MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio -- The pilot and passenger have been identified who were aboard a Cirrus SR-22 plane en route to Buffalo, N.Y. after taking off from the Cuyahoga County Airport Tuesday.

Buffalo attorney Michael H. Doran was the owner of the private plane and piloting. Matthew J. Schnirel, was the only passenger.

The crash occurred at about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday on SOM Center Road and Hickory Hill, in the parking lot of St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church.

The Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office used fingerprints and dental records to identify the men.

According to Colleen Murphy, a partner at Doran & Murphy, Schnirel was a young associate attorney.

Doran, 51, of Amherst, N.Y., was a graduate of the University at Buffalo Law School and was a recognized personal injury attorney, specializing in railroad accidents, according to www.buffalonews.com.

Over the past 15 years, according to his firm's Web site, Doran brought in more than $200 million in settlements and trial verdicts, the Buffalo News also reported.

Doran & Murphy released the following statement:

“Michael was a great person, a dedicated father and a son, a close friend and a wonderful attorney. He will be dearly missed by all those who knew him as a result of the countless lives he touched.

Matt was a bright, ambitious young lawyer who came from a wonderful and very tight knit family. He had recently passed the NYS Bar Exam and purchased a home with his longtime girlfriend, Lauren.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Michael and Matt's family and friends. Our two brothers will be missed by their Doran & Murphy Family.”