Michael Charles Cimasi
Top rated Criminal Defense attorney in Amherst, New York
Practice Areas:
Criminal Defense,
Personal Injury,
Real Estate,
Assault & Battery,
Domestic Violence,
Drug & Alcohol Violations,
Sex Offenses,
Traffic Violations,
Wrongful Death
Education Qualification:
University at Buffalo Law School - SUNY
Practice Areas:
Criminal defense,
Personal injury,
Real estate,
Assault & battery,
Domestic violence,
Drug & alcohol violations,
Sex offenses,
Traffic violations,
Wrongful death
66 Park Circle AmherstBuffalo, New York, 14226
First Admitted: 2014, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.cimasilaw.com/About/Michael-C-Cimasi.shtml
Bar/Professional Activity:
- New York
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York
- American Sociological Association, 2015 - Present
- St. Thomas More Guild - Member, 2014
- Erie County Bar Association - Member, 2011
- New York State Bar Association - Member, 2011
- American Bar Association - Member, 2011
- New York State Defender's Association - Member, 2015
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Notary Public (NYS) - Qualified in Erie County, 2014
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Msgr. Adamski Polish Saturday School of Buffalo — Board Member, 2018 - Present
- St. Benedict School, School Board — Board Secretary, 2013 - Present
- Mark Diamond Research Fund Policy Committee, UB Grad School — Chairman, 2015 - 2017
- Student Relations Committee, UB Alumni Association — Committeeman, 2013 - 2015
- SUNY at Buffalo Hiring Committee, Office of Int’l Education (UUP / SL 2&3)
- Pro Bono Criminal Defense in Western New York Justice Courts:, 2016 - Present
- West Side Rowing Club of Buffalo — Coach & Volunteer, 2002 - 2006
- ECBA Volunteer Lawyer's Project - Lawyers for Learning Program, Volunteer Tutor, 2012-2014
- Zoning Board of Appeals - Town of Amherst, NY - Member, 2015
- Canisius High School - Buffalo, NY - Member, Alumni Board of Governors, 2017
- Erie County Justice Courts - Pro Bono Criminal Defense, 2016
- St. Benedict Roman Catholic Church — Lector & Pastoral Councilmember, 2003 - Present
- Attorney of the Morning Program, Volunteer Lawyer’s Project — Attorney Volunteer, 2014 - Present
Honors/Awards:
- Pro Bono Service Award, Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Erie County Bar Association (2017)
- ECBA Volunteer Lawyers Project, Eviction Defense (Attorney of the Morning) 2017
Educational Background:
- State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, M.A., Master of Arts in Sociology, 2015
- State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, B.A., Bachelor of Arts in History with magna cum laude, 2006
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Position paper and master's thesis tracing the interactional change between "town and gown" and entrepreneurial academia over time in tangible policy language via analysis of key strategic planning reports spanning the past forty (40) years at one public research university, the University at Buffalo , Reassessment of Purpose: Planning for Academic Capitalism at the State University of New York at Buffalo, SUNY at Buffalo, Department of Sociology, 2015
- Michael Charles Cimasi & Charles R. Cimasi. “The Rumors of the Death of Private Practice are Greatly Exaggerated,” WNY PHYSICIAN MAGAZINE: Vol 4, October 2017
- SUNY Buffalo State College, Sociology Department – Adjunct Faculty, 2016 - Present
- SUNY at Buffalo, Sociology Department – Adjunct Faculty, 2015 - Present
- SUNY at Buffalo, Millard Fillmore College – Adjunct Faculty, 2011 - 2016
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