Cellino, 63, said he enjoys the challenge of running his own law firm.Nov 9, 2020
Rich Barnes has spent the last three decades fighting for the rights of personal injury clients all across the state of New York. Prior to that, he spent five years as a senior district attorney prosecuting felonies to help procure justice for victims of serious crime.
Barnes and Mr. Cellino announced that they were breaking the firm into two and going their separate ways. The split came after a fraught three-year legal battle between the two partners.Oct 2, 2020
Barnes was piloting his TBM 700 turboprop six-seater plane from Manchester, N.H., back to Buffalo for his mother's birthday party when the aircraft crashed near Pembroke, about 20 miles east of Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Mr. Barnes, 61, was killed.Oct 9, 2020
After the unexpected passing of Steve Barnes, his brother and distinguished attorney Rich Barnes was appointed President of The Barnes Firm.
Steve is survived by his longtime partner, Ellen Sturm, also an attorney at our firm. Equally heartbreaking is the passing of Elizabeth Barnes, sister of Brian Barnes and daughter of Rich Barnes, Steve's brother and an attorney at our firm. All of us at Cellino and Barnes are deeply saddened.Oct 3, 2020
Steve BarnesSteve Barnes, former member of the well-known duo Cellino & Barnes, died in a plane crash on Friday, October 2nd. His niece, Elizabeth Barnes, was a passenger on the plane and was also killed.
Attorney Steve Barnes(CNN) Attorney Steve Barnes, who founded the nationally-known Cellino & Barnes personal injury law firm, died in a small plane crash along with his niece, Elizabeth Barnes.Oct 3, 2020
The National Transportation Safety Board said hypoxia was the cause of a 2014 Socata TBM 700 crash that killed a Rochester couple.Oct 5, 2020