About Christopher D'Amato

Since joining Cellino Law in 1998, formerly Cellino & Barnes, Chris D'Amato has focused on achieving the best possible results for each client. He knows when to take a case to trial and when to settle, ensuring clients receive full compensation for injuries from automobile accidents, falls, dog bites, and other incidents. Chris strives to build personal relationships with clients to fully understand how an injury has impacted their lives. He is a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 member, and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer from 2013 through 2023.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Cellino Law Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to Cellino Law Injury Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$19.45 millionVerdict

Ross Cellino and Stephen Barnes won a $47.4 million Erie County jury verdict for a 22-year-old law student who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when two drivers played high-speed road tag on the New York State Thruway.

Erie County Supreme Court (Justice Christopher J. Burns); affirmed as modified, NY App. Div. 4th Dep't, Dec. 21, 2001 · 2000Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Toledo College of Law / State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
J.D.
John Carroll University
Undergraduate

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$19.45 million · $47.4 Million Verdict for Law Student Brain-Damaged in Thruway Road-Rage Crash

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.