firm maintains a top-of-funnel demand generation engine built on local television appearances (AM Buffalo, WGRZ), free community seminars at former industrial sites, long-standing partnerships with Roswell Park and regional labor organizations, and a formal out-of-state attorney referral program; supporting tools include a searchable asbestos job site directory, video FAQs, and a mesothelioma treatment resource hub. Pricing is uniform: free initial case evaluation, often conducted at the client's home, with all work performed internally (no case outsourcing).

Name

Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC

Legal name

Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC

Website

https://lipsitzponterio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC is a Buffalo, NY-based plaintiff law firm founded in 1995 that represents mesothelioma and asbestos-exposure victims on a contingency fee basis, with a secondary catastrophic personal injury practice and offices in Buffalo and Rochester, NY.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff Asbestos and Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Mesothelioma litigation
• Asbestos lawsuit
• Personal injury law
• Catastrophic injury attorney
• Wrongful death claims

Headquarters

HQ city

Buffalo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingency Fee Legal Services: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis, meaning no upfront costs to clients. The firm advances all client costs necessary to prosecute lawsuits and deducts expenses from any proceeds recovered. Clients pay nothing if the case is not successful.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC is a plaintiff litigation law firm that represents individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, and other asbestos diseases, as well as victims of catastrophic personal injuries. The firm investigates job site exposure, files claims, conducts discovery, and resolves cases through settlement or trial on a contingency fee basis. Supporting resources include an asbestos job site directory, medical treatment guides, video FAQs, and free initial consultations.

Product overview

Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC is a personal injury law firm founded in 1995, specializing in mesothelioma and asbestos litigation as its primary practice area, complemented by catastrophic personal injury cases. The firm's core service is mesothelioma and asbestos-related disease litigation, which includes investigation of job site exposures, filing legal claims, conducting discovery, and resolving cases through settlement or trial. Supporting offerings include an asbestos job site directory for identifying exposure sources, medical treatment resources for clients, video-based educational content, and free initial consultations. The firm employs over 48 staff members and operates offices in Buffalo and Rochester, New York.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mesothelioma & Asbestos Litigation Legal representation for individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases, including investigation of occupational exposure, lawsuit filing, discovery, and resolution through settlement or trial, handled on a contingency fee basis.
• Catastrophic Personal Injury Law Legal representation for victims of catastrophic injuries including motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, wrongful death, defective products, medical malpractice, and the Child Victims Act, handled on a contingency fee basis.
• Free Legal Consultation No-cost initial legal consultation for potential clients to evaluate case viability, with attorneys traveling to meet clients throughout the United States.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $1 billion recovered for mesothelioma clients
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership supporting lung cancer and mesothelioma research. Firm supports through annual Day of Giving, Breath of Life event, Taste for Life, and Facebook campaigns raising funds for mesothelioma research. Firm has held campaigns raising $5,000+ for research.
• Western New York Area Labor FederationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLabor federation supporting workers' rights; firm supports and collaborates on worker safety initiatives
• Western New York Council on Occupational Safety and Health (WNYCOSH)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerOrganization protecting workers' rights; firm sponsors events and supports occupational safety initiatives
• Clean Air CoalitionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEnvironmental advocacy group focused on air quality; firm supports through donations and advocacy
• Buffalo String WorksminorOthersMusic program for refugee children; firm sponsored this cultural initiative

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Weitz & Luxenberg: Large New York-based plaintiff firm specializing in mesothelioma and asbestos litigation. Most directly comparable peer given shared geography, same plaintiff-side contingency model, and overlapping target claimants.
• Simmons Hanly Conroy: National asbestos and mesothelioma plaintiff firm based in Illinois. Competes for the same claimant pool nationally with significantly greater resources and a multi-state office footprint.
• Levy Konigsberg: New York-based asbestos and mesothelioma plaintiff firm. Directly comparable in geography, practice focus, and contingency fee model targeting the same regional claimant population.
• Motley Rice: National plaintiff firm with leading asbestos practice and broad mass tort docket (opioids, Camp Lejeune). Comparable on asbestos casework and adjacent mass-tort strategy the firm is now expanding into.
• Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood: California-based asbestos and mesothelioma plaintiff firm with national reach. Comparable in pure-play asbestos focus, contingency model, and trial-driven reputation.
• Cooney & Conway: Chicago-based national plaintiff firm focused on asbestos, mesothelioma, and serious personal injury. Comparable in contingency-fee mass tort model and trial-first approach.
• Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen: Connecticut-based asbestos and mesothelioma specialty firm. Comparable in size, specialization, and contingency fee practice targeting occupational exposure claimants.
• Bergman Draper Oslund Udo Little (now Bergman Draper Ladenburg): Pacific Northwest plaintiff firm with national asbestos practice. Comparable in niche asbestos specialization and contingency-fee model with multi-state claimant outreach.
• Nemeroff Law Firm: Texas-based asbestos and mesothelioma plaintiff firm. Comparable in contingency-fee asbestos specialization, though serving claimants primarily in southern states.

Regional players

• Pittsburgh Asbestos & Mesothelioma Lawyers at Shenderovich, Shenderovich & Fishman: Pennsylvania-based asbestos plaintiff firm serving occupational exposure claimants in heavy-industry regions. Comparable practice focus and contingency model with primarily Mid-Atlantic claimant base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LipsitzPonterio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lipsitz-ponterio-comerford
• Xx.com/LipsitzPonterio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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