About Matt Chandler
Matt Chandler is a longtime Super Lawyers freelance writer and the author of more than 45 children’s books. His magazine writing has sent him from The White House, where he covered President Obama, to a Buffalo Bisons minor league baseball game, where he dressed up as a bucket of blue cheese to participate in the legendary Chicken Wing race. His writing has earned a number of state and national awards, including six New York Press Association Awards for his feature writing and weekly column, “Just a Thought.” The American Society of Journalists and Authors selected his book, Side-by-Side Baseball Stars: Comparing Pro Baseball’s Greatest Players as the 2015 Outstanding Young Adult Book.
Articles written by Matt Chandler
The Kids Are All Right
Personal injury lawyer Jim Scime came out on the other side of trauma and helps his clients do the sameAs the lunch crowd filters out of Eddie Brady’s Tavern, a small Irish pub located a few blocks from the offices of Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria in Buffalo, Jim Scime settles into a seat on the sidewalk patio. His Italian sausage sandwich will have to wait—Scime is as busy as a groom in a reception line as he greets near everyone who passes the table by name. A gentleman in a crisp white shirt and tie calls out, “Hey, J.T.S.!” and stops for a quick chat. Soon the bar’s namesake …
Unarrested Development
How Phillips Lytle is helping revitalize BuffaloThe eighth-floor balcony on the west side of the Phillips Lytle building in downtown Buffalo offers a prime vantage point to survey the city’s revival. With Lake Erie as a backdrop, historic Canalside lies below, home to ice skating and paddleboats, depending on the season. It’s a symbol of optimism for a city that’s seen hundreds of millions in new investment in recent years. Part of Buffalo’s renaissance is Phillips Lytle. Founded in 1834, the firm’s headquarters have remained …
All Out of Bubblegum
Ed Menkin knows his clients want a lawyer “who is bold, who is self-confident, and who is ready to kick some ass”The first thing likely to catch the eye of a visitor to Syracuse criminal defense attorney Edward Menkin’s office is a mug shot hanging on the wall. It’s the face of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, framed alongside a Spanish newspaper, signed simply, “Too [sic] Ed, Noriega.” Menkin, dressed in a gray suit and black shirt, leans back in his chair and puts his feet up on his desk, a smile crossing his face as he launches into a colorful and lengthy account of how the …
The Lawyer for the 20th Hijacker
Be it suspected murderers, sex offenders or terrorists, everyone deserves a fair trial in James Harrington’s bookIt’s a busy Friday morning at SPoT Coffee, not far from the federal courthouse. James Harrington sits near a window looking more relaxed than when he’s in his third-floor office in Buffalo’s business district. His tie is gone, and a brown corduroy sports jacket covers his open-collared shirt. A fellow attorney stops by to greet Harrington as he sips black coffee. After exchanging pleasantries, Harrington turns back and offers some insight into a case he will be remembered for: Fifteen …
Waverly Pond
Farmer/attorney Ginger Schröder could give Henry David Thoreau a run for his (metaphoric) money“I don’t go anywhere on this property without my own firepower,” says Ginger Schröder. She reaches into the front pocket of her green nylon vest and pulls out a small, silver handgun, a Sig Sauer P238 Tribal. “If I see him, he’s done.” The “he” in question is a cunning fox that has helped himself to the pick of her ducks and chickens. And the property is Waverly Pond, a picturesque paradise that began as a retirement plan Schröder set in motion several years ago. To get there, …
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