About William N. Monte

William Monte concentrates his practice in the area of personal injury law, including complex medical malpractice matters. Bill's unique and diverse experience provides rare insight, which can be highly advantageous to his personal injury clients. Bill's acumen is derived from extensive experience as: A litigator handling medical malpractice matters; A researcher and author in the field of medical sciences; and A law clerk for a Federal Judge on the United States Court of Appeals. Medical Science Experience Bill brings a rare depth of knowledge in medical sciences to his legal practice.

His robust medical knowledge is quite beneficial to clients, given the complex medical issues that arise in legal battles involving personal injuries. Bill's extensive proficiency in medical sciences also serves as a benefit when addressing expert witnesses, such as physician specialists and medical school professors. Bill's experience significantly enhances his legal team's ability to navigate the medical intricacies of a case and obtain the best results possible for his clients.

Bill spent ten years studying biomedical sciences at Columbia University, including time at Columbia's prestigious College of Physicians and Surgeons. In his time at Columbia University, Bill served as a medical researcher and author. His research has been published in notable peer-reviewed medical journals such as the Journal of Pediatrics and the American Journal of Neuroradiology.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria

These results are credited to Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$100 millionVerdictTop 20 in New York · #13

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.

New York State Supreme Court, Erie County · 2023Read the full story →
$95 millionVerdictTop 20 in New York · #15

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.

New York State Supreme Court, Monroe County · 2023Read the full story →
$65 millionVerdictTop 20 in New York · #20

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.

New York State Supreme Court, Erie County · 2022Read the full story →
$30 millionVerdict

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.

New York State Supreme Court, Erie County · 2022Read the full story →
$25 millionVerdict

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.

New York State Supreme Court, Erie County · 2022Read the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

John Marshall School of Law
LL.M.
State University of New York at Buffalo
Undergraduate, 1983

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York

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