HUGH B. LEONARD was born and grew up on the Maine coast. After serving as a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army (1975 ? 1979) he began work as a machinist on the Massachusetts South Shore. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1984 (B.A., magna cum laude); and Syracuse University Law School in 1987 (J.D.) and was admitted to the bar in 1988.
Hugh is licensed to practice in all of the trial and appellate courts of New York, the Federal Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of New York, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
He is a member the Broome County, New York, and American Bar Associations. Hugh is on the Binghamton Symphony and Vestal Hills Country Club Boards of Directors, acts as the pro bono counsel for The Girl Scouts Indian Hills Council, is the past president of the Triple Cities Golf Association, and a former member of Partnership 2000, as well as being involved in numerous other local activities and associations. Hugh has successfully represented individuals and corporations throughout New York for nearly twenty years.
His practice includes trials and appeals, negligence and personal injuries, products liability, auto accidents, construction accidents, malpractice, premises liability, as well as insurance litigation and coverage issues.
PATRICIA A. CUMMINGS was born and grew up in Georgetown, British Guiana. Before becoming an attorney, Patricia was the Administrative Director of the Nuclear Medicine/Ultrasound Department at Parklane Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. She was board certified in Nuclear Medicine, Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Sonography Technology. Patricia graduated from Ottawa University in 1983 (B.A.) and Syracuse University Law School in 1987 (J.D.) at where she was the recipient of the Best Advocate Award, Edmund H. Lewis Appellate Advocacy competition, The Order of the Barristers Honor, and the winner of the Grossman Trial Competition award. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1988.
Patricia is admitted to practice in all of the trial and appellate courts of New York State; the Federal Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern District Courts.
Patricia has served pro bono as Of Counsel to The Bleeding Disorder Association of the Southern Tier and the Girl Scouts Indian Hills Council, Inc.
Patricia has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the United Way of Binghamton, NY, the Advisory Council to the School of Education and Human Development, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, the Broome Community College Foundation, Inc., the Binghamton University Athletic Club, the Tri-Cities Opera, and the Binghamton Local Development Corporation.
Patricia also volunteered for the New York Metropolitan UNICEF Committee.
Patricia is a member of the Binghamton Rotary Club #64.
She is a member of the Broome County Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and the New York State Bar Association. She is also a member of the New York State Bar House of Delegates and is a Fellow of the New York State Bar Foundation.
Patricia's practice area is civil litigation, primarily medical malpractice. Patricia's most significant reported case is Fahey v. Canino, 2 N.Y.3d 148, 809 N.E.2d 645, 777 NYS2d 416 (2005).
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