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Mr. Elbadawi, a Partner since 2000, is a member of Sugarman Law Firm's management committee. He focuses on the representation of individuals, families, and estates in personal injury and wrongful death claims. He has successfully handled hundreds of personal injury claims arising from motor vehicle accidents, boating accidents, crane accidents, construction site accidents, dog bites, property defects, defective road design claims, slip-and-fall accidents arising from snow and ice, and accidents caused by defectively designed products. He has represented clients in personal injury claims against school districts, villages, towns, cities, counties, the State of New York, and the United States. He has also represented individuals in claims against insurance carriers for breach of contract, wrongful denial of disability insurance benefits, and ERISA matters. Due to the complex, time consuming, and costly nature of personal injury litigation, the majority of Mr. Elbadawi's cases are referred to him from other attorneys and law firms.

Mr. Davoli brings a wealth of experience to the firm's litigation department after previously working at the Broome County Attorney's Office where he provided counsel in general liability and civil rights claims. At Sugarman, he concentrates on labor law litigation, covering motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, construction and asbestos, product liability, toxic tort and commercial litigation.

Ms. Klucsik is admitted to practice before all New York State courts, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Onondaga County Bar Association, and the Central New York Women's Bar Association. Ms. Klucsik is also admitted to practice in Maine. 


Robert Dwyer has been trying personal injury cases for over 30 years. He has effectively represented clients in a wide variety of personal injury cases, including automobile accidents, construction and slip and fall accidents, matters of defective and unsafe products (including pharmaceuticals), nursing home negligence and wrongful death claims.

He is admitted to practice before all New York State courts and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. He is a member of Onondaga County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and American Trial Lawyers Association. He has served as member of the Make-A-Wish of Central New York's board of directors, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York board of directors, Onondaga Committee for Legislative Change, as a member of Cambridge Who’s Who Registry of Executives and Professionals, and is currently the President of the New York State Blues Festival in Syracuse. 

Mr. Dwyer's speaking engagements include legal education seminars on topics that range from managing personal injury cases and processing no-fault claims to handling no-fault arbitrations and from pre-trial and discovery issues in civil litigation to questions of expert testimony in product liability. He has lectured for the New York State Trial Lawyers Institute on methods for obtaining and providing disclosure in serious injury lawsuits.

A graduate of St. Michael's College (B.A. Business Administration) and Syracuse University College of Law, he is on the board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Mr. Pesarchick has been a partner since 1994. The focus of his practice is the handling of catastrophic personal injury cases. His experience covers a multitude of civil litigation matters including construction claims; products liability; transportation claims; automobile and motor carrier accidents; train accidents; fire claims; premises liability; municipal claims; toxic torts; and wrongful death cases. He has successfully represented claims before the Workers' Compensation Board and the Division of Human Rights. He is the resident partner of the firm's Auburn office.

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