Addelman

Kara M. Addelman (Partner)

Attorney Profile

Kara M. Addelman

Kara handles all aspects of litigated matters, from pre-suit discovery through post-trial appeals, in both New York State and Federal Courts. She concentrates her practice in professional liability, medical and dental malpractice defense, municipal and police liability, products liability, Labor Law and workplace accidents, sports and recreation law, commercial litigation, and personal injury. She represents individuals, professionals, local and national businesses, hospitals, and municipalities. Kara frequently handles appeals and complex motions in high exposure matters. She also counsels clients regarding strategies to limit future exposure.

Prior to ACB, Kara was Co-Chair of the Professional Malpractice Group at a regional litigation firm. She started her career as a litigator at one of Western New York’s largest law firms.

Kara is involved in the community. She served as a Director of the Bar Association of Erie County. She is a Past President of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, Western New York Chapter and previously served on the State Board of Directors, as well as serving as a Chair of several committees of WBASNY, WNY. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Western New York Trial Lawyers Association, and the Buffalo Law School Alumni Association. She has provided pro bono representation for indigent clients in a variety of matters. Kara has served as a mentor for a college student through the Buffalo Urban League and Buffalo Renaissance Foundation, and for a high school student through the Williamsville Public Schools.

Kara has been honored to be named Buffalo Business First’s Legal Elite and 40 Under 40, The Daily Record’s Top Women in Law, and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer and a Super Lawyer Rising Star.

A native of Western New York, Kara resides in Amherst, New York with her husband and five children.

Education

  • J.D., State University of New York, University at Buffalo School of Law

  • Buffalo Law Review, Note and Comment Editor

  • B.A., Psychology and Art History, summa cum laude, State University of New York at Buffalo

Achievements

  • Buffalo Business First, Legal Elite 2020

  • Buffalo Business First, 40 Under 40 2019

  • Buffalo Business First, Legal Elite Leader 2018

  • The Daily Record, Top Women in Law 2018

  • Recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a Super Lawyer 2021-2023 and Rising Star 2013-2019

  • Instructor, Erie County Law Enforcement Training Academy Police Supervisors School, 2017-21

  • Speaker, Western New York Breast Feeding Coalition, 2015

  • Speaker, Ski Areas of New York Conference, 2013

Affiliations

  • Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, Western New York Chapter (Past President)

  • Bar Association of Erie County (Director & Co-Chair, Solo and Small Law Firm Practice Committee)

  • New York State Bar Association

  • UB Law School Alumni Association

  • Western New York Trial Lawyers Association

  • Minority Bar Association of Western New York

  • Women Lawyers of WNY

Admissions

  • New York State Courts

  • Supreme Court of the United States

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

  • United States District Court, Western District of New York

  • United States District Court, Northern District of New York

 

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