About Justin D. Ginter
Justin Ginter vigorously defends clients charged with a crime, providing guidance and protection throughout the criminal justice process. He represents clients charged with all levels of crime-including felony, misdemeanor, and petty larceny-at the local, state, and federal levels. He is experienced in handling a myriad of cases, including: Drug Charges DWIs Traffic Violations Violent Crimes Prior to joining Lipsitz Green, Mr. Ginter was a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, where he served as a public defender in a wide range of complex criminal and white-collar matters.
He also defended indigent clients as a member of the Bar Association of Erie County's Assigned Counsel Program. Mr. Ginter is a member of Lipsitz Green's Criminal Defense Trials and Appeals Practice Area, which has earned several peer recognition awards. In the 2026 Edition of Best Lawyers in America's "Best Law Firms", Lipsitz Green was honored with 13 Buffalo Tier-1 rankings, including Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and DUI/DWI Defense. .
Proven verdicts and settlements at Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria
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An Erie County jury awarded $100 million to a woman sexually abused over four years beginning at age 12, the largest Child Victims Act verdict in New York State history.
A Monroe County jury ordered former Rochester Catholic priest Foster Rogers to pay $95 million to a man he sexually assaulted in 1979, when the victim was 15 years old, in one of the largest Child Victims Act verdicts in New York history.
An Erie County jury awarded $65 million to a woman who was sexually abused over seven years as a child by former Buffalo YMCA counselor James B. Jackson, in one of the largest verdicts under New York's Child Victims Act.
An Erie County jury awarded $30 million to a man who was sexually abused as a child by Rev. Douglas D. Thore, a Lutheran pastor in Marilla, NY, in what was reported as the largest Child Victims Act verdict in Western New York at the time.
An Erie County jury awarded $25 million to a man sexually abused by his Boy Scout troop leader in Cheektowaga during the early 1970s, in what presiding Judge Mark Grisanti described as the first jury verdict reached under New York's Child Victims Act.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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