Powers & Santola

Specialties

With offices in Albany & Syracuse, NY, Powers & Santola, LLP is one of the nation’s leading personal injury law firms, consistently recognized for achievement and high professional standards. Powers & Santola has received top ranking for medical malpractice representation from «U.S. News» and «Best Lawyers in America.» Our goal in every case is to achieve a result that will make a fundamental improvement in our client’s life.

History

Established in 1987.

We are a law firm exclusively devoted to representing a limited number of individual clients who have been severely injured or killed as a result of medical malpractice or negligence, with emphasis on construction-​related injuries and transportation-​related injuries. We represent a large number of clients who have been harmed by a needless delay in diagnosing cancer. Due to our extensive background in the area of traumatic brain injury, we represent many individuals with brain and spinal cord injuries, as well as children who were born with neurological impairments (i.e. cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy and brachial plexus injuries).

For over 25 years we have achieved great success and an exceptional reputation for only accepting meritorious cases and by meticulously preparing every case for trial. Our goal in every case is to achieve a result that will fundamentally change our client’s life for the better. Winning is never enough — excellence is the only acceptable result.

Meet the Business Owner

John P.

Business Owner

John Powers is a founding partner of the firm of Powers and Santola, LLP. His practice is limited to the representation of catastrophically injured individuals, a field of law in which he has more than 35 years of experience. For more than 25 consecutive years, Mr. Powers has repeatedly been selected by his peers as one of «The Best Lawyers in America.» He is listed in the «Martindale-​Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers»; has been selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers; named one of the New York Area’s Top Lawyers in New York Magazine; and selected as one of The Top 100 Trial Lawyers in New York State by The American Association for Justice.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Albany Law School, John is a nationally recognized authority on the medical and legal aspects of catastrophic injury.