Elizabeth M. Midgley

Associate

Phone: 716-856-5012
Email: emidgley@anspachlaw.com

Practice Areas

Defense Litigation
Insurance Defense
Professional Malpractice
Railroad Law

Education

B.A., State University of New York College at Geneseo, 2003.
J.D., University at Buffalo School of Law, 2006.

Memberships

New York State Bar Association; Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, Western New York Chapter; Erie County Bar Association; Young Lawyer's Committee of the Erie County Bar Association Co-Chair; Defense Trial Lawyers of WNY; American Bar Association; University of Buffalo Law School G.O.L.D alumni group.

Experience

Elizabeth is a 2006 graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law where she was Managing Editor of the Buffalo Environmental Law Journal and President of the Buffalo Criminal Law Society, and President of the Herbert J. Wechsler Moot Court Board.

In 2009, Elizabeth was granted dismissals on two separate Erie County Supreme Court actions.

Attorney Elizabeth Midgley won a premises liability case she defended for a commercial landlord in NY Supreme Court, Cattaraugus County. Plaintiff alleged that her slip-and-fall in a parking lot was due to the landlord's negligence with respect to a sunken manhole cover. Midgley demonstrated that the valve cover was reasonably located and that it was proper for it to be slightly recessed to avoid buckling about grade level during freeze-thaw cycles. The jury agreed, finding the defendant was free from negligence.

In September 2011, Elizabeth was appointed as a co-chair of the Young Lawyers Committee of the Bar Association of Erie County for the 2011-2012 year.

In 2011, Elizabeth was the associate attorney that assisted in successfully defending three medical and dental malpractice matters at trial.

Elizabeth is licensed to practice in New York.