Our staff

Take advantage of our friendly and knowledgeable staff. Abe Omerhodzic and Sara Wallitt round out the other lawyers in the practice. Michelle and Katie Procknal have both passed their notary tests and have over 30 years combined experience in the legal world.

Catrina Walterich

Catrina Walterich has worked at the Law Offices of Richard S. Binko as a Legal Secretary since 2001. Mrs. Walterich graduated from Hilbert College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies with a minor in Criminal Justice as well as a second Bachelor of Arts degree in Forensic Science Investigation. Mrs. Walterich also has a Legal Administrative Assistant Associates Degree from Bryant & Stratton. Mrs. Walterich is also a licensed Notary Public.

Michele Procknal

Michele Procknal has worked for Richard S. Binko since September of 1986.  Mrs. Procknal's duties have included office manager, legal assistant, and secretary in an extraordinarily busy law firm, drafting of pleadings and  motions, closing/settlement papers, accounting, andmanages the support staff for Mr. Binko including the other secretaries,administering the scheduling of the firms business including trials, depositions, motions and other calendaring.

Mrs. Procknal is married with two children.  Her son Jason and his wife Amanda are both in the Air Force and have three sons.  Because Jason has been in the service for over 16 years and stationed in various places, Mrs. Procknal has traveled to Japan, England, Ireland various places in the United States.

Mrs. Procknal's daughter Katie Daley also works for the Law Offices of Richard Binko as a medical paralegal.

Katie Daley

Katie Daley (Procknal) began working full time with the firm in May 1997.  After attending SUNY @ Fredonia, she came to work for Mr. Binko and worked closely under Michele Procknal, assisting in various secretarial duties.  In the over thirteen years, she has become theMedical Paralegal of the office, focusing primarily on the medicalaspect of each file.  This includes meeting with clients and discussingtheir treatment, attending physical examinations set up by the insurancecompany and obtaining and reviewing the reports of each of their treating doctors and any diagnostic testing.  

She took over the bookkeeping responsibilities approximately two years ago when our original bookkeeper of over 17 years obtained a new job working for the Village of Kenmore.

Katie Daley is married to Dennis Daley, a Physical Education Teacher in Lackawanna.