About Kevin Marc
Kevin Marc Habberfield studied criminal justice at the State University of New York College at Brockport before earning his law degree at SUNY Buffalo Law School. He arrived in the legal profession equipped with both an academic grounding in the criminal justice system and the practical training of a traditional J.D. program. Those early years set the stage for a career spent largely in trial work.
His practice took a formal shape in 2008 when he became a partner and trial lawyer at Dwyer, Black and Lyle, LLP. That role put him in courtrooms and in client meetings. He handled contested matters across the civil docket and built experience conducting trials. In 2015 he joined the firm that now bears his name, Black, Lyle & Habberfield, LLP, as a partner and trial lawyer.
Habberfield is admitted to practice in both New York and Pennsylvania. He maintains active memberships in several professional organizations. Those include the American Association for Justice, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the American Bar Association. At the county level he participates in the Allegany County Bar Association’s Pro Bono Committee and serves on the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Cattaraugus County Bar Association. He also retains ties to his alma mater through the University of Buffalo Alumni Association.
Peers have recognized his work; he has been listed as a Super Lawyers Rising Star beginning in 2013 and continuing to the present. That designation appears on his professional record and is one marker of peer recognition during a period when he was building his trial practice.
Colleagues describe Habberfield as a lawyer who prefers the reality of the courtroom to the theory of law school debate. He spends time preparing witnesses, developing themes for trial, and testing arguments under pressure. The practice has required steady courtroom presence and frequent interaction with opposing counsel, judges and clients in both New York and Pennsylvania venues.
Today he serves as a partner at Black, Lyle & Habberfield, LLP, where he continues to represent clients in contested trial matters across New York and Pennsylvania. His current practice centers on trial litigation at the firm.
