Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak is pleased to announce that Thomas E. Liptak has been appointed Vice-Chair of the Law Practice Management General Committee within the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) of the American Bar Association for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

According to Section Chair-Elect, Peter Bennett, “Appointments to leadership positions within TIPS are clear recognition of an attorney’s professional abilities and reputation among some 37,000 members of the association.”

A 1983 magna cum laude graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law, Liptak has handled numerous matters involving automobile; premises and construction liability; professional malpractice claims for physicians, lawyers, dentists, veterinarians, architects, engineers, and pharmacists; complex products liability and "mass tort" actions; lead paint, toxic tort, "sick building" syndrome claims; and recreational/leisure liability cases for national and regional amateur sports leagues and organizations.

Tom has written and lectured extensively on law firm management topics for local and national organizations. He is a former Program Chair for the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting of the Committee on Law Practice Management. He is past Chair of the New York State Bar Association's Law Practice Management Committee, and most recently served as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association's Law Office Economics and Management Committee. He was Chair of the Erie County Bar Association's Law Office Management Committee from 1999-2003.