Cornelius Greaves
Founding partner · Trials and contract disputes
Cornelius has tried cases in Buffalo his whole career, first at a downtown firm and now at the one he founded, for owners and companies on both sides.
He grew up on the East Side and went to law school across town. He started Greaves & Sobczak so that the lawyer a client hires is the lawyer who stands up at trial.
He leads the firm's trials and its contract cases, and is the attorney responsible for this site.
Works on
- Jury and bench trials
- Commercial contract disputes
- Arbitration hearings
- Cases taken over before trial
Cornelius's admissions and education
- Bar admissions
- New York1994
- Courts
- New York State courts1994U.S. District Court, Western District of New York1995U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit2003
- Education
- J.D., University at Buffalo School of Law1993B.A., History, Canisius College1990
- Languages
- English
- Memberships
- Bar Association of Erie County, Commercial Litigation CommitteeMinority Bar Association of Western New York
Away from the courthouse
Cornelius coaches youth basketball at a gym on Jefferson Avenue two evenings a week, and has for longer than the firm has existed.
He reads trial transcripts for fun, which his partners find alarming, and keeps a season ticket he mostly gives away.