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Mr. Jeffrey Michael Donato
Bohemia, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Touro College
I am a Solo Practioner in Bohemia (Suffolk County) New York. I am fluent in Spanish, can speak conversational Italian, and have studied Japanese.
I am here to help with all of your Personal Injury claims, including car accidents, dog bite/attack, third-party work-related accidents, construction-site accidents, and more. Just ask.
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Michael Arthur Lindstadt
Bronx, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
Hofstra University Law School and St. John's University School of Law
Michael A. Lindstadt is the trial attorney behind Lindstadt Law PLLC. The firm represents injury victims and their families in all types of injury matters, including construction accidents, falls, medical malpractice, motor vehicle collisions, premises liability and workplace injuries. Over the past 17 years, in addition to hundreds of injury victims, Michael Lindstadt’s represented clients have included the City of New York, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Lenox Hill Hospital. Lindstadt Law maintains offices in Bronx, Manhattan and Queens. Call (844) LIND-LAW or email info@lindstadtlaw.com for a free consultation.
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Joseph L. Ciaccio
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney
Medical Malpractice
Hofstra University School Of Law
Since beginning his career, Joseph has dedicated his practice to the representation of victims of medical malpractice. This includes the representation of children who have suffered birth injuries as well as families who have lost loved ones due to the negligence of physicians and medical facilities.
Since joining our office, Joseph has also applied this experience in our Pharmaceutical litigation department with the representation of clients injured by prescription medications.
As a skilled and dedicated personal injury attorney with experience in medical malpractice litigation, Joseph is one of the top associates on the team currently handling the representation of both families...
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Jayson Lutzky
Bronx, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Divorce, Family and Personal Injury
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
I am a Bronx, New York attorney with over 37 years of experience practicing law. I handle family law, contested and uncontested divorces, bankruptcy, accidents, medical malpractice and personal injury cases. I offer free in-person initial consultations. I enjoy explaining the law and helping each client understand his or her rights in each personal situation before starting the case. While I emphasize cooperation, I am a tough negotiator in court. Over the years, I have represented many satisfied clients and have helped recover millions for victims of accidents. One of my staff members has been with me for over...
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Philip John Rizzuto
New Rochelle, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Business and Personal Injury
St. John's University School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
The Rizzuto Law Firm is a 7 attorney law firm with a long reliable history. 3 of our attorneys have been together for over 20 years. 5 for over 10. Over half the staff has been with the firm for well over 10 years. We represent individuals in serious personal injury, medical malpractice and nursing home neglect claims. We bring a very unique experience to our cases because we also I also represent corporations, insurance carriers, & municipalities in the defense of personal injury claims. Our firm is one of the few law...
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James Trainor
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Northwestern University School of Law
Jim earned his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 2004, where he was a Julius H. Miner Moot Court competitor. In 2000, he received an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy and English from Brooklyn College in 1997, where he was a Ford Foundation Fellow and Merit Scholar in Philosophy.
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Melissa Kobernitski
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
I help you receive compensation for your accident and medical malpractice case. As an experienced attorney and litigator for almost 10 years in New York, I have assisted countless individuals and their families recover millions of dollars for their injuries. I have worked extensively with victims of medical malpractice and serious accidents, including motor vehicle accidents, falls, animal bites, traumatic brain injury cases, construction accidents, and those who have suffered catastrophic injuries.
Como abogada con 10 años de experiencia en Nueva York, he ayudado a innumerables personas y sus familias a recuperar millones de dólares por sus daños morales y materiales....
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Marc Rothenberg
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Marc J. Rothenberg, Esq., litigates complex personal injury & wrongful death cases on behalf of catastrophically injured plaintiffs. Marc's $25 Million settlement in 2022 is the largest reported settlement in New York State history on behalf of a motorcyclist. In 2018, Marc obtained the largest known recovery against any major auto manufacturer for an individual victim of a Takata airbag rupture defect which involved the largest recall in automotive history.
Marc has obtained over twenty five million dollar verdicts, settlements, and awards, including the following: $25 Million for a motorcyclist in a truck crash; $18...
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Jed Neil Kirsch
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 43 years of experience
Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
Jed brings over 37 years of experience in all phases of personal injury litigation, as well as the experience of running a successful solo practice for more than 15 years. Interestingly enough, early on in his legal career, Jed was an associate at one of the largest personal injury firms in New York and came under the tutelage of partner Joseph Napoli. It was therefore quite fitting when Jed “returned to the fold” of working with Joe at the firm years later after he joined the firm.
