Scott D. Kagan
Ansa Assuncao LLP
Scott Kagan is a New York attorney with a national practice litigating complex product liability cases in a wide array of matters, including automotive crashworthiness, consumer products and heavy machinery. Scott also handles selected catastrophic injury cases that present complex liability issues. Specifically, he handles cases involving medium and heavy trucks, motor vehicle defects and various product defects, personal injury accidents, medical malpractice, boiler and pressure vessel failures, and escalator and elevator malfunctions. He has litigated significant injury cases in New York and several out-of-state jurisdictions.
Scott has worked in personal injury litigation from both the plaintiff and defendant side, giving him greater insight into the thought process of the defense. This insight allows him to work closely with his clients to explain in detail every facet of their case. Scott enjoys managing all aspect of his cases, focusing on all of his clients individually and at a personal level from intake through completion. Scott is always striving for perfection and consistently applies that attitude to all of his cases.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Free Consultation
- Eastern District of New York
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- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
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- New York
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- Northern District of New York
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- Southern District of New York
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- English
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- Ansa Assuncao LLP
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- Reiner, Slaughter, McCartney & Frankel LLP
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- Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, McCartney & Giuffra, LLP
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- McCabe, Collins, McGeough & Fowler, LLP Company Name
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- Law Intern 2010-2011
- Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
- J.D.
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- University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- B.S.
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- Top 40 Under 40
- National Trial Lawyers
- Super Lawyer, Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- 2015-2018
- American Bar Association
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- How To Prove the Defect In a New York Product Liability Case, Scott D. Kagan & Paul Rheingold, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, Bill of Particulars, Vol. 1 2014
- Made In America? Hidden Labels and Defects in Carbon Fiber Bicycles, Scott D. Kagan & Terrence E. McCartney, AIEG Voice Summer, 2014
- Motor Vehicles with CAT Like Reflexes: A Primer on Crash Avoidance Technology, Scott D. Kagan, AAJ Product Liability Newsletter, Winter 2017
- Website
- Ansa Assuncao LLP Website
