Our Team

The Firm and Law Office

Are you in need of representation for your workers' compensation case? Attorney Kathryn Kirsch can help you. Call our law office today for more information. The Law Office of Kathryn M. Kirsch is located in the historic Ellicott Square Building in downtown Buffalo, located between Main and Washington Streets, across from Coca-Cola Field. The office is in the same building that houses the New York State Workers' Compensation Board.

Kathryn Kirsch

She is a member of the Erie County Bar Association, Erie County Bar Association Workers' Compensation Committee, Injured Workers' Bar Association and the National Organization of Social Security Claimant Representatives.

Melanie Cleckner

Melanie D. Cleckner has worked as an associate attorney for the Law Office of Kathryn M. Kirsch since 2017. She practices in the area of Workers Compensation, Family Law, Real Estate and Estate Planning. Ms. Cleckner graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 2006 and is admitted to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia and New York State. Ms. Cleckner is a member in good standing of the Erie County Bar Association.

Amanda Zafur

Amanda Zafur joins the Law Office of Kathryn M. Kirsch as an associate attorney in the areas of Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability. Ms. Zafur graduated from the SUNY at Buffalo Law School in 2012.

Janet Curry

Janet began her career as Judicial Assistant to Chief United States District Judge John T. Curtin after graduating from Niagara County Community College’s AAS Legal Secretarial program. She was awarded the Erie County Bar Association’s Special Service Award in 2007. Janet returned to Buffalo State College in the evening, graduating with a B.S. in Criminal Justice magna cum laude, and thereafter taking a lengthy hiatus from her studies while she and her husband raised their four children.

Richard Holstein

Born and raised in Syracuse, NY, Mr. Holstein graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany in 1990. He graduated cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law in 1993 where he was invited onto the Moot Court Board. He has been admitted to practice law in New York since February 1994. Mr. Holstein is a member of the Erie County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and Injured Workers' Bar Association.