About Terrence
Terrence M. Connors has been recognized by his peers as one of the pre-eminent trial attorneys in the state. For the past seven years, he has been ranked as the number one lawyer in all upstate New York by Super Lawyers magazine. This year, the Erie County Bar Association named him Lawyer of the Year and, in 2006, the New York State Bar Association awarded him the prestigious Attorney Professionalism Award.He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Membership in that organization is by invitation only and limited to one percent of the lawyers in each state. Mr. Connors is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Membership in that organization is also by invitation and limited to a total of 500 trial lawyers in the United States. He is listed in The Best Lawyers In America® in seven separate categories: Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Bet the Company Litigation, Criminal Law, and White Collar and Non-White Collar.Terry has always been an aggressive and proactive advocate. He started his career at one of Buffalo's largest law firms, quickly demonstrating his abilities as he was elected managing partner at the young age of 35. But Terry came to see that the big firm structure was hindering his ability to respond quickly and decisively to his clients’ needs. He had a vision of building a leaner, more efficient firm to improve the work he could do for his clients. His vision was to form a litigation boutique – a compact firm composed of the best and brightest litigators, freed from large firm constraints, and devoted entirely to providing litigation services. CONNORS LLP represents the realization of that vision – one that Terry continues to shape and direct.
Terrence M. Connors has been recognized by his peers as one of the pre-eminent trial attorneys in the state. For the past seven years, he has been ranked as the number one lawyer in all upstate New York by Super Lawyers magazine. This year, the Erie County Bar Association named him Lawyer of the Year and, in 2006, the New York State Bar Association awarded him the prestigious Attorney Professionalism Award.
He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Membership in that organization is by invitation only and limited to one percent of the lawyers in each state. Mr. Connors is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Membership in that organization is also by invitation and limited to a total of 500 trial lawyers in the United States. He is listed in The Best Lawyers In America® in seven separate categories: Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Bet the Company Litigation, Criminal Law, and White Collar and Non-White Collar.
Terry has always been an aggressive and proactive advocate. He started his career at one of Buffalo's largest law firms, quickly demonstrating his abilities as he was elected managing partner at the young age of 35. But Terry came to see that the big firm structure was hindering his ability to respond quickly and decisively to his clients’ needs. He had a vision of building a leaner, more efficient firm to improve the work he could do for his clients. His vision was to form a litigation boutique – a compact firm composed of the best and brightest litigators, freed from large firm constraints, and devoted entirely to providing litigation services. CONNORS LLP represents the realization of that vision – one that Terry continues to shape and direct.
Practice Areas
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Buffalo (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Buffalo (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Buffalo (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Buffalo (2016)
- Lawyer of the Year: Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Buffalo (2015)
- Lawyer of the Year: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Buffalo (2014)
- Lawyer of the Year: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Buffalo (2013)
- Lawyer of the Year: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Buffalo (2012)
- Lawyer of the Year: Personal Injury Litigation, Buffalo (2009)
- Recognized: Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Recognized: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Recognized: Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Recognized: Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Recognized: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Recognized: Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Recognized: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Practice Area: Legal Malpractice Law
- Practice Area: Medical Malpractice Law
- Practice Area: Personal Injury Litigation
- Special Focus: Appellate
- Special Focus: Automobile Collision
- Special Focus: Birth Trauma
- Special Focus: Brain Injury
- Special Focus: Breach of Contract
- Special Focus: Civil and Criminal
- Special Focus: Civil Litigation
- Special Focus: Complex Litigation
- Special Focus: Consumer
- Special Focus: Defrauded Investors
- Special Focus: Federal
- Special Focus: Fraud
- Special Focus: Government Investigations
- Special Focus: Grand Jury
- Special Focus: Large Case Litigation
- Special Focus: Lawyer Ethics
- Special Focus: Mass Tort
- Special Focus: Medical Malpractice
- Special Focus: Medical Negligence
- Special Focus: Nursing Homes
- Special Focus: Product Liability
- Special Focus: Professional Malpractice
- Special Focus: Qui Tam/False Claims Act
- Special Focus: State
- Special Focus: State and Federal
- Special Focus: Vehicular Manslaughter
- Special Focus: Violent and Nonviolent Crimes
- Special Focus: White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Special Focus: Wrongful Death
- 2016 SUNY Buffalo Law School Edwin F. Jaeckle Award
- Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- New York State Bar Association, Attorney Professionalism Award
- Bar Association of Erie County, Lawyer of the Year Award
- Best Lawyers in America
- Super Lawyers