When lawyers are looking for other lawyers to handle their cases or refer matters outside of their own expertise, they go to Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Breedlove is proud to hold an AV rating (the top rating awarded) by Martindale-Hubbell. The AV rating is based on a peer review system derived from information provided by lawyers and members of the judiciary. It is the rating given to those lawyers recognized by the legal community as having outstanding legal skills and those that subscribe to the highest level of ethical standards. Not every lawyer is AV rated.

Mr. Breedlove is also a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocate’s forum. Less than 1% of the lawyers in America are members of this prestigious group. Mr. Breedlove was the first lawyer in the Capitol-Saratoga- Lake George region to attain membership in this group of the top trial lawyers in America.

Brian H. Breedlove graduated with a B.S. degree in Criminal Science from Russell Sage College in 1974 and a Juris Doctor from Western New England College of Law in 1977. He was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 1978 and the New York State Bar in 1984. He has also been admitted before the United States District Courts in the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Courts of Appeals in both the Second and Ninth Circuits and the United States Supreme Court.

In 30 years of practice, Mr. Breedlove has been Trial Counsel in Hundreds of negligence cases involving Serious Personal Injuries and death. He has tried Police Misconduct, Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination (Age, Race and Gender), Sexual Harassment, Partnership Dissolution, Real Estate, Shareholder’s Derivative, Fraud, Arson and Forgery cases. Mr. Breedlove’s practice emphasizes catastrophic personal injury cases and Business litigation.

Mr. Breedlove is a Member of the Executive Board of the Saratoga County Bar Association, New York State Bar Associations (Insurance, Trial Lawyer’s, and Criminal Justice Sections), American Association of Justice (American Trial Lawyer’s Association), the Capital District Trial Lawyer’s Association and is a member of the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association. He also serves on a pro bono basis on the Board of Directors of the Shenendehowa Senior Citizens Center.

Mr. Breedlove has been a regular instructor at Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses offered by certified CLE providers such as the Capital District Trial Lawyer’s Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Saratoga and Albany County Bar Associations on diverse subject matter including “Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses”, “Accident Reconstruction”, “Seat Belt defense”, “Real Evidence” and “Ethics and Evidence”. He has also lectured on issues in Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment. These CLE courses are attended by lawyers seeking to further their own education and develop skills in specific areas of law. They are taught by lawyers with a long track record of success and expertise which is widely recognized in the legal community.

On October 5, 2007 in Cote v. UPS, Mr. Breedlove recovered a verdict of $11,160,308.80 for a motorcyclist injured in a crash with a UPS truck. Both UPS and the local police blamed Mr. Cote, the motorcyclist for the accident. UPS spared no expense in presenting expert witnesses including an engineer/accident reconstructionist in support of their claims. At the conclusion of a two and a half week trial the Jury found UPS 100% responsible for the accident and awarded the highest verdict in Warren County history. This verdict is believed to be the highest motorcycle accident award in the history of upstate New York.

Over almost 30 years of practice Mr. Breedlove has recovered verdicts and settlements in the millions for accident victims.