Robert L. Boreanaz - Buffalo, NY
Attorney at Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP
Labor and Employment Lawyers in Buffalo, NY
42 Delaware Avenue Suite 120 Buffalo, NY 14202 - 3924
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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36
Years
Experience
Buffalo Labor and Employment Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Labor and Employment
- Arbitration
- Department of Labor Investigations & Negotiations
- Employee Benefits
- Employment Discrimination
- Harassment
- Training
- Union Administration Matters
- Wage and Hour Disputes
- Wrongful Termination
Attorney Information
Overview
Robert L. Boreanaz focuses his practice in the areas of union-side labor law and plaintiff-side employment law. He has litigated cases throughout New York State as well as in Delaware, Texas, and Illinois. Mr. Boreanaz has extensive trial experience, arguing before state, appellate, and federal courts. As an example of Mr. Boreanaz's work, he recently reached a settlement of $1.8 million in an employment matter on behalf of a corrections officer working at the New York State Department of Correctional Service.
Mr. Boreanaz is a senior partner with the law firm Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria, a mid-size, full-service firm based in Buffalo, New York, with offices throughout Western New York and in California. He is the chairperson of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Area.
Mr. Boreanaz is consistently named to leading peer recognition publications, including Best Lawyers in America and New York Super Lawyers. Lipsitz Green was the only firm recently given a first-tier ranking in the Buffalo metropolitan area for Employment Law-Individuals' in U.S. News & World Report/Best Lawyers' "Best Law Firms."
Mr. Boreanaz is active in the bar and legal community. He has been a member of the New York State Bar Association and its executive board for over ten years. Mr. Boreanaz is a frequent lecturer, having made several presentations for the New York State Bar Association as well as appearing on radio and television and in print as a commentator on legal affairs. He is the outgoing president of the University at Buffalo Law School's Alumni Association.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America: Named to Best Lawyers in America since 2007
- Distinguished by Martindale-Hubbell: Distinguished Peer Review Rating
- Super Lawyers: Named to the Top 50 among all attorneys named to Upstate New York Super Lawyers, 2007 - Present
Other Sources of Feedback About Robert L. Boreanaz
Included on the 2026Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New York Super Lawyers Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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State University of New York, Buffalo School of Law,
Buffalo,
New York, 1989
J.D.
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State University of New York, Buffalo School of Law,
Buffalo,
New York, 1989
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Non Legal Education
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Canisius College, 1986
B.A.
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Canisius College, 1986
Current Employment Position(s)
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Senior Partner
Classes and Seminars
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Featured speaker, Bar Association of Erie County, Labor and Employment Law Symposium, 2000 - Present
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Panelist, New York State Bar Association Seminar, Benefits, Health Care and the Workplace
- Frequent lecturer, labor & employment law topics, New York State Bar Association in 1997, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2010 and 2011
Published Works
Articles
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Update of ERISA Preemption: State Regulation of Health Benefit Plans, April 4, 2001
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1990
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1991
- U.S. Tax Court, 1993
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 1996
- U.S. District Court, 1991
Other Affiliations
- Bar Association of Erie County (Member)
- Bar Association of Erie County (Member, Labor Law Committee)
- Bar Association of Erie County (Member, Criminal Law and Federal Practice Committee)
- Erie County Bar Association (Chairperson, Task Force on Local Justice Courts)
- New York State Bar Association (Executive Committee Member, Labor Law Committee)
- New York State Bar Association (Executive Committee Member, Criminal Law Committee)
- American Bar Association, Labor Law Section (Active Member)
- American Bar Association, Criminal Law and Litigation Section (Active Member)
- AFL-CIO (Member, Lawyers Coordinating Committee)
- Town of Amherst Youth Board (Executive Committee Member)
- Western New York Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Chairperson)
- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (Member)
- Industrial Relations Research Association, Western, New York (Member)
- Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP, Labor and Employment Practice Group (Chairperson)
- Buffalo Law School’s Alumni Association (Outgoing President)
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Contact
42 Delaware Avenue
Suite 120
Buffalo, NY 14202 - 3924
Phone: 716-849-1333 (Ext. 343)
Fax: (716) 855-1580
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.lipsitzgreen.com/attorneys/boreanaz-robert/
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