Attorney Profile
Tara devotes her practice to representing and achieving successful results for insured and self-insured clients. She specifically has experience handling casualty and negligence matters involving trucking and transportation liability, premises liability, industrial construction site accidents and product liability, along with matters involving professional liability claims, contract disputes and employment disputes. Additionally, in the past, Tara served as one of the lead counsel in the defense of a nursing home class action lawsuit. Frequently, she publishes and presents on various on-trend law-related topics.
Prior to ACB, Tara was co-chair of the Trucking & Transportation Group at a regional litigation firm.
Outside of the office, Tara is very active in the community serving and giving back to others. Tara is a member of the Board of Directors of Crime Stoppers WNY, an organization that assists law enforcement agencies in their efforts to apprehend wanted individuals and gathering information related to older unsolved crimes. She previously served on the Board of Trustees for Mount Saint Mary Academy in Kenmore, New York, and was elected President for the 2012-2013 term. In addition, she assisted the school’s Mock Trial Team as the Attorney Coach for a number of years. Tara served on the Board of Directors for the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo and co-chaired the Buffalo community’s Holocaust Remembrance Day Program. She further assists various nonprofit organizations with fundraising activities.
Education
J.D., Syracuse University College of Law
Advanced Certificate, Health Services Management and Policy, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
B.A., History, State University of New York College at Geneseo
Achievements
Recipient, Forty Under Forty, Buffalo Business First, 2016
Recognized as a Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2013-2017
Recognized as a Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2021-2022
Graduate, Trial Academy, International Association of Defense Counsel, 2016
Affiliations
New York State Bar Association
Bar Association of Erie County
Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, Western New York Chapter
Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
Defense Research Institute, Trucking Law Committee
Admissions
New York State Courts
United States District Court, Western District of New York
United States District Court, Northern District of New York
