Corey J. Hogan
Areas of Concentration
Personal Injury
Medical Malpractice
Matrimonial & Family Law
Civil Litigation
Professional Experience 
Corey Hogan founded Corey J. Hogan and Associates in 1975 in Lockport, New York. In 1990, he moved the firm's headquarters to Amherst, New York while maintaining an office in Lockport. In 1998, HoganWillig was established through a merger of The Law Office of Ronald Willig, founded in 1966, and Corey J. Hogan and Associates.
Mr. Hogan has been in practice for over 35 years since admission to the New York State Bar in 1975. He was voted an Upstate New York "Super Lawyer" every year since 2007, reflecting the esteem and confidence of the local legal community. As one of the firm's lead litigation attorneys, Mr. Hogan has extensive litigation experience and has appeared before the Supreme Courts of Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Monroe and Genesee Counties, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department and the Court of Claims. He has appeared pro hac vice in Florida, Utah, Kentucky and Colorado.
Mr. Hogan obtained what are believed to be two of the largest verdicts in the Court of Claims. He is a Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a prestigious group of the top trial lawyers in the United States. Most recently, Mr. Hogan successfully achieved a $9 million verdict awarded by a Niagara County jury and a $5 million dollar verdict in a failure to timely diagnose cancer case in Monroe County. These verdicts are believed to be one of the largest verdicts of their kind in each county.
Mr. Hogan also provides higher level counseling to business leaders on legal and work relationship issues that they may confront in the operation of their organizations.
Personal Statement
"When many of us are young, we are exposed to fairy tales and stories where a happy ending always occurs. As we age, we then learn how life does not always treat each one of us equally. Good fortune, health and wealth for some; poor luck, sickness and poverty for others. The function of law in a fair society is to rise above these inequities and to treat each one of us the same. One's religion, skin color, sex, age, wealth and disability does not matter when true justice occurs. While this perfect result does not always happen, as a lawyer it is my job and responsibility to do my best to achieve this goal each and every time I represent a client. There is nothing more worthwhile that I would rather spend my time doing.When I graduated from Notre Dame, I knew I wanted to make a difference and decided to attend the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. I am very fortunate to have a wonderful wife and three beautiful daughters who are my inspiration to do all that I am able to help better the lives of those around me."
Education
Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, 1996, State University of New York at BuffaloM.B.A., 1975, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management
J.D., 1974, State University of New York at Buffalo Law School
B.A. in Business Administration, 1971, University of Notre Dame
Admissions to Practice
New York State, 1975
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
U.S. Court Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Federal Court of Claims
Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York
Professional Associations & Memberships
American Bar Association, MemberAmerican Association for Justice, Member
Bar Association of Erie County, Member
Lockport Bar Association, Member
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Lifetime Member
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, Member
New York State Bar Association - Law Practice Management Section, Member
New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Member
Niagara Bar Association, Member
University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association, Member
Speaking Engagements
Medical Malpractice - Preparing for a Deposition, New York State Society of Medical Assistants, 2009Medical Malpractice, New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2008
Implications of Underage Drinking, Cardinal O'Hara High School and Williamsville North High School, 2008
Estate Planning and Asset Protection, 2006
Awards
Super Lawyers, Upstate Edition - Personal Injury, 2007-2011
Who's Who in Law - Buffalo Business First, 2004
Noteworthy Cases
- Mr. Hogan served as counsel for a 24-year-old woman who suffered with stage three breast cancer as a result of delay in her diagnosis. Nearly one year before her breast cancer diagnosis, the young woman went to a surgeon with a lump in her breast. The doctor reassured the patient that she did not have cancer without performing a biopsy. The next year, another practitioner performed a biopsy on the woman's breast which showed invasive stage three cancer that had spread to other parts of the body outside of the breast. The young woman required the total removal of her breast, chemotherapy and radiation. Her chance for survival decreased from 95% to less than 50% because her cancer remained undiagnosed and untreated for nearly a year. A jury awarded the client the third highest medical malpractice award in Monroe County history for $5.1 million dollars.
- Mr. Hogan represented a 55-year-old man who suffered a bone infection that occurred after a doctor used the wrong sized artificial hip. The client required multiple surgeries and hospitalizations and remains permanently injured. The jury awarded what is believed to be Genesee County's first medical malpractice verdict in 10 years to Mr. Hogan's client.
- Mr. Hogan represented a 33-year-old woman who lost her uterus due to a hemorrhage as a result of a delay in her baby's delivery and the doctor's delayed treatment of her hemorrhage after delivery. During labor, the attending physician slept while the mother was fully dilated and attempted to push her baby out for delivery for over six hours. Pushing for two hours is considered abnormal. A Cesarean section should have been performed. When the doctor awoke, he left the hospital while the mother remained undelivered and without a physician. Another physician delivered the woman's baby and he also left the hospital while the mother lost nearly all of her blood during a hemorrhage after delivery. The baby should have been delivered hours earlier and the hemorrhage required immediate attention. As a result of the delays, the mother lost her uterus and is permanently sterile following the birth of her first child. After a two week trial, a Niagara County jury awarded the mother and her husband $845,000, the highest medical malpractice award of 2008 in that county.
- Mr. Hogan served as counsel for a 38-year-old woman who suffered from liver failure and required a new liver. A donor liver became available and the hospital testing the donor's blood for infections, made a reporting error. A Hepatitis C infected liver was transplanted into the woman. She is infected with Hepatitis C for the remainder of her life and is on a list for another liver transplant. That case settled for $1,000,000 with the hospital that made the laboratory error.
- Mr. Hogan was counsel for a 33-year-old woman who died of the delayed diagnosis of breast cancer. At the conclusion of the two week trial, a Niagara County jury returned a landmark verdict of $9.3 million; which is believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Niagara County history and was the second largest medical malpractice verdict in New York State that year.
- Mr. Hogan served as counsel for a 59-year-old man who was left paralyzed when his doctor cut a nerve during a minimally invasive lung biopsy. The surgeon admitted during his deposition that he knew he was cutting a nerve during the surgery and that paralysis was a likely result. The surgeon also admitted that he did not advise the man prior to surgery that he would be cutting a nerve. That case settled in the New York Court of Claims for $850,000.
- Mr. Hogan represented the family of a three-year-old girl who died as a result of a physician's failure to diagnose a treatable heart condition. The child briefly lost consciousness while in her preschool playground and the mother brought her daughter to the emergency room where she had an abnormal electrocardiogram. The child's medical condition was one that responds well to medication, but could result in sudden death if left untreated. The doctor failed to diagnose the condition and sent the child home without any medication. Less than one month later, the child collapsed while running up a flight of stairs with her mother at an after school activity and died. The doctor and the hospital settled the case for nearly the maximum amount allowed by the state of Colorado.
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