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Home > Attorney Profiles > Christopher S. Nickson

Christopher S. Nickson - Special Counsel

Born Tucson, Arizona, August 7, 1972; admitted to bar 1999, New York and U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 2002, Northern District of New York; 2004, Eastern District of New York; 2005 United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.


Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury and Property Damage Defense; First Amendment; Labor Relations and Employment Law.

Education:

New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University (B.S., 1994)
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management (M.B.A., with distinction, 1998)
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998)


Member:

  • Bar Association of Erie County
  • New York State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law)
  • American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation and Labor and Employment Law)


Professional Biography:

An attorney since 1999, Mr. Nickson was previously associated with Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine and Huber, LLP (1998-2002) in the firm's Trial Department and Labor and Employment Practice Group. He joined Wilder & Linneball, LLP in June 2002.

Among Mr. Nickson's civic activities, he is a former member of the ProZoo Board of the Buffalo Zoological Gardens (2000-2006) and a former member of the Board of Directors of Shakespeare-in-Delaware Park, Inc. (2000-2005). He has also been an adjunct faculty member of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management in its Professional MBA program since 2003, where he teaches business law and ethics. Since January 2009, Mr. Nickson has also been a member of the adjunct faculty at Trocaire College, teaching business law. He was a Chapter Contributor to How Arbitration Works, Elkouri & Elkouri (6th Ed. 2003 and a Contributing Editor to the 2008 supplement).

Mr. Nickson's published decisions include: Judith M. v. Sisters of Charity Hospital, 93 N.Y.2d 932, 715 N.E.2d 95, 693 N.Y.S.2d 67 (1999); DeJoy v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 13 A.D.3d 1108, 786 N.Y.S.2d 873 (4th Dep't 2004); Whitmore v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 13 A.D.3d 1109, 786 N.Y.S.2d 762 (4th Dep't 2004).