Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Suffering a debilitating physical injury can be a truly devastating event in one’s life. Not only is the injured person often prevented from working or performing normal activities of daily life, but other family members are caused to suffer dramatic changes in their daily lives as well. Caring for an injured person often requires specialized help and equipment to restore some normalcy to a family already trying to cope with the hardship of watching a loved one suffer.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Business today is complex. The decisions you make today about your corporation or partnership may strongly impact your livelihood tomorrow. Regardless of whether you work alone, in a family business, or in a large corporate setting; regardless of whether you are a professional corporation, a partnership, a DBA, or incorporated; regardless of whether you are just starting out or have been in business for generations, you will find the years of business experience at Garvey and Garvey to be of benefit for you.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  A few years after graduating from law school, James Garvey started his own law firm. Long before it was billboard fashionable, he was trying cases for personal injury victims. James Garvey established a long and colorful career, often representing causes that today are the norm, but in the 1950’s and 1960’s were considered quite far reaching and forward thinking. He proudly represented infants, people of many colors and nationalities, people with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities and people who just needed help. He continued to serve his clients with creativity and sensitivity, both in and out of the courtroom until the day he died in January 2001.
• Medical Malpractice
  At times, our physician clients find themselves involved as litigants in unforeseen lawsuits. Often we discreetly represent the defendant/physician and his or her P.C. as personal counsel in malpractice litigation where an attorney hired by an insurance company may already represent the doctor. Although these attorneys are typically excellent litigators and scrupulously ethical, a personal attorney is still often employed by a physician to ensure that the best interest of the physician is specifically stated to the court and to the insurance company. This helps avoid conflict between the insured physician and the insurance company. Garvey & Garvey has a strong history of handling complicated medical-legal issues in addition to interpreting medical malpractice insurance policies. This experience, both in and out of the courtroom, allows us to understand and explain the physician’s rights under the policy of insurance and, if need be, prepare to enforce those rights.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  To consult our law firm about your estate planning and administration, will, trust, or probate needs, please call us at (716) 854-4800 or contact us via email at info@garveyandgarvey.com.
• Wills
  If a family member has died without a Last Will and Testament, the experience that Garvey and Garvey can provide may still prove to be most helpful to you and your family. Losing a loved one is difficult enough – going through probate should not be.
• Trusts
  When it comes to safeguarding the future of your family and the property you have spent a lifetime accumulating for them, we realize that consulting an attorney can be an intimidating first step. Writing a will causes an individual to face his or her own mortality.
• Power of Attorney
  Yet, it also can provide a sense of peace and security knowing that your loved ones will be protected in a manner of your choosing. Wills, trusts, health care proxies, powers of attorney and living wills which provide detailed instructions in the event of a coma, serious medical calamity or death, are all tools used by our law firm to provide you and your family with the greatest protection against unforeseen events.
• Probate
  Prudence dictates that when you have a family or spouse you wish to protect, consulting an attorney experienced in estate planning and administration, will and trust drafting, and the actual practice of probate law in Surrogate’s Court will be of great benefit in allowing you to accomplish the goals you have set to make their future secure.