About The Diefenbach Law Firm, PLLC
Gordon Price Diefenbach, Founding Member
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Cornell University, B.A. Philosophy 1983
University of Buffalo Faculty of Law & Jurisprudence, J.D. 1986
Gordon Price Diefenbach is the Founding Member of
Diefenbach, PLLC. He has actively litigated hundreds
of cases throughout New York since 1986.
A graduate of Cornell University, he received a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Philosophy in 1983. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence
degree from the University of Buffalo Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence
in 1986. That year he joined Martin, Clearwater & Bell, a NYC law firm
which specializes in civil litigation. With courtroom experience since
1986, he is comfortable and tireless in front of judges, a tenacious
advocate for his clients, with a deep commitment to obtaining fair terms
for his clients. With an Ivy League background, he has great attention to
detail, to finding inconsistencies, to effective cross-examinations, and
to a fluid writing style and oratory. "He has the levity of a dove and
the tenacity of a barracuda," states one client.
In his long career as a trial lawyer, he has made thousands of court
appearances in the fields of medical malpractice, personal injury,
wrongful death, construction accidents, serious car accidents, and
other personal injury cases.
He has been an Arbitrator at the New York County Civil Court, having
taken the Judicial Oath of Office in that capacity, and he understands
through this experience what judges look for in each case. He has been
an active member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
(ABCNY) and the ABCNY's Committee on Central and Eastern European
Affairs in 1998. His specialized knowledge in litigation includes complex
civil litigation and appeals in both the Federal Courts and New York State
Courts. He has significant Appellate Practice experience as well. He has
been hired by other law firms to do their trials and has been associated
with leading New York attorneys and lawyers specializing in the litigation
of civil tort and medical malpractice cases that go to trial.
He is admitted to practice law since 1987 in all of the Courts of New
York, the United States District Courts, the Southern and Eastern
Districts of New York, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
since 1998, and in 1999 he was admitted to argue cases before the United
States Supreme Court.
Angelo Kramvis, of counsel
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Columbia University School of Law, 2007 J.D.
Angel Kramvis is of counsel and graduated Columbia University School of Law in 2007. He was a former associate with the Wall Street law firm of
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, LLP, before affiliating with Diefenbach.
Lawrence Wallace, Of Counsel
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Tufts University, B.A. 1979
Boston University School of Law, J.D. 1981
Lawrence Wallace is of counsel to the Diefenbach firm and is a graduate of Tufts University,
having received a Bachelor of Arts in 1979, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence
degree from Boston University School of Law in 1981. In his almost
30 year long career as a trial lawyer, he has either defended the
insurance companies or has been Trial Counsel for the plaintiffs - the
injured side. He also served as an Assistant District Attorney, Bronx
County in 1981. In his long career as a trial lawyer, Mr. Wallace has
won million dollar verdicts and settlements, is on the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is "the most prestigious group of trial lawyers in the United States" (www.milliondollaradvocates.com)some of which are described
in more detail in this website.
R.F. Traub, Law Clerk
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Yale University, 2009 B.A.
R.F. Traub is our newest staff member, having graduated from Yale in 2009. She engages herself primarily in legal research of complex issue of fact and law, the drafting of memos of law, motion practice, calendaring and trial preparation.
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