James P. Blenk | Lippes Mathias LLP

Bio

Mr. Blenk concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, including contract, construction, insurance, employment and property disputes, and governmental litigation, including civil rights litigation, Article 78 proceedings and property tax certiorari cases. Mr. Blenk also advises condominium associations and owners.

While at Boston College Law School, he finished runner-up in the Grimes Moot Court Competition, won the Business Plan competition at the Carroll School of Management and counseled elderly individuals as part of the Law School’s Elder Law Project.

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

New York
Massachusetts

Education

Boston College Law School, J.D., 2012
University at Buffalo, magna cum laude

Professional Associations

Western New York Trial Lawyers Association

Presentations

City of Buffalo 2020 Property Tax Assessment Revaluation, Erie Institute of Law CLE, November 15, 2019
General Municipal Law §103 Bid Mistake – Case Study, Greater Buffalo Environmental Conference, March 21, 2017

Reported Decisions

Represented business owners in successive litigation initiated by their former partner. Webber v. Webber, 145 A.D.3d 1499, 44 N.Y.S.3d 633 (4th Dep’t 2016); Blue Heron Commercial Grp., Inc. v. Webber, No. 19-12555, 2020 WL 1686824, (11th Cir. Apr. 7, 2020).
Represented law enforcement officers at trial and obtained judgment in their favor on civil rights claims. Wierzbic v. Howard, 331 F.R.D. 32, 39 (W.D.N.Y. 2019).
Represented a municipality in an Article 78 on a real property tax question of first impression. LAPC Lofts, LLC v. City of Buffalo Dep't of Assessment, Taxation, 155 A.D.3d 1539, 1539, 65 N.Y.S.3d 361, 362 (4th Dep’t 2017).