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Frank C. Muggia | Managing Partner

Email: Frank@MuggiaLaw.com | (Download VCard)

Experience/Practice Areas: Mr. Muggia has 20 years of experience in trials and arbitrations involving product liability, motor vehicle, premises liability and business matters, as well as complex commercial and corporate transactions. He represents many insurance companies and self-insureds involved in litigation and provides litigation strategy and management to minimize the cost of doing business. He handles corporate matters ranging from incorporations to national and multi-national mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Muggia has briefed, argued and tried cases in many State and Federal Courts and has traveled the country handling corporate, commercial and litigation matters and negotiating disputes to a successful resolution.

Mr. Muggia has become one of the most well respected attorneys in the United States in the field of veterinary law; whether buying or selling a practice, resolving partner and employee conflicts, effectuating a solid and cohesive business plan, or litigating restrictive covenants. He is well published and lectures nationally within the veterinary industry, in addition to being listed as an approved consultant by the American Animal Hospital Association and a member of the American Veterinary Medical Law Association.

Representative Clients: Mr. Muggia's clients are from various fields, including insurance, veterinary, healthcare, manufacturing, and small to medium sized corporations. He represents major companies such as Budget Rent-A-Car System, Inc., Dollar Rent-A-Car, Cendant Corporation, Real-Info, Inc., York STB, and Winterthur International. As a leading attorney in the veterinary industry, Mr. Muggia has handled and coordinated veterinary corporate and litigation matters in 33 states, coast to coast.

Admissions: State of New York, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court - District of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court - Western District of New York, U.S. District Court - Northern District of New York, U.S. Court of Appeals - First Circuit, United States Supreme Court.

Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 1986); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1989)

Professional Affiliations: American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, and American Veterinary Medical Law Association.

Personal: Mr. Muggia moved to Buffalo from Boston, Massachusetts where he was a senior trial attorney with one of the largest firms on the east coast. He is at home in Orchard Park, New York with his wife, Denise, and children, Sydney, Benjamin and Sophia.