Laurie A. Giordano '96
Laurie A. Giordano ’96 of Rochester (Leclair Korona Giordano Cole LLP) is the new chair of the Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.
Giordano received her undergraduate degree from the University at Buffalo and earned her law degree from University at Buffalo Law School.
Giordano is a founding member of Leclair Korona Giordano Cole LLP. She focuses her practice in the areas of insurance, including subrogation and coverage disputes, as well as commercial and personal injury litigation. She previously was a partner of Wolford & Leclair LLP.
The recipient of the State Bar’s 2007 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Giordano has served on the Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section’s Executive Committee since 2003. Within the section, she served as vice-chair this past year, chaired the section’s CLE Committee from 2003-2007, and was the section’s 7th Judicial District Representative in 2007-2008. She received the section’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award and the section’s Committee Chair of the Year Award in 2005.
Giordano is the president-elect of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys. She also serves on the Monroe County Bar Association’s Board of Trustees and is an active member of the University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association. She also has worked on the Western New York Women in Law Project, memorializing historically significant women in the law from Western New York.
A frequent lecturer on insurance and litigation issues to legal and insurance professionals throughout New York, Giordano has authored numerous articles on insurance coverage and litigation topics for several publications. She was named a Super Lawyer in 2009 and was included in the Insurance Law section of the 2007 through 2009 editions of The Best Lawyers of America Guide. In 2006, she received the “Up and Coming Attorney Award” from The Daily Record.
