About Richard Amico

Richard P. Amico is Chief Trial Counsel for The Barnes Firm in New York and California and Co-Chair of the firm's Labor Law Department, based in Rochester, NY. With more than three decades as a personal injury trial lawyer, he has focused his practice on representing people injured in construction accidents, motor vehicle crashes, and by defective products, winning numerous million-dollar verdicts and settlements. Recent results include a $5.75 million judgment in 2023, a settlement of more than $9 million in 2020, and a $24.6 million award in 2018 for serious injuries. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from SUNY Buffalo and his J.D. from the University of Buffalo Law School, beginning his legal career in 1989.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to The Barnes Firm 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 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2000 · #6

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 at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY)
J.D., 1988
State University College of New York at Buffalo
Undergraduate, 1985

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York
State Bar of Federal Court
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
American Board of Trial Advocates (2016)

Awards & recognition

Top 50 Lawyers in Upstate New York (2011-2017)
Best Lawyers in America (since 2012)
America's Most Honored Lawyers - Top 10% (2023)
National Association of Distinguished Counsel (Top 1% of trial lawyers)
Super Lawyers

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