BUFFALO, N.Y. — This week marks a new beginning for a pair of upstart Buffalo-based personal injury law firms and their attorneys.
The firms created by the splitting of Cellino & Barnes PC have each announced they are open for business. Ross Cellino and the late Stephen Barnes agreed to a private settlement earlier this year to break up their legal partnership.
Barnes died Oct. 2 when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Genesee County. The crash happened while the 22 local attorneys who will be on staff at the newly-created New York version of the Barnes Firm were amid a move to new offices in the 500 Pearl building in downtown Buffalo.
