Cellino & Barnes was an American personal injury law firm based in Buffalo, New York.
[2] The firm had multiple offices in New York State in addition to a branch in Los Angeles, California.
[5] In 2007, the firm was investigated for a scheme involving advancing settlement proceeds to clients contravening the state attorney ethics code.
[2] The partners could not amicably dissolve the firm, leading to the appointment of a referee to make a binding decision in 2020.
[2] On October 2, 2020, Barnes and his niece Elizabeth were killed in the crash of a TBM 700 single-engine private airplane in Pembroke, Genesee County, New York.