Law Office of Bruce S. Zeftel

Admission to Practice

• New York
• US District Court, Western District of NY
• US Court of Appeals, 2d Circuit
• US Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York

Education

• University at Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York, J.D., 1977
• State University of New York at Binghamton, A.B., 1973

Professional Affiliations

• New York State Bar Association
• Erie County Bar Association
• Erie County Bar Foundation, member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the 2008 Annual Campaign; 2009 Treasurer; 2010 Vice-President; 2011 President

Prior Experience

• Hiscock & Barclay
• Saperston & Day
• New York State Attorney General's Office, Claims and Litigation
• New York State Court of Claims, Law Secretary to Hon. Jerome F. Hanifin
• City of Buffalo Planning Board
• SUNY Buffalo Law School, Adjunct Professor, New York Civil Practice
  
   

Selected to be one of Mediators for the United States District Court, Western District of New York

Selected for the Upstate New York 2009-2017 editions of Superlawyers

AV Rated by Martindale

10.0 Rated by AVVO 

Publications and Presentations

• Chosen as an Upstate New York Super Lawyer in 2009-2019
• Annual Real Estate CLE Update, Erie County Bar Association, "Real Estate Title and Litigation Issues", March 2008-2011 
• New York State Surveyors Association Annual Convention, "Real Estate Title and Litigation for Surveyors", January 2008
• Erie County Bar Association CLE, "Real Estate Title and Litigation", October, 2004
• Erie County Bar Association CLE, "Mortgage Foreclosure", May 2003
• Erie County Bar Association noonday program, "Tax Certiorari and Real Estate Tax Reduction Practice", August 2003
• New York State Bar Association, "Zoning Issues", June 2003
• Erie County Bar Association CLE, "Tax Certioraris and Real Estate Tax Reduction Practice", October 2001
• Niagara County Corporate Counsel Seminar, "Reducing Real Estate Costs", 2001
• New York State Bar Association Seminar, "Zoning Practice and Procedure", 2000
• Tax Institute Seminar, "Aspects of Real Estate Assessment Challenges", 1999