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Brian M. Zorn
Partner

One of the firm’s senior trial attorneys, Brian focuses on individuals injured by medical malpractice, automobile accidents, defective products and defective premises. To enhance his understanding of these injuries and their impact on the injured individual’s life, he has attended anatomy courses (including complete dissection of a human cadaver), anatomy lectures, autopsies and surgeries given by medical school professors.

As one of the most respected attorneys in Rochester, Brian has been awarded Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating and inclusion in the personal injury law section of The Best Lawyers in America.

Upon graduation from Syracuse University College of Law in 1977, Brian accepted a judicial clerkship at the New York State Appellate Division for the Fourth Department. After his clerkship, he joined the Litigation Department of the Rochester-based law firm of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle (now Nixon Peobody), where he was named a partner. He left the firm in 1994, to join Hallenbeck, Lascell, Norris & Zorn.

In 1997, he joined Faraci Lange as a partner to focus exclusively on representing injured individuals. Since joining the firm, Brian has obtained numerous substantial recoveries that have helped injured individuals and their families cope with the impact of their injuries.

He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the Monroe County Bar Association.

He has served on numerous Monroe County Bar Association committees, including the Academy of Law, Judiciary, Communications (member and chair), Litigation Counsel (co-chair), and the Deaf Access Task Force.

Brian is an active member of the community, serving for many years on the National Kidney Foundation of Upstate New York Board of Directors and as its vice-president and president. He also served on its Executive, Finance, Development committees, among others. He currently serves as a member of the National Organization’s Affiliate Relations Committee and its Efficiency and Effectiveness Task Force.

He is a long-standing member of the Volunteer Legal Services Project Board of Directors, where he has served as vice president and president and on numerous committees. He also served on the Town of Victor Growth Management Committee.

Brian has co-authored a chapter on New York law in A.I.A. Insurance and Tort Law Reference and has participated in and chaired numerous legal education programs and seminars for other attorneys on medical malpractice, product liability and other aspects of personal injury law, including:


  • NYSBA program "Deposition Practice and Practicalities in State and Federal Courts,"
  • NYSBA program "Anatomy and Trauma Go On Trial,"
  • NYSBA program "Keeping Pace: A Guide for the Up-to-date Litigator,"
  • NYSBA program "Neck and Back Injury Cases,Chair for NYSBA program Medicine in the Courtroom,"
  • NYSBA program Chair and Presenter, "How to Try Damages"
  • NYSBA program "How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit"
  • ABOTA/MCBA Expert Witness Program, Direct and Cross-examination of an Expert Witness
  • MCBA program, Civil Litigation: Damages Sought, Settlements and Verdicts; Reporting vs Reality
  • OB-GYN Section, Rochester Academy of Medicine and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District II/NY Section 10, The Anatomy of a Malpractice Suit
  • MCBA program, Doctors & Their Records at Trial


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Attorneys
Angelo G. Faraci, Founding Partner
Paul K. Lange, Partner
Stephen G. Schwarz, Managing Partner
Brian M. Zorn, Partner
Anthony A. DiNitto, Partner
Matthew F. Belanger, Partner
John A. Falk, Partner
Joseph A. Regan, Senior Counsel
Carol A. McKenna, Associate
Laurie A. Donofrio, Associate

Nurse Consultants
Elizabeth V. Zorn, Nurse Consultant
Tippi Haag-Olson, Nurse Consultant
Ann Steinmetz, Nurse Consultant

Workers' Compensation Representatives
Edward W. McKowne, Licensed Workers' Compensation Representative
Gina Crawford, Licensed Workers' Compensation Representative and Paralegal

Paralegals
Anne Beadling, Paralegal
Ruth Landry, Paralegal
Kim Shoemaker, Paralegal

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