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Michael J. Roach is a 1992 magna cum laude graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School. As an assistant executive editor of the Buffalo Law Review, Mr. Roach was responsible for editing professional and student articles. He also received the Robert J. Connelly Award presented for excellence in the Trial Technique course.

Mr. Roach is a graduate of Williams College where he majored in English and History. At Williams, he was a member of the varsity soccer and basketball teams. Mr. Roach is the President of the Western New York Chapter of the Williams College Alumni Association, Secretary of the Mt. St. Joseph Academy Board of Trustees, and a former member of the Nichols School Board of Trustees. He is a past Director of the Western New York Trial Lawyers Association. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the Erie County Bar Association.

Mr. Roach is a partner in the firm. He engages in general trial practice with a particular concentration in representing physicians in the context of medical malpractice actions and disciplinary proceedings. In 2007, Mr. Roach was one of only eleven attorneys in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse selected by their peers as a top lawyer in the field of medical malpractice defense as published by New York Super Lawyers Magazine. He was also recognized by attorneys and judges in Buffalo for his work in the area of medical malpractice defense in the 2007 Buffalo Business First "Who’s Who in Law."