Attorneys

Michael Coffey is a Partner and member of the national Complex Trial team in Tyson & Mendes’ New York and Connecticut offices.  He has handled many of the largest insurance related claims and litigated matters in New York State over the past 25 years.  The world’s largest companies routinely parachute in Mr. Coffey to handle complex high exposure liability and damages matters.  He is also an ABOTA attorney who has personally tried over 125 jury trials for companies and syndicates in state and federal courts throughout the U.S. in cases involving all types of high-stakes insurance related and commercial matters.  He has also arbitrated and mediated over 300 matters to successful conclusion.  Mr. Coffey and his bespoke litigation team deliver legal services that ensure excellent results in mitigating exposure and containing litigation costs, either through ADR or trial by jury, if necessary.

Michael D. Drews is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes.  Mr. Drews has a wealth of experience and enjoys the challenges of handling cases that draw from a number of diverse practice areas, including professional liability, premises liability, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, insurance law and bad-faith litigation, employment law, interstate trucking and transportation law, commercial law, and construction defects.

Dominic Donato is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ New York and Connecticut offices. He specializes in all aspects of construction litigation, including high exposure New York Labor Law, construction defect and adjacent property damage cases, as well as premises and product liability matters.