Attorneys

Kevin Mahoney is a member of HoganWillig’s Family and Criminal Law Departments. He assists individuals who are in a very difficult time of their lives. He believes it is his task to calmly offer skilled advice and perspective during what is often a difficult or emotionally charged situation.

He is also a member of WNY Collaborative Law Professionals, Ltd. and is trained in collaborative law, a process where the parties and their attorneys agree to work together to problem solve their issues in order to resolve their case by agreement out of court.

He’s a trained mediator and can work with separating couples by acting as a neutral guiding their discussions and preparing their necessary legal documents.

Jeffrey Markello is the Aurora Town Judge and the Springville Associate Village Justice. He has also served as an interim Town Justice in the Town of Colden. Jeff has been appointed by New York State Supreme and Family Court Judges to serve as Court Evaluator, Referee, Guardian Ad Litem, Attorney for Children or Incapacitated Persons, and as a Buffalo City Court Small Claims Hearing Officer.

He has been appointed by New York State Supreme and Family Court Judges to serve as Court Evaluator, Referee, Guardian Ad Litem, Attorney for Children or Incapacitated Persons, and he also served as a Buffalo City Court Small Claims Hearing Officer for more than 10 years.

He has continuously been a member in good standing with the Bars of both New York State and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 1991, and is an active member of the Bar Association of Erie County. He also serves as a Trustee on the Foundation Boards for SASi.

Catherine Nagel is a partner of Nuchereno & Nagel, PLLC. She concentrates the majority of her practice around matrimonial/family law and wills/estates/trusts. She balances her caseload between the representation of caregivers and children in Supreme, Family and Surrogate’s Courts.

She is trained and qualified as a Mediator and a Collaborative Attorney and an active participant on the 4^th Department Attorney for the Child Pane. She is also an adjunct professor at Hilbert College.

Catherine is a Past Chair of the Matrimonial and Family Law Committee of the Bar Association of Erie County, as well as a Past President of the Erie County Aid to Indigent Prisoner’s Society. On a state-wide level, she is a member of the Chief Judge’s standing Advisory Committee on the Civil Practice Law & Rules.

Paul Pearson, Esq. is a family law, matrimonial, and personal lawyer. He is admitted to Bar in both Massachusetts and New York. He is a Certified Fellow at the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and former president of the Massachusetts Chapter. He is also a member of the NYS Council on Divorce Meditation and a co-founder of WNY Collaborative Law Professionals.

Paul is a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Buffalo. He is the co-founder and co-instructor of “Dynamic of Divorce and Custody” in Boston. He guest teaches at the Law Schools of Harvard, Boston University, University at Buffalo, and the Bar Associations of Erie County.

Daniel J. Sperrazza, Esq. is a Matrimonial and Family Lawyer. He practices by avoiding court on family matters and resolving differences with an alternative resolution process.

He also has received training and serve on the panel as Attorney for Children in Erie and Niagara Counties.

Daniel is a member of the Erie County Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association, and the Matrimonial and Family Law sections of each Association. He is a founding member of the Western New York Collaborative Law Association.

Steven R. Sugarman, Esq. is a partner at Pusatier, Sherman, Abbott & Sugarman LLP. He is also a Mediation and Collaborative Law Trainer. As an Adjunct Professor at the University at Buffalo School of Law, he teaches courses in mediation and lawyer advocacy in mediation, directs the Mediation Clinic, and runs the law school’s annual representation in mediation competition. Steven also serves on federal, state, and local mediation panels.

He has been included in the national publication Best Lawyers in America since 2010 and has been named Buffalo’s Mediation Lawyer of the Year by that publication four times. Steven has also been selected by peers for inclusion in Buffalo Business First’s “Top Lawyers in Western New York” (now called “Legal Elite of WNY”) every year since 2008.

He is a graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Law and has practiced law in WNY since 1985.