"We provide representation of the highest legal quality and ethical standards in the most complicated of circumstances, and we strive early on in litigation to synthesize the core issues in order to achieve meaningful recoveries and results for our clients." - Donald W. Boyajian.
Dreyer Boyajian LLP's attorneys are experienced in complex litigation and class action lawsuits. The firm has earned its reputation for providing high-quality legal work through aggressive, innovative and efficient representation of its clients.
The firm's two principal partners have over 60 years of experience litigating complex cases involving multiple parties and claims, complicated legal questions, intensive document and witness discovery, and challenging issues of proof. Mr. Dreyer's extensive federal court experience has earned him recognition in the first and all subsequent editions of The Best Lawyers in America, and he is widely considered by his peers as an authority in the area of federal practice and trials. Mr. Boyajian has received the highest peer rating from Martindale-Hubble, and has established a record of success demonstrated by numerous multi-million dollar recoveries on behalf of his clients. Both Mr. Dreyer and Mr. Boyajian have been featured in Super Lawyers magazine.
Dreyer Boyajian LLP utilizes a team approach of partners, associates and legal staff to manage complex litigation in a cost-effective manner. Our attorneys are experienced in litigating a wide range of substantive legal issues before federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including:
- Broker-fiduciary negligence
- Business disputes
- Civil rights
- Class actions
- Commercial transactions
- Consumer fraud
- Corporate governance
- Creditor's rights
- Environmental
- ERISA
- Housing discrimination
- Food and water illness outbreaks
- Insurance coverage
- Mass torts
- Municipal
- Product liability
- Professional liability
- Qui Tam/Whistleblower
- Real property
- RICO
- Tax
- Toxic torts
- Trusts and estates
Dreyer Boyajian LLP has served as both lead and local counsel in numerous mass tort and class action lawsuits. Some of the firm's representative cases include:
Brown v. City of Oneonta, et al, N.D.N.Y. 93-CV-349; 98-CV-9375. Successfully defended the City of Oneonta in a federal civil rights class action alleging Fourth Amendment and Equal Protection claims based upon racial discrimination.
Abrams v. General Electric, N.D.N.Y. 95-CV-1734. Successfully prosecuted a class action on behalf of former employees alleging age discrimination against General Electric Company, resulting in a settlement favorable to the class.
Bruce, et al v. County of Rensselaer, et al, N.D.N.Y. 02-CV-0847. Participated in the defense and settlement of a civil rights class action claim alleging an unconstitutional strip search policy by law enforcement officials.
Dunn et al. v. Washington County Fair, Inc., et al, NYS Sup. Ct. Saratoga County, 99-3235. Appointed Lead Class Counsel in the successful settlement of a class action involving the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak at the New York State Washington County Fair in August 2000, which at the time was considered to be the largest waterborne E. coli outbreak in the nation's history.
George et al. v. General Motors Corporation and Alcoa, Inc., N.D.N.Y., 05-CV-1482. Prosecuted and settled a mass toxic tort action against General Motors and Alcoa on behalf of hundreds of individuals claiming personal injuries caused by exposure to PCBs.
Cavalieri, et al v. General Electric Company, et al, N.D.N.Y., 06-CV-315. Served as local counsel in the defense of an ERISA class action lawsuit against General Electric Company.
Arroyo et al. v. State, Ct. NYS Court of Claims, No.111361. Presently serving as co-Class Counsel in a class action certified by the New York State Court of Claims against the State of New York on behalf of thousands of persons injured by the 2005 Seneca Lake State Park cryptosporidium outbreak.
Baker et al v. SF HWP Management LLC et al, NYS Sup. Ct. Washington County, No. 50564. Presently serving as co-Class Counsel in a class action certified on behalf of over six hundred persons reporting illness from the March 2008 norovirus outbreak at the Six Flags Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Waterpark in Queensbury, New York.
Village of Stillwater et al v. General Electric Company et al., N.D.N.Y., 09-cv-228. Presently prosecuting a lawsuit on behalf of several Hudson River communities against General Electric Company for the PCB contamination of their public water supplies.
