About Yousef Taha

Yousef Taha was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Rochester, New York. He now serves clients from the firm's Syracuse location. He graduated Cum Laude from St. John's University in Queens with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2010, where he served as Managing Editor of the Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal.

He attended the University at Buffalo Law School, earning his Juris Doctor in 2013, and was admitted to practice law in New York in 2014. His background includes criminal law practice in both public and private capacity, including roles at the Monroe County Public Defender's Office, the Federal Public Defender's Office for the Western District of New York, and a private law firm. He is fluent in Arabic and is admitted before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Proven verdicts and settlements at William Mattar Law Offices

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$900,000Verdict

A jury awarded $1.2 million in pain and suffering to a retired 69-year-old woman struck by an unmarked Town of Cheektowaga police vehicle as she crossed legally in a crosswalk, with the Fourth Department unanimously affirming the verdict on appeal.

Supreme Court, Erie County, NY · 2018Car AccidentsRead the full story →
Verdict

William Mattar, P.C. won a landmark ruling for a postal carrier bitten by a dog, convincing New York's highest court to abolish the 2006 'Bard v. Jahnke' precedent that had barred negligence claims against domestic animal owners for 19 years.

New York Court of Appeals · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

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Education

University at Buffalo School of Law
J.D., 2013
St. John's University
Undergraduate, 2010

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