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John W. Chwarzynski
NEW YORK, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 8 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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Kristy L. Fischmann
Syracuse, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Syracuse University College of Law and Utica College of Syracuse University
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Oliver Minott
Bronx, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Western New England University School of Law
The Law Offices of Oliver C. Minott specializes in Workers Compensation and Social Security Disability Law. Our Highly experience attorneys represent clients in New York and New Jersey with over 35 years of combine experience. We guide clients through their Workers Compensation and Social Security Disability cases from the beginning to the end. Our attorneys will represent you at your Workers Compensation and Social Security hearings.Call the firm at 1-866-683-4200 for a free consultation.
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Gerald Chiariello
Glen Cove, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Fordham University School of Law
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Robert Komitor
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Asbestos, Business and Nursing Home
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Mesothelioma lawyer Robert I. Komitor is a partner at Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, and serves as lead trial lawyer specializing in products liability, negligence, and personal injury cases involving mesothelioma, hazardous wastes, and pollution. Bob was named one of the nation's Best Lawyers, in the area of mass torts, in Gregory W. Smith and Steven W. Naifeh's The Best Lawyers in America 2005-2012 (Woodward/White).
Bob has consistently won some of the highest damage awards in the nation. For three consecutive years, he made The National Law Journal's list of lawyers winning the highest verdicts.
He was trial lawyer on the "New...
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Jacob Oresky
Bronx, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Construction, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Pace University
Jacob Oresky founded Oresky & Associates, PLLC in 1992 and serves as its managing attorney. With offices in Bronx and Queens, the firm is dedicated to helping accident victims to fight for just compensation for their injuries.
Mr. Oresky assists clients injured in all types of accidents. He has experience representing accident victims injured due to car accidents, construction accidents, slip & fall accidents, and other acts of negligence. He also handles wrongful death cases on behalf of families who lost loved ones to accidents or other negligent acts.
Mr. Oresky has over 25 years of experience as a Bronx personal injury...
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Dominic Louis Chiariello
Glen Cove, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 34 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...
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Melissa Kobernitski
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 13 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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Philip Russotti
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 51 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
St. John's University School of Law
Philip Russoti at Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP oversees every case in their firm. It is important for him to be involved in every case and to give clients his utmost attention and effort.
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Craig Warren Phemister
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 27 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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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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Gregory Scott Hach
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 26 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
Gregory Hach is a partner at Hach & Rose, LLP. His practice area focus is in representing members of organized labor unions in mass tort actions including prescription drug liability, personal injury actions, and asbestos litigation. Mr. Hach is admitted to practice law in New York, Washington, DC, and the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law in 1999. He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science in 1996 from the John Jay College of Criminal...
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Brian S. Schwartz
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
New York Law School
Brian S. Schwartz began his representation of seriously injured plaintiffs in 1993 in both New York and New Jersey and has done so continuously since that time. Brian concentrates his representation on those clients who have sustained significant, life-altering injuries due to the negligence of others in the operation of motor vehicles, construction sites and the maintenance of premises. It is this focused representation that has allowed Brian to develop specialized expertise in these areas of law. Brian firmly believes in preparing each of his cases as if they are going to trial. It is this level of dedication that...
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Dallin M. Fuchs
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Emory University School of Law
Dallin M. Fuchs focuses his practice exclusively on significant personal injury cases involving automobile accidents, construction accidents, premises liability and general negligence. He brings 25 years of experience in the preparation and trial of cases in both New York and New Jersey. He has secured over a hundred million dollars in jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients.
Dallin’s accomplishments reflect his deliberate approach to his cases. He is of the firm belief that meticulous preparation is the key to successfully litigating a case. No detail is too small and nothing will be overlooked. Among Dallin’s greatest strengths in...
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Alyce Beth Wittenstein
Forest Hills, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
City University of New York - Queens College
Alyce Wittenstein began working at the firm in 1985 as a managing paralegal, learning all the practices and procedures of the firm from Mr. Wittenstein and the staff. From 1995-1998, she attended CUNY Law School where she made a mark as a teaching assistant for Civil Rights leader Haywood Burns. She founded a Human Rights Delegation to Haiti and studied Constitutional Law with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Working at the Equal Opportunity Employment Commision (EEOC), she learned a great deal about Employment Discrimination matters. She brought her knowledge of the Personal Injury practice and...
