The Cimino Law Firm, PLLC

Focus and client reach

Based in Pittsford, The Cimino Law Firm, PLLC handles family law and employment law matters in the Rochester area. The firm also has an office in Rochester. Its stated service area covers Monroe, Orleans, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne, Genesee and Wyoming counties.

The firm offers consultations by phone, video and in person. Those options give clients several ways to discuss a family or workplace matter. Mail correspondence goes through the Pittsford office, while clients may use either location for the services described on the firm's site.

Family law coverage

The family law work covers divorce, parental issues, financial support and rights involving other family members. The firm identifies each area separately. This makes its stated scope easy to understand without relying on broad descriptions.

Divorce and mediation

The firm handles divorce as a main part of its family law work. It also names high net worth divorce, military divorce and same-sex divorce as distinct services. These categories show the types of divorce matters within the firm's published scope.

Divorce mediation is another named service. Mediation gives separating spouses a process for addressing divorce issues outside a conventional contested case. The website does not group mediation under a general label, which helps prospective clients identify it directly.

Custody, support and paternity

Child custody and child support receive separate treatment in the firm's list of services. These issues often arise during divorce, but they can also appear in other family cases. Paternity is listed as its own area as well.

The firm also handles alimony and spousal support. Its site uses both terms when describing this work. That wording gives readers a direct indication that financial support between spouses falls within the family law services offered.

Rights and safety matters

Fathers' rights and grandparents' rights are included among the firm's family law areas. Those listings identify work involving parental rights and the interests of extended family members. The site does not limit its family law description to divorce and support disputes.

Domestic violence is also a stated area of service. Its placement within the family law section tells clients that the firm accepts matters involving safety concerns in a family setting. The website makes no outcome promises and provides no case figures, so the stated service itself is the relevant fact.

Employment law work

Employees with termination, discrimination, harassment or retaliation concerns are within the firm's published employment law scope. Michelle Cimino's profile also refers to employment and labor disputes. The named claim types give that description useful detail.

Termination, harassment and retaliation

Wrongful termination is one of the central employment matters listed by the firm. Sexual harassment and workplace retaliation also appear as separate categories. A reader can therefore identify several common workplace disputes without having to interpret a general employment law label.

The retaliation listing is relevant to workers who believe an employer responded to protected conduct or a workplace complaint. The site does not describe particular cases or results. It states that workplace retaliation is among the claims the firm handles.

Discrimination categories

The firm lists employment discrimination in broad terms and then identifies several forms of it. Those categories include disability, age, gender, religion, pregnancy and national origin discrimination. This is one of the more detailed parts of the firm's service description.

The individual categories help a worker compare the stated reason for workplace treatment with the firm's published areas. They also show that the employment work covers several protected characteristics. The firm pairs this discrimination work with wrongful termination, harassment and retaliation matters.

Attorney background and professional ties

The firm's attorney page centers on founder Michelle Cimino, who also leads the firm. She has practiced law since 1997 and works across the family and employment areas described on the site. Her listed family law work includes divorce, child custody and child support.

Education and New York admission

Cimino gained admission to practice law in New York in 1997. She graduated cum laude from Nazareth College in 1991. She earned her JD cum laude from Syracuse University in 1995.

These dates provide a clear account of her education and entry into New York practice. They also support the site's statement that she has practiced since 1997. The firm does not attach a separate founding year to that professional timeline.

Bar and trial lawyer memberships

Cimino lists membership in the New York State Bar and the Monroe County Bar Association. Within the Monroe County Bar Association, she chairs the Family Law Section's Membership Committee. That role connects directly with one of the firm's two main fields of work.

She is also a member of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. The memberships give readers another factual view of her professional involvement. The firm states the groups and the committee position without pairing them with rankings or awards.

What the stated record tells clients

As a reviewer, I find the firm's published scope clear because it names the legal issues it handles, the attorney who leads the work and the counties it serves. The family law section contains the widest range of named services. The employment section still gives a useful breakdown of the workplace claims accepted.

The profile is centered on a single named founder with a documented education and admission timeline. Her work links the firm's family and employment services under one attorney profile. Clients can also see her listed bar memberships and family law committee role.

The firm's two-office presence places it in both Pittsford and Rochester. Consultation choices include phone, video and in-person meetings. Its stated county coverage includes Monroe, Orleans, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne, Genesee and Wyoming.