John LaMancuso | Jamestown Accident Lawyer

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About John

John I. LaMancuso was born and raised in Western New York.  He advises individual, business, and municipal clients in various legal matters and disputes in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Erie Counties.

Mr. LaMancuso has substantial experience representing individuals seriously injured in car accidents, work accidents, falls and other incidents on construction sites, slips, trips, and falls on defective premises, dog bites and attacks, and sporting events and recreational activities.
Mr. LaMancuso has been named to the National Trial Lawyers “Top 40 Under 40” list and has been rated by attorney rating firm, Martindale-Hubbell, “Distinguished” for High Professional Achievement and Ethics.

Mr. LaMancuso is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association’s Civil Practice Law and Rules Committee, the American Association for Justice, the Bar Association of Erie County, the Jamestown Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and the Robert H. Jackson Inn of Court.  He is a past member of the New York State Bar Association’s Town and Village Justice Courts Task Force.  Mr. LaMancuso is admitted to practice in the Court of the State of New York and in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (WDNY).

Mr. LaMancuso finished in the top ten-percent of his 1L class at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and was invited to join the Arizona State Law Journal.  He then transferred to SUNY Buffalo Law School to finish his legal education where he intended to practice law – Western New York.  While in law school, Mr. LaMancuso was a summer clerk to a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court and clerked for a plaintiff’s firm in Buffalo.

Active in his community, Mr. LaMancuso is a member of the Jamestown Kiwanis Club and the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation and is co-chair of the Professionals Committee of the United Way of Southern Chautauqua County.  He resides in the Southern Tier with his wife and their two children.

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Experience

Attorney at Law

Lewis & Lewis, PC

Present

Jamestown, NY

Admission

Verified New York

2013

Education

Indiana University-Bloomington

BS

2008

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • American Association for Justice, CLE Committee | Member
  • New York State Bar Association, Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules | Member
  • United States District Court, Western District of New York | Member
  • New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section | Member
  • New York State Bar Association, Municipal Law Section | Member
  • Chautauqua Region Community Foundation | Member
  • New York State Bar Association, Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section | Member
  • St. Bonaventure University Mock Trial | Judge
  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association | Member
  • Robert H. Jackson Center American Inn of Court | Member
  • Jamestown Bar Association | Member
  • New York State Bar Association | Member
  • New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers | Member
  • American Association for Justice | Member
  • Bar Association of Erie County, Negligence Committee | Member
  • Bar Association of Erie County, Young Lawyers Committee | Member
  • American Bar Association | Member
  • Bar Association of Erie County | Member
Honors / Awards
  • Distinguished Martindale-Hubbell
    2018
  • Top 40 Under 40 National Trial Lawyers
    2017
  • Magna Cum Laude SUNY Buffalo Law School
    2012

Notable Work

Cases

Representative Cases

Matter of Ficek v Akron Cent. Sch. Dist., 144 A.D.3d 1601 (4th Dept 2016)

Sopkovich v Smith, 2018 164 A.D.3d 1598 (4th Dept 2018)

Publications

Falconer High School Career Day The Practice of Law

2017


Ending Distracted Driving Falconer High School Ending Distracted Driving American Association for Justice

2017


Jamestown High School Career Day Law School and the Practice of Law

2016


Lewis & Lewis, P.C. Highlights

Malpractice, Traffic, Family Law, DUI-DWI, Criminal

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