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Linda H. Joseph

SCHRÖDER, JOSEPH & ASSOCIATES, LLP

394 Franklin Street, 2nd Floor

Buffalo, New York 14202

(716) 881-4902 (direct dial)

(716) 881-4900 (firm number)

(716) 861-1398 (cell phone)

ljoseph@sjalegal.com (e-mail work)

Ms. Joseph is a founding partner in the law firm of Schroder, Joseph and Associates, LLP (SJA), the only 100 percent women owned law partnership in Western New York that is federally certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) and which has New York State WBE certification. The firm is a litigation boutique, focusing on commercial litigation, products liability litigation, intellectual property litigation, class action litigation as well as labor and employment litigation. Ms. Joseph is trained and qualified as a FINRA arbitrator. Ms. Joseph has over thirty years of experience in commercial litigation, products liability litigation, intellectual property litigation, class action litigation as well as labor and employment litigation. She also has previous government litigation experience with the Securities & Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.

Ms. Joseph’s law firm is the only Western New York based law firm to be counsel to four of the top eleven Fortune 500 companies, as well as listed in Corporate Counsel’s Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008. Ms. Joseph and her business partner Ginger Schroder are listed as SuperLawyers, including prior years from 2017 to the present. She was made a member of America’s Top 100 High-Stakes Litigators in 2021. Ms. Joseph was selected as the Western New York Athena recipient in 1998, an award which recognizes one outstanding woman each year for her success in her profession and the business world as well as for her contributions to charitable and community projects. She also has been repeatedly selected for Who’s Who in Law in Western New York and is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell.

PRINCIPAL PRACTICE AREAS:

Commercial and Business Litigation, including Products Liability Litigation

Intellectual Property Litigation

Class Action Litigation with respect to both business and employment claims

Employment and Labor Law Litigation including FMLA, FLSA and wage claims

Employment Discrimination Litigation

FINRA arbitration

LEGAL REPRESENTATION:

Ms. Joseph represents primarily business clients in the areas of contract, commercial and intellectual property litigation as well as discrimination, harassment and other employment litigation, including enforcement of non-compete and confidentiality agreements as well as defense of class actions. She also is trained and qualified as a FINRA arbitrator.

FORMER AFFILIATIONS:

· Kavinoky & Cook 1975-1976

· United States Security & Exchange Commission 1976-1978

· United States Federal Trade Commission, 1978-1981 (Special Assistant to the General Counsel) 1978-1981

· Moot & Sprague 1981-1986

· Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, Buffalo 1986-1996 (Head of Litigation in 1995-1996)

· Buchanan Ingersoll, Professional Corporation 1996-2001

ADMISSIONS:

States Admitted to Practice Law:

· New York

· District of Columbia

Courts Admitted to Practice Law:

· United States Supreme Court

· Second Circuit Court of Appeals

· Third, Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals

· United States District Courts of the State of New York (Western, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts)

· Pro Hac Vice admissions in various federal and state courts throughout the U.S., as appropriate

EDUCATION:

Vassar College

State University of New York at Buffalo

(J.D. Cum Laude 1975)

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

A 1998 Athena Award recipient, Ms. Joseph also is a graduate of the Leadership Buffalo Class for 1999, a former Adjunct Professor of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo Law School, Post-Chair of the Western New York League of Conservation Voters and a former member of the Women’s Tap Fund Board of Directors. Ms. Joseph is formerly a Board Member of the Niagara Health Quality Coalition and the Springville Griffith Community Education Foundation, Inc. Ms. Joseph is a 2006 recipient of Business First’s Outstanding Women in Business Award and has been repeatedly recognized by Business First’s Who’s Who in Law for Western New York. She also has been designated as a Super Lawyer and as member of America’s Top 100 High-Stakes Litigators by her peers.

Ms. Joseph graduated in the top 10 percent of her law school class, receiving her law degree, cum laude, at SUNY at Buffalo Law School. Prior to forming the law firm of Schroder, Joseph & Associates, LLP, Ms. Joseph was shareholder of Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation. Her earlier career included positions as the Special Assistant to the General Counsel at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. and Chair of the Litigation Department of one of Buffalo’s oldest and largest law firms, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel.

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