Jed’s concentration presently is in the area of alternative dispute resolution (ADR),...
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Ben B. Rubinowitz
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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Michael Levine
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Michael S. Levine has been practicing law for almost 3 decades, following his 1985 admission to a number of state and federal bars, including the bars of New York and New Jersey; the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; and the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He graduated from Hobart College in 1979, where he was a Dean's List student and captain of the tennis team. Michael earned his J.D. from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in 1983. He belongs to both the New York...
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Joseph Edward O'Connor
Newburgh, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
St. John's University School of Law
Joseph has been practicing law for over twenty years and is currently the managing partner of the firm. He is a lifelong resident of the Hudson Valley and relies on his connections to the community to best serve his clients. Joseph graduated from Brown University in 1993 and played both division one football and golf for the Brown Bears. He graduated from St. John’s University School of Law in 1996. Joseph dedicates a majority of his time to representing seriously and catastrophically injured individuals harmed by construction, motor vehicle, motorcycle, and bicycle accidents, as well as those harmed by defective...
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Paul Edelman
Westbury, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Real Estate
American University
Over the past two decades, Mr. Edelman has developed a distinguished reputation in the area of complex litigation, with a strong emphasis in tort and defense litigation, labor law, medical malpractice, real estate and commercial litigation. Mr. Edelman graduated from the American University School of Law in 1981 and is admitted in New York State, the Federal Districts Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, as well a Washington D.C. Mr. Edelman was in-house counsel for General Accident Insurance Company, Great American Insurance Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company before entering private practice...
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Allen L. Rothenberg
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 55 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Temple University
Allen L. Rothenberg, Esq., founded The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP in 1969. He has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts, settlements, and awards for his catastrophically injured clients, including, together with his legal team, a record-breaking judgment in excess of two billion dollars. Mr. Rothenberg has been involved in multiple high-profile cases before state, federal, and appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mr. Rothenberg has been selected to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 and also has made guest appearances on national and local television and radio shows, including Fox TV, ABC TV, CBS...
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Michael Anthony Santo
Uniondale, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
New England Law | Boston and New England Law | Boston
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Andrew Finkelstein
Newburgh, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer
1279 Route 300
Newburgh, NY 12551
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Elder, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
Mr. Finkelstein is the Managing Partner of Finkelstein & Partners. He has become a noted consumer activist through his representation of injured individuals against corporate wrong doers and irresponsible parties. An accomplished litigator, Mr. Finkelstein has represented Plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury cases arising from defective drugs, dangerous consumer products, automobile, bus and motorcycle accidents, dog bites, fall down accidents and air craft crashes. He has successfully handled dozens of multi-million dollar cases, including a $9 million dollar recovery for catastrophic injuries from a construction accident, $3.5 million dollars for injuries sustained in a car...
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Edward A. Steinberg
Bronx, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Construction, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and New York Law School
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Alfred Mainetti
Newburgh, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
The John Marshall Law School
Alfred Mainetti is the senior partner of Mainetti Mainetti & O'Connor. He graduated from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois with his J.D. Al works hard to make sure each client is able to receive the maximum compensation he or she deserves. He gets to know them as individuals and regularly communicates with them to update them on their case and to better serve their needs. He has successfully litigated multiple multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts for his clients. Al is active in the community and regularly sponsors charitable events and functions across the Hudson Valley.
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Vito Anthony Cannavo
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Cornell Law School
Vito A. Cannavo is a partner at Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. As a seasoned trial attorney, he has earned an outstanding reputation through hard work and multi-million dollar verdicts. He litigates in a wide range of practice areas, including construction accidents, nursing home abuse, and product liability.
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Alexander Kran III
Bronx, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
New England Law | Boston
Alexander Kran III joined Leav & Steinberg in 2006 as the Managing Attorney. Mr. Kran graduated from New England School of Law in 1987 and SUNY Buffalo in 1984. He was admitted to Massachusetts bar in 1987, NY State bar in 1988, and was admitted to NY Southern District and Eastern District Federal Court as well as Massachusetts District Federal Court.
