Lesley E. Niebel
At Faraci Lange, Lesley E. Niebel focuses her practice on all aspects of personal injury litigation, including cases involving: sexual abuse, medical malpractice, automobile negligence, construction accidents, and premises liability.
Lesley was born and raised in Fredonia, New York. She went to the State University of New York College at Geneseo where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in English and Economics. Lesley then graduated from the Syracuse University College of Law with her Juris Doctor. Following law school, Lesley started at Faraci Lange and has spent her career with the firm. She is admitted to practice in state and federal court in New York and state court in Massachusetts.
Lesley is an active member of the legal community. She currently serves as Chair of the Monroe County Bar Association’s Ethics Committee and is a past Chair of the MCBA Young Lawyers Section (2021-2022), as well as the past Young Lawyers Section’s Treasurer (2020-2021), Secretary (2019-2020), co-chair of the community service committee (2018-2019), and co-chair of the nominations committee (2017-2018). In addition, Lesley serves as a Board Member for JustCause (formerly known as Volunteer Legal Services Project of Monroe County). Formally, Lesley was co-chair of the Committee on Professional Ethics, Discipline and Practice for the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (2020-2022), co-chair of the Women’s Health Committee for the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys (2020-2021), and was a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Attorney Professionalism Committee and Professional Discipline Committee.
In her spare time, Lesley writes articles related to legal topics, which have been published in the Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, the Rochester Daily Record, and the Buffalo Law Journal.
Accreditations
- 2024 U.S. District Court For the Western District of New York Pro Bono Honor Roll
- 2023 Rochester Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 Award
- 2023 ATHENA Young Professional Award Finalist
- Daily Record 2019 Up & Coming Attorney
- Best Lawyers
Memberships
- Monroe County Bar Association
- Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys
- New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
Education
- Syracuse University College of LawJ.D., cum laude 2015
- State University of New York College at Geneseo B.A.2011