Biography

PERSONAL

Andrew C. LoTempio was born, resides and works in Buffalo, New York. He is a forty-three-year-old trial attorney.

EDUCATION

A graduate from SUNY at Buffalo College in 1985 with a BA in Psychology, Mr. LoTempio's law degree was received in 1988 from
University of Buffalo Law School. In law school, Mr. LoTempio was a recipient of the Connelly Trial Technique Award, Best of Class,
and a Moot Court Award winner.

After law school, Mr. LoTempio graduated from the New York City Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Division Training Program
in 1988. This included three (3) months classroom training in Criminal Procedure Law and Penal Law, and five (5) months of in-court
training in the Brooklyn Criminal Court as a Public Defender.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Present Andrew C. LoTempio, Attorney at Law, PC
227 Niagara Street
Buffalo, New York 14201

Private practitioner. The practice focuses primarily on criminal defense work.

Mr. LoTempio handles a wide range of Criminal Matters: Misdemeanors, DWI, and serious Felonies.

The bulk of his cases are serious, high profile Felonies. On average, he takes on three (3) or four (4) Murder cases per year, many of
which are tried before juries.

Mr. LoTempio has, on average, conducted three (3) to five (5) major jury trials per year during his career as a lawyer.

1999-2003 Buffalo City Court Judge
50 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14202

As a Judge, Mr. LoTempio presided over criminal prosecutions, arraignment through trial and/or other disposition (this includes
constitutional and other suppression hearings) on misdemeanors. Arraignment through preliminary hearing on felonies. Mr. LoTempio
presided over 3,285 criminal cases in 2002.

During his tenure on the bench, Mr. LoTempio developed the Court's attendance program. Working in conjunction with the Buffalo
Public Schools, a program was developed to track and re-place individuals into schools.

Mr. LoTempio was elected to a (10) ten-year term but left the bench after four and one-half (4½) years. He left to return to private
practice. Defending in criminal cases – "A calling in life." "What I love doing."

1991-1998 Criminal Trial Attorney/ Private Practice
1366 Statler Towers
Buffalo, New York 14202

Sole Practitioner, Practice focused in the field of criminal law. Representation of criminal defendants in Local, Superior, and Federal
Courts from arraignment through trial or other dispositions.

Mr. LoTempio's first phase of private practice.

When first in private practice, he tried over ninety (90) felonies to jury verdict, including nearly thirty (30) murder trials, many of
notoriety. These cases involved all phases of criminal investigations and forensic sciences.

1998-1991 Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division (Public Defender)
175 Remsen Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201

Daily handling of case load of ninety (90) plus cases; misdemeanor and felony; all phases from arraignment to disposition.

Trial of misdemeanor cases and felonies.

Mr. LoTempio learned his trade in one of the busiest criminal court systems in the country. He was trained "by some of the best
teachers in the business," at Legal Aid. He threw himself into the fire and learned on his feet. Legal Aid, Brooklyn, gave him more
experience, alone, than most lawyers have in a lifetime career.

INSTRUCTIONAL/EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor - University of Buffalo Law School

Mr. LoTempio teaches a course at the law school entitled "Path of a Criminal Case." Students in both the J.D. and L.L.M. programs
are instructed on practical criminal procedure from arrest through disposition. In essence, the students are guided through the
representation of a criminal defendant from arrest until sentencing or acquittal. Instruction is given on a variety of topics ranging from
interviewing a defendant, reviewing criminal accusations, filing constitutional motions, plea bargaining and trial preparation. At the end
of the class, each student os assigned an actual criminal file and required to detail their representation of a defendant.

2002-2004 Adjunct Professor-State University of New York at Buffalo
(Buffalo State College)

Undergraduate Criminal Justice 101 Class. Classroom instruction lecturing and testing of approximately 90 students on introductory
criminal justice issues. Entry level course for criminal justice majors.

1999-2004 Instructor/ Coach - Statewide High School Mock Trial Team
Depew High School

Mr. LoTempio instructs approximately 20 high school students on evidentiary subjects, criminal law issues, and trial techniques. The
students are then coached and prepared to conduct a mock trial in a statewide competition.

1991- Present Continuing Legal Education Instructor/
Trial Technique Volunteer Instructor

CLE: Performs seminars for entry level attorneys on topics of criminal law. Instruction given on Constitutional and procedural law,
motion practice, hearings, trial theories & techniques, criminal investigations and forensic issues.

1991-Present University at Buffalo Technique Volunteer

Assist various trial technique instructors in class presentations and demonstrations, giving law students practical advice and critiques
surrounding in-court practices (various articles and outlines have been authored and can be furnished upon request).

Present Training Instructor: Erie County Aid to Indigent Prisoners Society (Assigned Counsel)

Authored manual for practical criminal defense work. Training attorneys for participation in program providing criminal defense to
indigent clients. Both classroom and practical instructions are given.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Member, Erie County Bar Association
Member, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member, New York State Defender's Association
Member, Legal Aid Society