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Daniel E. Smyth
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
St. John's University School of Law
I am an attorney who represents injured people in all types of accident cases. My partners and I are committed to getting compensation for our clients while keeping our clients informed.
I am also committed to keeping each case moving as fast as the courts and the facts of the case will allow. I know how important the outcome of each matter I handle is, and I do everything in my power to avoid delay.
If you or a loved one has been injured in any type of accident, it would be a privilege and honor to represent you. You...
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Diana M.A. Carnemolla
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
New York Law School and St. John's University School of Law
Diana M.A. Carnemolla began her legal career at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf in 1989. Motivated by her desire to make more of an impact as an advocate for the catastrophically injured, she continued to work full-time as a paralegal at the firm while attending law school at night. Upon joining the firm as a lawyer in 1997, Ms. Carnemolla continued to work on all aspects of pre-trial preparation of complex medical malpractice cases and major injury litigation, especially in cases involving women and children.
Ms. Carnemolla is well-known for her thorough preparation of clients for their...
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Aaron Ser
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Brooklyn Law School
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Liana Cotto
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
New York Law School
Liana Cotto joined Leav & Steinberg LLP in June of 2018, bringing with her over 10 years of personal injury experience. She graduated from Baruch College in 2006, and obtained her law degree from New York Law School in 2016. While in Law School, Liana worked at the law offices of Jay H. Tannenbaum in New York City.
Liana has successfully represented clients in a wide array of injury cases including slip and fall, motor-vehicle accidents, police brutality, and lawsuits against the City of New York. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York. Her passion for helping...
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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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John M DeProspo
Brooklyn, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 45 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Insurance Claims, Personal Injury and Products Liability
New York Law School
New York personal injury lawyer since 1979. Established, and operates, PersonalInjuryHotline.com, a free legal consultation website. Mr. DeProspo has handled thousands of personal injury claims of all varieties. He has provided free consultations through his website since 1998, having advised scores of potential clients
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Elazar Aryeh
Queens, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Hofstra University
Elazar Aryeh, the Senior Attorney at the Law Offices of Elazar Aryeh, PC., is a seasoned attorney practicing law for almost 30 years, and has litigated cases both in the State and Federal Courts of the State of New York. Throughout the years, Elazar Aryeh has successfully represented thousands of clients and has procured millions of dollars on behalf of individuals, businesses, corporations and banking institutions. Elazar Aryeh has broad experience in matters involving personal injuries sustained as a result of Motor Vehicle Accidents, Trip & Falls, Construction Accidents and Medical Malpractice, as well as having...
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Kevin Marc Habberfield
Olean, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Animal, Construction and Personal Injury
SUNY Buffalo Law School
I joined Dwyer, Black & Lyle, LLP as an associate attorney in 2008 and became a partner there in 2011. In 2015, we changed the name to Black, Lyle & Habberfield, LLP. I obtained my Bachelor of Science Degree from the State University of New York at Brockport and graduated cum laude from law school at the State University of New York at Buffalo. I am admitted to practice law in both New York and Pennsylvania. I am a member of the American Association for Justice, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Allegany County Bar Association...
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Ronald David Ingber
Mineola, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Ron Ingber has been helping the injured and neglected people of Long Island for over 20 years. If you have been a victim, taken advantage of, or neglected contact Ron today for a free case review.
There is no second place in litigation.
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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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Theodore Ali Naima
Garden City, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Miami School of Law
For over 20 years, I have exclusively represented victims who have sustained serious injuries and families who have lost loved ones in cases involving Automobile Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Slip and Trip and Fall Incidents, Construction Site and Scaffolding Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Trucking Accidents, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Dog Bites, Assault and Battery and many more. My office doesn’t just handle Personal Injury and Wrongful Death cases, we represent real people and real families, and understand the physical, emotional and financial burdens that a serious injury, or death of a family member, can cause. We also understand that our clients are the lifeblood of our business, and that is...
