Bar and Court Admissions:
- State of New York
- United States District Court, Western District of New York
Professional Memberships and Civic Activities:
- Member and past Treasurer of the Wyoming County Bar Association
- Member of the New York State Bar Association
- Member of the Erie County Bar Association
- Past two-term member of the 8th Judicial District Grievance Committee
- Board Member, ANT (“Autistic Nature Trail”) Alliance
David M. Roach, Esq.
David M. Roach, Esq. is a litigator representing individuals in divorce actions; property owners and municipalities in land use and zoning litigation; businesses and individuals in contract disputes; and property owners in real property actions.
Representative Cases:
- Prevailed in defending against an energy company’s Article 7 real property tax petition, appealed to the Fourth Department, Appellate Division, on behalf of a town and its assessor.
- Secured a dismissal of an action for breach of a share purchase agreement on behalf of the company shareholders.
- Secured summary judgment against a general contractor in a class action for wrongful diversion of New York Lien Law Article 3-a trust assets.
- Prevailed in defending against an Article 78 petition, appealed to the Fourth Department, Appellate Division, on behalf of a music venue/campground and zoning board of appeals (opposing parties: Town Board and objecting property owners).
- Succeeded in cross-appeals to the Fourth Department, Appellate Division in actions for breach of asset purchase and noncompete contracts.
- Defeated petitioners’ appeal to the Fourth Department, Appellate Division, in a real property title dispute on behalf of a tax payers association.
- Secured dismissals of multiple Article 78 petitions on behalf of a municipal lake district.
- Secured summary judgment against a federal credit union in a breach of contract action concerning a payable on death account.
- Prevailed in defending a zoning board of appeals against an Article 78 petition, appealed to the Fourth Department, Appellate Division, concerning a zoning board of appeals’ area variance decision.
- Prevailed in an appeal to the Fourth Department, Appellate Division in a custody matter.
- Prevailed in an Article 78 petition against a town in a road abandonment case.
- Successfully defended a general contractor in a tortious interference of contract case.
- Prevailed in a declaratory action concerning the enforcement of a land management contract.
Education:
- DePaul University, J.D., 2001
- S.U.N.Y. Oswego, B.A., Philosophy and Psychology, 1996