Ellen Swartz Simpson - Buffalo, NY

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University at Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, New York
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Robert J. Connelly award for excellence in the trial practice course

• Non Legal Education

  • State University of New York at Buffalo
    Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Comptroller of The Faculty-Student Association
    Major: Accounting

Current Employment Position(s)

• Trademark Attorney, Partner

Past Positions

• Sokolski, Sutherland & Lyons, C.P.A, Senior Staff Accountant
• Jim Culligan, Inc., Comptroller and Secretary-Treasurer
• United States Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio of the Western District of New York, Law Clerk

Classes and Seminars

• Guest Lecturer, Buffalo Niagara Medical Center's Build a Better Business Workshop Series
  
• Guest Lecturer, U.S. Small Business Association (SBA-U)

Pro Bono Activities

• Erie County Bar Revue
• Acappellants

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1990
• Florida, 1994
• U.S. District Court Western District of New York

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant

Other Affiliations

• Former Treasurer, Bar Association of Erie County
• Past Chair, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee
• Judiciary Committee Member, BAEC
• Attorney Grievance Committee, NYS Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department
• International Trademark Association
• New York State Bar Association
• Florida State Bar
• Bar Association of Erie County
• Board of Directors, New York State Civil and Criminal Lawyers Association
• Palm Beach Bar Association