Mr. Kran is a member of NYS Trial Lawyers Association. He has practiced Plaintiffs Personal Injury since admission to the bar and has handled well over 1,000 cases.
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William Betz
Garden City, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Business, Divorce and Personal Injury
New York Law School
William E. Betz has over 39 years of experience providing a full range of legal services to individuals and small businesses in the New York Metropolitan area. The Law Office of William E. Betz is located in Nassau County. Mr. Betz practices in all of the Long Island courts and in the five Boroughs of New York City. Bill is a 1983 honors graduate of New York Law School, where he was a member of the New York Law School Law Review. He was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award and won first prize in the Nathan...
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G. Oliver Koppell
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 57 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Consumer, Employment and Personal Injury
Harvard Law School
G. Oliver Koppell, a cum laude graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, has a distinguished legacy of service in both the private and public sectors. He brings more than 40 years of legal experience to bear on every case, and has successfully represented clients in many areas of practice. Mr. Koppell is a former New York State Attorney General. In addition, he has served as a member of the New York State Assembly and the New York City Council.
Mr. Koppell has vast experience in both trial and appellate courts across New York and beyond. In fact, he has...
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Craig Warren Phemister
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Civil Rights and Personal Injury
Creighton University School of Law
Mr. Phemister has been practicing law in New York since 1998. Since then, he has been fortunate enough to have handled several thousand cases and taken well over a hundred verdicts at trial.
Initially, his practice focused on personal injury but over the years, he began working on cases where people were claiming they were assaulted by the police, or wrongfully arrested and held against their will.
As time went on, Craig began seeing more and more of these cases until he had the eye-opening experience of seeing a judge in New York declare that a man who spent nearly 18 years...
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Ivan Mark Diamond
Bronx, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
Born and raised in New York, Ivan Diamond is dedicated to helping those injured and neglected receive compensation for their injuries.
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Craig Rosenbaum
New Yrork, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Touro College
Craig Rosenbaum of Rosenbaum & Rosenbaum, P.C., represents clients throughout the New York City (NYC) area, including Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, as well as Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, who have been injured in an accident or whose loved ones suffered an injury or death as a result of negligence or medical malpractice.
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Barry Washor
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
New York Law School
Whenever a discussion is held about the top trial attorneys practicing in New York today, the name Barry Washor is consistently mentioned near the top of the list. Since he began practicing law in 1981, Barry has established a reputation as one of the top medical malpractice and personal injury lawyers in New York. His reputation stems from exceptional results and his integrity. His track record of success places him among the elite attorneys in New York history. Over the course of his career, Barry has recorded over 200 verdicts and settlements in excess of $1 million.
Barry’s outstanding legal skills...
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Kristina Georgiou
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney
Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
St. Thomas University School of Law
Ms. Georgiou focuses her practice on personal injury law, including premise liability, products liability, labor law, and medical malpractice. She is involved in all aspects of a case from intake to trial. She has also provided legal assistance for her clients in the areas of family law, immigration, social security benefits, landlord/tenant, estate planning, and employment discrimination law.
She has been a featured speaker in “Know Your Rights” seminar series covering estate planning, advanced directive preparation and tenant’s rights.
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Joseph Ginarte
Jackson Heights, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Rutgers Law School and Rutgers School Of Law
Joseph A. Ginarte launched his legal career in 1982, and in the ensuing years he has seen his practice expand into a full service trial law firm with a steadily growing staff of lawyers and support personnel.To Ginarte, the success of his firm is directly attributable to a philosophy of hard work and commitment that was instilled in him by his parents when he was a boy growing up in Newark. Both parents worked in factories, and when Ginarte was a college student at Kean University in Union , he too worked in a factory—as a full-time forklift operator—while completing...
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Pat James Crispi
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Construction, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Fordham University
Mr. Crispi was born and raised in the New York City area. He received an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Rollins College and juris doctor from Fordham University. Mr. Crispi is active in many professional and community organizations including the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; and is a current member of the Judiciary Committee of the Bronx County Bar Association. The father of four daughters, he is also a member of the Board of the local youth basketball program and a youth basketball coach.
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Aaron Ser
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 4 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Brooklyn Law School
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Christopher Patrick Ulrich
Melville, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Asbestos, Employment and Personal Injury
After attending St. John's University School of Law, I was nominated to and received a position as a court attorney with the Appellate Division, Second Department. After two years, I entered private practice, involved with commercial transactions and litigation. Today, I operate a boutique practice, aligning my clients' needs with the specific requirements of their case. Rather than accept and try to handle any case, I instead align with other firms with the specific trial skills and expertise related to the specific needs of each client.
