Our History

Bottar Leone, PLLC, was co-founded in 1983 by Anthony S. Bottar and John C. Cherundolo, who practiced for a majority of the next fifteen years as Cherundolo & Bottar, PC.  In 1997, Edward S. Leone became a partner, the same year that the Firm obtained a $47,700,000.00 verdict in a severe personal injury and product liability case against a group of defendants, including Douglas Dynamics, Inc. (using the Syracuse War Memorial at onCenter to present part of its case at trial), which resulted in the largest New York State jury verdict for 1997, and one of the largest plaintiff's personal injury jury verdicts in New York State history.

Having obtained excellent recoveries for its clients over the years, the Firm's practice and reputation is well-known, and has earned the Firm a first tier listing in the inagural edition of U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers Best Law Firms, as well as recognition in/as:

Unlike many law firms, Bottar Leone, PLLC, chose to limit the scope of its legal practice in order to provide exceptional service to clients with very specific problems.  We adopted this approach to the law because we believe that our clients' cases are best prosecuted by a lawyer that knows a lot about a little, rather than a little about a lot.