Lawyer Syracuse Ny
Disclaimer / Terms and Conditions
This website is designed to provide general information. The information provided is not intended to offer legal, medical, or insurance advice, nor should any legal or other action be taken based on the information contained on these Web pages, or any of its links. Laws, rules, and regulations vary widely among different states, and even within states exceptions may exist. Contact an attorney, medical professional, or insurance professional licensed in your state before taking any legal or other action.
Neither the viewing of nor the transmitting from this website constitutes an attorney-client relationship, nor does it constitute legal advice to any person viewing the information therein. Any communications, including confidential information sent via the Internet or e-mail, could be intercepted, read, or redirected by persons other than the intended recipient. If you communicate through this website, be advised that the communications may not be considered privileged and confidential.
You should not act or rely on any information in this site. Each person’s legal needs are unique, and you should ask an attorney directly to assess your specific needs. You should also be aware that there are time limitations and notice requirements that may affect any potential claim you have.
While reasonable steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information on this website, our firm does not make any express or implied representations or warranties about the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on the site nor any of the supplied links.
The content of this website or of the website links is not guaranteed to be up and available at all times.
The material supplied or linked to does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this firm or any of its attorneys, staff, or clients. Each person’s needs are unique and these materials may not be appropriate for your or anyone’s specific situation.
Our principal office is located in Williamsville, New York. We have satellite locations throughout the state of New York to meet with clients and potential clients. File management and case work may be prepared at the principal office or at other locations.
Our lawyers are licensed in New York state. We also have lawyers who can practice in Federal Courts, including the United States Supreme Court. We have access to lawyers who are licensed to practice law in other states. In some other jurisdiction, this website may be considered advertising. The hiring of an attorney is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisement. Before you decide to retain us, obtain free information about our firm by visiting our website or call us at 1-800-317-2424. Our attorneys do not wish to represent anyone desiring representation based on viewing this site or any of its material in a state or location where this website fails to comply with the ethical or professional responsibility rules and/or laws of that state or location.
This site’s contact form and other electronic communication may be sent by Internet e-mail, which is not secure. You should not send sensitive or confidential information via this site or by e-mail unless you are aware that it is adequately encrypted.
By submitting a contact form, you understand and agree to the following: your case may be evaluated by an attorney; You may be contacted by a represenative of the firm about this matter and the submission of your information in no way constitutes an attorney-client relationship.
By contacting this firm by telephone, text message, submitting a quick contact or free consultation form, you consent to being called at the telephone number provided, to speak with the person that answers the telephone or leave a voice message, and provide information including identifying that we are responding to a contact to this firm and you agree that we may leave a return telephone number to call. You also, consent to this firm contacting you by other means in response to your contact and such communication may include promotional information.
Not all inquiries are responded to or accepted as cases. This law firm can not serve you as attorney in any matter unless you and our firm expressly agree in writing to the extent of the representation. Therefore, you should assume that this firm does not represent you and is taking no action on your behalf to protect your case or your rights unless you have signed a retainer with this firm AND, thereafter, receive written communication from this law firm specifying that we are handling your matter.
Some prior significant results were obtained by using a team of attorneys, including of counsel, other counsel, and/or staff attorneys. Each case rests on its own facts, including liability, damages, and means of recovery, making million dollar results atypical. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Any results and/or experience mentioned pertains to the law firm as a whole and not to any one of the firm’s lawyers, unless one of the lawyers is specified.
Any reference to William Mattar, William K. Mattar, Office of William Mattar, Law Office of William Mattar, the William Mattar Law Firm, or any like or similar reference should be construed to mean and make reference to William K. Mattar, P.C. and not to the individual lawyer William K. Mattar, Esq., unless the specific context of the text or reference specifies William K. Mattar, Esq.
William K. Mattar, P.C. designates the attorney and principal officer responsible for this website as William K. Mattar, Esq., William K. Mattar, P.C., 6720 Main Street, Suite 100, Buffalo, NY 14221, 716-633-3535.
Videos, graphics and / or photographs on this site are, or may, contain dramatizations.
The law firm is designed to have lawyers, staff or representatives on call 24 hours a day, yet, from time to time for planned or unplanned reasons this firm or it's representatives may not be available.
COPYRIGHT All copyright text and graphics, the original selection, arrangement, and presentation of all materials (including in the public domain), and the overall design of this website are Copyright 2007 William K. Mattar, P.C. reserved.