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Daniel A. Zahn PC
Holbrook, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Appeals and Personal Injury
University of Dayton School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
The practice is limited to only Lawyer Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Serious Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Appeals. We pride ourselves on our personal motto "One on One Quality Legal Services" for each and every one of our clients. It is more than a motto, it is a lifestyle. As a result, we are selective in taking on cases and often go to trial to obtain the best results and justice for our clients. Mr. Zahn was also admitted to practice law in the State of Vermont in 2021.
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Elizabeth Montesano
Garden City, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
New York Law School
As a partner with the Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. law firm in New York City, medical malpractice attorney Elizabeth Montesano has achieved unprecedented success advocating on behalf of those victimized by medical malpractice and other acts of negligence and wrongdoing.
Serving clients throughout the state, Ms. Montesano has earned a reputation as a deeply compassionate attorney who aggressively pursues the most favorable outcomes possible for those she serves. Throughout the course of her career, she has recovered millions of dollars in settlements and awards on behalf of those suffering as the result of birth injuries, missed and delayed...
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Ricardo J. Martinez
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
The City University of New York School of Law
Ricardo J. Martinez is an associate at Leav & Steinberg. Ricardo brings with him close to a decade of legal experience representing people who were seriously injured because of someone else's poor choices. Today, Ricardo continues to dedicate his practice to holding people accountable for those poor choices and in helping his clients navigate the complexities of the New York tort system. He handles cases from inception to resolution involving motor vehicle collisions, slip/trip & falls, premise liability, police brutality, false imprisonment, assaults, and actions against the City of New York and surrounding counties. One of Ricardo's many passions is...
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Rhonda Hill Wilson
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Elder, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
American University Washington College of Law
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John W. Chwarzynski
NEW YORK, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 7 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Construction and Personal Injury
University of Illinois - Chicago John Marshall Law School and Lake Forest College
John Chwarzynski is an experienced Illinois attorney who focuses his practice on representing clients in wrongful death, medical malpractice, premises liability, sexual assault, and automobile cases.
John joined Hale & Monico as a trial lawyer in 2019 after working at a well-respected personal injury firm in Chicago. John is known for his exceptional work ethic, charisma, and writing skills. He has successfully argued motions in both state and federal court.
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Kara Rosen
Westbury, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer
7001 Brush Hollow Rd
Westbury, NY 11590
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice
St. John's University School of Law
Ms. Rosen graduated from St. John’s University School of Law in 2010. She has been practicing in the area of personal injury her entire career. She handles all aspects of cases from inception to resolution. Her practice areas include motor vehicle negligence, premises liability, medical malpractice and general negligence. Ms. Rosen has an unwavering dedication to obtaining maximum results for all of her clients. She is active in the legal community and is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Ms. Rosen is admitted in New York and...
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Michael Alden Barasch
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 43 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Fordham University
Michael Barasch graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 1980. For 14 years he worked at two well-known personal injury litigation law firms, trying scores of cases on behalf of seriously injured accident victims of automobile accidents, construction accidents, railroad and plane crashes, and medical malpractice. He experienced the thrill of winning cases and the enormous gratitude that his clients expressed when he recovered millions of dollars on their behalf. In 1994, Michael and his law school classmate Jim McGarry decided to pool their resources and experience as New York accident lawyers. They formed the law firm of...
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Leonard J. Wiener
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
I represent individuals who were seriously injured due to the negligence or wrongdoing of another party. I handle Construction Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Premises Liability, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death and more. I represent individuals in New York City and surrounding counties.
Contact me now for your free consultation.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 2012
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2012
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2012
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Dominic Louis Chiariello
Glen Cove, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Fordham University
Attorney Dominic Chiariello graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 1990, when he was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar. He joined the firm in 1991 after being admitted to the New York State Bar. He frequently lectures for the Queens County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program and serves as Chair of the Civil Practice Committee, as well as Sub-Committee Chairman for Tort Legislation. He is a member of the Queens County Bar Judiciary Committee, Medical Malpractice Committee and Mentors Committee. He is past president of Queens County Columbian Lawyer’s Association, as well as past chairman...