Marc A. Schulz
Partner
Marc Schulz is a Partner at Kelley Kronenberg in the General Liability and Third-Party Insurance Defense Division, focusing his practice on New York Labor Law and construction defense matters. He has spent over a decade handling complex Labor Law 240, 241(6), 200, negligence, crossclaims, and indemnification issues, as well as general liability cases.
Prior to joining Kelley Kronenberg, Marc served as a partner and member at law firms where he was Co-Chair of New York Labor Law Practice Group, and a member of the Premises Liability and Construction Practice Groups, handling insurance defense litigation and SUM/UIM claims involving litigation and arbitration. He previously worked as an associate attorney at a firm for nearly eight years, where he developed extensive expertise in Labor Law and construction defense matters.
Marc earned his Bachelor of Arts from State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. He also studied at Leeds Trinity University. He received his Doctor of Law from University at Buffalo School of Law.
- University at Buffalo School of Law Doctor of Law, J.D., 2011
- State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, B.A., 2006
- New York
- State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Department
- United States District Court, Western District of New York
- United States District Court, Southern Districts of New York
- Appellate
- Automobile Liability Defense
- Construction Litigation
- Construction Defect Litigation
- Fraud Defense/SIU
- General Liability & Third-Party Insurance Defense
- Investigating Counsel & Monitoring Counsel
- Liquor Liability and Dram Shop Liability
- New York Labor Law
- Negligent Security
- Products Liability
- Premises Liability
- Rapid Response Task Force
- Trucking & Commercial Transportation
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Super Lawyers Magazine, Upstate New York, Super Lawyers, 2024 – 2025
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Super Lawyers Magazine, Upstate New York, Rising Stars, 2014 – 2022
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Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
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Construction Law, 2022 – 2025
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Litigation – Construction, 2021 -2025
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Personal Injury Litigation, 2021 – 2025
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Associations
- Board Member of Defense Trial Lawyers Association – Western New York (President Emeritus)
- Member, Western New York Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Erie County Bar Association (2011 – Present)
- Board Member, GOLD Group of UB Law (2011 – 2021)
Community
- University at Buffalo School of Law’s Mentor Program for First-Year JD Law Students
- The Buffalo Lawyers Softball league
- OSHA 10-hour Construction Safety and Health
- New York State Bar Association CLE Construction Site Accident Claims and Litigation, November 9, 2018
- Efforts to Contrary Jury Social Media Use and Mining Social Media – National Business Institute’s (NBI) Voir Dire and Jury Selection Seminar held on September 27, 2018
- Accident Scene Investigation Strategies: Secrets Adjusters Don’t Want You to Know – NBI’s Wrongful Death Seminar held on September 28, 2017
- Legal and Ethical Issues for New York Engineers – Appearing as a Witness in a Civil Case, December 4, 2014
- Contractual Indemnification in Labor Law 240(1) and 200 Cases and the Different Applications Between Construction Contracts and Leases – Blog – January 6, 2021
- As OSHA Returns to Pre=-COVID-19 In-Person Inspections, OSHA Says Employers Must Make Efforts to Find Out If An Employee’s COVID-19 Is Work-Related – But How? – Blog – May 20, 2020
- Attorney-Client Privilege on the Ropes – In “SUM” and Substance, New York Law Journal, published October 30, 2018
- Marc A. Schulz, Comment, Human Rights and Climate Change, Buff. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. Vol. 17 (2011)
- Lostracco v Lewiston-Porter Cent. Sch. Dist., 224 AD3d 1248 (4th Dept 2024)
- Marino v Manning Squires Hennig Co., Inc., 208 AD3d 1020 (4th Dept 2022)
- Kammerer v Mercado, 195 AD3d 1513 (4th Dept 2021)
- Mathews v ADM Milling Co., 1:15-CV-00969 (W.D.N.Y. 2019)*
- Czechowski v Buffalo Niagara Med. Campus, 175 AD3d 1817 (4th Dept 2019)*
- Grover v Cornell University, 2017 NY Slip Op 88130(U) (4th Dept 2017)
- Schneider v Corporate Place, LLC, 149 AD3d 1503 (4th Dept 2017)