Michael A. Bottar

Mr. Bottar brings more than a decade of experience to the prosecution and trial of medical malpractice, wrongful death, workplace accident and complex personal injury actions, with a focus on claims arising out of birth injuries, stroke, surgical errors, governmental negligence and biomedical product liability.

Mr. Bottar is a graduate of Colgate University and is a summa cum laude graduate of Syracuse University College of Law where he is an adjunct professor, authors the “Civil Practice” chapter of the Syracuse Law Review’s Survey on New York law, and serves on the law school’s Board of Advisors.

Mr. Bottar has achieved an AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the organization’s highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards.  In recognition of his work in the areas of plaintiffs medical malpractice and personal injury, he was selected by his peers for inclusion in the oldest peer-reviewed publication in the legal profession, The Best Lawyers In America®.  He is also listed in New York Super Lawyers (Upstate), a publication with membership limited to the top 5% of lawyers in each state.

Mr. Bottar has been recognized repeatedly as one of New York’s “Top 10” trial lawyers under age 40 by The National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, as one of New York’s “Top 100” trial lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers, and as one of New York’s “Top 40” trial lawyers under age 40 by The National Trial Lawyers and the American Society of Legal Advocates.  He has also been selected by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel as a member of the Nation’s Top 1% of Attorneys, and is life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum® and the Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum®.

Mr. Bottar sits on the Board of Directors of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers and is a member of its judicial screening committee.  In connection with the Academy of Trial Lawyers and the New York State Bar Association, he lectures regularly throughout New York on medical malpractice, personal injury and trial-related topics.  Over the past three years, Mr. Bottar has provided legal instruction on more than 30 occasions to hundreds of attorneys in Syracuse, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, New York City and on Long Island.

Mr. Bottar is a past member and executive editor of the Syracuse Law Review, which published his note titled “Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: Medicaid Liens, Supplemental Needs Trusts and Personal Injury Recoveries on Behalf of Infants In New York State Following the Gold Decision.”  Mr. Bottar’s article, which addressed the complexities of personal injury settlements, has been cited as an authority by the Practicing Law Institute (twice), American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts, the American Law Institute, and the American Bar Association’s Real Property Trusts and Estates Law Journal.  In addition to the Syracuse Law Review, he is a past member of the Syracuse University College of Law Moot Court Honor Society, and was inducted into the Order of the Coif, the Order of Barristers, and the Justinian Honorary Law Society.

Mr. Bottar devotes a significant portion of his practice to investigating and litigating birth injuries, including claims for cerebral palsy and developmental delays caused by hypoxia or ischemia, claims for Erb’s palsy due to shoulder dystocia, and claims for failure to diagnose scoliosis and hip dysplasia.  He attends on a biennial basis a week-long medical conference co-hosted by the Center for Human Genetics and Tufts University School of Medicine on “Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology and the Law.”

• New York, 2004
• United States District Court, Northern District of New York
• United States District Court, Western District of New York
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York

• B.A., Colgate University
• J.D., summa cum laude, Syracuse University College of Law

• Bottar Leone, PLLC
• Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC
• White & Case, LLP

• 2015: The Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice
• 2015: The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury
• 2015: AV® Rated
• 2014: AV® Rated
• 2014: New York Super Lawyers (Upstate)
• 2013: New York Super Lawyers (Upstate)
• 2015: National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys Top 10 Under 40
• 2014: National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys Top 10 Under 40
• 2015: The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
• 2014: The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
• 2013: The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
• 2015: The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
• 2014: The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
• 2013: The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
• 2015: American Society of Legal Advocates Top 40 Under 40
• 2014: American Society of Legal Advocates Top 40 Under 40
• 2015: National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Nation’s Top 1%
• President’s Award, NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Order of the Coif
• Order of Barristers
• Justinian Honorary Law Society
• Executive Editor, Syracuse Law Review
• Syracuse University College of Law Moot Court Honor Society
• First Place & Best Oral Advocate, 10th Annual Edmund H. Lewis Appellate Advocacy Competition
• Robert W. Miller (Trial Advocacy) Award
• Robert M. Anderson (Scholarly Publication) Award
• Syracuse Law Review Distinguished Service Award