Permission is granted to download and print materials from the website for the purpose of viewing, reading, and retaining for personal reference. Any other copying, distribution, retransmission, or modification of information or material on site, whether in electronic or hard copy form, without the express prior written permission of William K. Mattar, P.C. is strictly prohibited.
PRIVACY STATEMENT William K. Mattar, P.C. has created the following privacy statement to demonstrate our commitment to informed disclosure and to accurately communicate our use of your personally identifiable information. Information Gathered/Use of Information The William K. Mattar, P.C. website uses online forms for visitors to request information or a contact form from William K. Mattar, P.C. When you fill out one of these online contact forms on the website, you may be asked to provide certain personal information, including your name, home or other address, e-mail address, and phone numbers. After you fill out and submit this form, your message is automatically forwarded to William K. Mattar, P.C., attorneys, or legal assistants, and your contact information may be saved in a database. By submitting your contact information to William K. Mattar, P.C., you are authorizing this law firm and personnel on staff to use this information to contact you and/or to send you promotional information.
Just in time for the college bowl season and the National Football League playoffs, Syracuse super-bookie George Bedigian was released Nov. 30, 2009, from the state’s Mohawk Correctional Facility in Rome, N.Y.A wheelchair-bound quadriplegic, Bedigian had been housed at the facility’s Walsh Regional Medical Unit.
He was released in time to celebrate his 65th birthday on Dec. 6.
In 2005, Bedigian was one of three Syracuse men arrested and charged with running a $20.3 million Central New York gambling business. Then, in late-March 2009, the three men were busted again and accused of operating a $50 million Internet sports betting ring since September 2006.
Besides Bedigian, of 809 N. McBride St., also arrested were Salvatore Tumino, now 72, of North Salina Street; and Michael LoSurdo, 43, of Lakeside Road. Ten other alleged conspirators primarily from the Albany area were also arrested at that time.
Bedigian and LoSurdo were charged with enterprise corruption, New York state’s equivalent of the federal racketeering law. Tumino was charged with fourth-degree money laundering.
Bets were accepted on college sports, NFL and NBA games, boxing, Ultimate Fighting Championships and NASCAR. The 25 original charges included first-degree gambling promotion, possession of gambling records and conspiracy.
In Albany on Oct. 28, 2008, Bedigian pleaded guilty to two counts of promoting gambling, both felonies. He was sentenced Feb. 3, 2009, to one to three years.
After serving nearly 11 months, however, Bedigian was released four days after Thanksgiving. His incarceration in a state prison hospital cost the state an estimated $145,000 annually, about $100,000 more than the cost of housing general population inmates.
Because the Walsh Regional Medical Unit treats prisoners of all security levels, it is a maximum-security island, fenced off in the middle of the sprawling Mohawk campus. The state Department of Correctional Services opened Walsh in 1991 with 60 beds. It now has 112 beds for inmates who warrant 24-hour skilled nursing care.
More than four decades ago Bedigian was severely injured in a diving accident at a local reservoir.
At Bedigian’s sentencing last February, his attorney, William Dreyer, asked Albany County Court Judge Stephen Herrick to consider an Onondaga County probation report suggesting an alternative to incarceration due to the “severe nature” of Bedigian’s paralysis. The judge acknowledged reviewing the report, but still sentenced Bedigian to prison.
More than a dozen of Bedigian’s friends and business associates, some from as far away as Boston and Las Vegas, turned out for his sentencing to show their support, according to the Albany Times-Union.
Bedigian had been arrested at his Prospect Hill home on March 28, 2008, after an 18-month probe into what investigators called the “Bedigian-Carucci Bookmaking Operation.” His alleged co-ringleader was identified as Joseph “Oink” Carucci, 64, of Latham, a hamlet on Route 9 between Albany and Schenectady.
While Carucci’s operation was based at Latham’s Veteran Friendship club, Bedigian conducted business by phone and computer from his North Side home, authorities said.
In less than two years he earned between $3 million to $5 million, according to Albany County District Attorney David Soares.
Over the years, Bedigian has been arrested at least two dozen times on gambling charges.
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick has declined to ask for prison time for Bedigian, he said, because the bookie has no ties to organized crime, imprisoning a quadriplegic is expensive and prosecutors prioritize violent crimes over gambling offences.
