Attorneys
Brian Cinelli is an experienced litigator who has represented clients in both State and Federal Courts in all facets and stages of litigation. He concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury, vaccine injury, product liability, commercial litigation, and complex litigation. Brian has consistently achieved significant results for his clients and has obtained some of the largest resolutions and awards on behalf of those he has represented before the United States Court of Claims in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Brian graduated in 2001 from the Georgetown University Law Center where he was on the Dean’s List and served as an Associate Editor for the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. Prior to that, he graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton with a dual concentration in Philosophy, Politics and Law and Political Science.
Before founding Marcus & Cinelli, LLP, Brian was an associate attorney at Marcus Andreozzi Fickess, LLP and Webster Szanyi LLP, where he focused his practice on personal injury, municipal law, product liability, commercial litigation, tax litigation, and securities litigation. Brian has also worked as a securities trader in New York City for Schonfeld Securities, LLC and obtained his Series 7, 63, and 55 securities licenses.
Brian was named to Super Lawyers’ New York State Rising Stars List, which is a list representing the top 2.5% of attorneys in New York State who are 40 years old or younger and has been subsequently selected to New York State Super Lawyers List.
Academic Degrees:
- Georgetown University Law Center, Juris Doctor
- State University of New York at Binghamton, Bachelor of Arts
Court Admissions:
- Court Admission
- United States District Court for the Western District of New York
- New York State Courts
- United States Tax Court
- United States Bankruptcy Court
- 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Professional Associations:
- New York Trial Lawyers Association
- Court of Federal Claims Bar Association
- Vaccine Injured Petitioners Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Erie County Bar Association
David Marcus is an accomplished trial lawyer and a skilled veteran in commercial litigation, products liability, personal injury and premises liability matters. After graduating from Brandeis University cum laude, he attended the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude. While at SUNY Buffalo, Dave was elected to the editorial board of the Buffalo Law Review and was awarded the Robert J. Connelly award for excellence in trial practice.
After graduation, Dave began his legal career at Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, where he concentrated in commercial litigation and negligence defense. He later formed the law firm of Marcus, Knoer, Crawford & Hilton, LLP, where he focused his practice on civil litigation matters, including commercial litigation, products liability and personal injury cases. Mr. Marcus has taken many cases to successful verdict in both Federal and State Courts including landmark victories in cases in the Federal District Court for the Western District of New York.
Dave is now a founding partner at Marcus & Cinelli, LLP, where he continues to concentrate on commercial litigation, personal injury, products liability, municipal law, and tax and complex litigation matters. Dave has been retained by individuals and businesses to litigate numerous cases in courts throughout the nation as well as within New York State. In addition to practicing law, Dave has taught Business Law at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels as an adjunct Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management.
Dave has been named to Best Lawyers in America and New York’s Best Lawyers and has also been elected as a New York State “Super Lawyer,” a title bestowed on the top 5% of lawyers in New York State, every year since 2007.
Academic Degrees:
- Juris Doctor: State University of New York at Buffalo, magna cum laude
- Bachelor of Arts: Brandeis University, cum laude
Publications:
- Governmental Immunity And The Release Of Dangerous Inmates From State Institutions, Can The State Get Away With Murder? 33 Buffalo Law Review 491
Court Admissions/ Related Associations:
- United States Supreme Court
- United States District Court for the Western District of New York
- New York State Courts
- United States Tax Court
- United States Bankruptcy Court
- 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
- New York State Bar Associations
- Erie County Bar Associations
- Western New York Police and Judges Association
- New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