• $4,500,000.00 (birth injury)
• $4,000,000.00 (birth injury)
• $2,600,000.00 (birth injury)
• $2,100,000.00 (medical malpractice)
• $1,700,000.00 (construction accident)
• $1,500,000.00 (birth injury)

• Social Media In New York
  Syracuse University College of Law CLE (Syracuse, 2014)
• Federal Tort Claims Act II: Essential Elements for NY Practitioners
       NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Syracuse, 2014)
• Federal Tort Claims Act II: Essential Elements for NY Practitioners
       NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Albany, 2014)
• Federal Tort Claims Act II: Essential Elements for NY Practitioners
       NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Plainview 2014)
• Federal Tort Claims Act II: Essential Elements for NY Practitioners
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (New York, 2014)
• Medical Malpractice Litigation: Technique, Strategy & Procedure
       NYS Bar Association CLE (Syracuse, 2014)
• Volunteering Is Best – Feel Better By Doing Good
  NYS Bar Association (New York, 2014)
• Trial Practice: After the Verdict
       NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Syracuse, 2013)
• Trial Practice: After the Verdict
       NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Albany, 2013)
• Trial Practice: After the Verdict
       NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Rochester, 2013)
• Trial Practice: After the Verdict
       NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (New York, 2013)
• Trial Practice: After the Verdict
       NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Hauppague, 2013)
• Making Social Media Your “Friend” : Litigating In The Digital Age
       NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Syracuse, 2013)
• Making Social Media Your “Friend” : Litigating In The Digital Age
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Albany, 2013)
• Making Social Media Your “Friend” : Litigating In The Digital Age
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Rochester, 2013)
• Making Social Media Your “Friend” : Litigating In The Digital Age
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Buffalo, 2013)
• Networking Best Practices
  NYS Bar Association (Syracuse, 2012)
• Proving Damages to the Jury
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Plainview, 2012)
• Proving Damages to the Jury
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (New York, 2012)
• Proving Damages to the Jury
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Rochester, 2012)
• Proving Damages to the Jury
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Buffalo, 2012)
• Proving Damages to the Jury
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Syracuse, 2012)
• Proving Damages to the Jury
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Albany, 2012)
• A Primer on the Federal Tort Claims Act
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (New York, 2012)
• A Primer on the Federal Tort Claims Act
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Plainview, 2012)
• A Primer on the Federal Tort Claims Act
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Buffalo, 2012)
• A Primer on the Federal Tort Claims Act
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Rochester, 2012)
• A Primer on the Federal Tort Claims Act
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Syracuse, 2012)
• A Primer on the Federal Tort Claims Act
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Albany, 2012)
• The “Nuts & Bolts” of a Trial: Essential Elements at the Core of Every Victory
  NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE (Syracuse, 2012)
• Did You Know Your Genes Are Patented?  Emerging Law and Ethics On Genetic Counseling and Testing: What It Can & Cannot Do, and Medical Malpractice Issues
  Oneida County Bar and Ferre Institute, Inc., CLE (Utica, 2011)

• Michael A. Bottar, 2013-2014 Survey of New York Law: Civil Practice, Syracuse Law Review, — Syr.L.Rev. — (2015).
• Michael A. Bottar, 2012-2013 Survey of New York Law: Civil Practice, Syracuse Law Review, 64 Syr.L.Rev. 601 (2014).
• Michael A. Bottar, 2011-2012 Survey of New York Law: Civil Practice, Syracuse Law Review, 63 Syr.L.Rev. 593 (2013).
• Michael A. Bottar, 2010-2011 Survey of New York Law: Civil Practice, Syracuse Law Review, 62 Syr.L.Rev. 571 (2012).
• Michael A. Bottar & Kim Wolf Price, 2009-2010 Survey of New York Law: Civil Practice, Syracuse Law Review, 61 Syr.L.Rev. 631 (2011).
• Michael A. Bottar, “Robbing Peter To Pay Paul: Medicaid Liens, Supplemental Needs Trusts and Personal Injury Recoveries o­n Behalf of Infants In New York State Following the Gold Decision,” 53 Syr.L.Rev. 175 (2003).