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William Betz
Garden City, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 41 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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Michael Anthony Santo
Uniondale, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
New England Law | Boston and New England Law | Boston
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Tim Akpinar
Melville, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Maritime, Personal Injury and Products Liability
St. John's University School of Law
Tim handles motor vehicle accidents, slip & fall accidents, medical malpractice, boating accidents, cruise ship accidents, and complex hull/machinery/cargo cases. Tim represents commercial mariners, recreational boaters, cruise ship passengers, and other injury plaintiffs. As a former shipboard officer, he understands the importance of the Jones Act and other maritime laws.
Tim taught law at SUNY Maritime College and in the MBA program at Southern New Hampshire University. On a limited basis, he tutors law school graduates for the New York State Bar Exam. He is referenced in Wikipedia - Seaman’s Manslaughter Statute. Tim was asked to cover the subject of...
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Daniel A. Zahn
Holbrook, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Appeals and Personal Injury
University of Dayton School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
Trial and Appeals Counsel with 39+ years of successful experience. Practice is limited to only Lawyer Malpractice and misconduct, Serious Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Appeals in all New York State Supreme and Appellate Courts. One on one personal attention from the inception to conclusion of your matter. All communications with you are via the traditional telephone call or personal meeting. Look forward to speaking with you.
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Eleni Coffinas
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
Eleni Coffinas is a member of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. and is in charge of one the firm’s medical malpractice units. She is a highly experienced attorney who has won seven and eight figure verdicts for her clients.
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Mary Major Comerford
Buffalo, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Asbestos, Personal Injury and Products Liability
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Mary M. Comerford joined Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC as an attorney in March 2012.
Ms. Comerford is an attorney whose work focuses on the representation of individuals who have suffered injuries as a result of exposure to asbestos, lead paint, and other toxic substances. Her practice is focused in personal injury litigation.
From 1987 to 1992, Ms. Comerford previously served as an associate attorney at Phillips Lytle, LLP, and Cohen Swados Wright Hanifin Bradford & Brett, LLP from 1993-1995.
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Vito Anthony Cannavo
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 47 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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Brandon Scott Finz
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Georgetown University Law Center
Brandon S. Finz has always strived to help those who have suffered tragic injuries through no fault of their own. Advancing firsthand from the model set by his dad, Stuart L. Finz, the Senior Trial Attorney and CEO of Finz and Finz, P.C. and one of New York's most regarded and notable lawyers, and his granddad, Leonard L. Finz, a New York State Supreme Court Justice, Mr. Finz assists individuals and families who have experienced significant injuries due to negligence and medical malpractice.
Before joining Finz and Finz, P.C., Mr. Finz was a lawyer at Debevoise and Plimpton LLP, one of...
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Gent Disha
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
Gent Disha is an associate at Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. who specializes in New York medical malpractice cases.
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Keith Hugh Gross
NEW YORK, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Syracuse University College of Law
Keith H. Gross has more than three decades of experience litigating medical malpractice, negligence, products liability, and construction cases.
Keith is known for his strong analytic abilities, attention to detail, and legal and medical research skills. He is also an accomplished negotiator and is known for his pragmatic approach to effectuating settlements, whether in mediations or directly with defense counsel or defendants’ insurance companies. Over the course of his career, he has obtained numerous multi-million dollar settlements.
His experience is broad, running the gamut of general negligence, products liability, construction accidents, and medical malpractice matters. In addition, Keith has worked on numerous...
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Craig Rosenbaum
Bronx, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 28 years of experience
1578 Williamsbridge Rd. Suite 3B
Bronx, NY 10461
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Touro College
Craig Rosenbaum of Rosenbaum Personal Injury Lawyers 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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Ivan Mark Diamond
Bronx, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 30 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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Eric C. Goldman
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Municipal, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
Eric C. Goldman is an associate at Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. who specializes in motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, and premises liability. Contact his office today to schedule a consultation to discuss your claim.
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Charles Edward Green
New York, NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
George Washington University Law School
Charles E. Green is the managing partner at Friedman, Levy, Goldfarb & Green, P.C. Mr. Green has amassed a great deal of experience handling a wide array of personal injury cases including wrongful death, construction accidents, product liability, dental malpractice, premises liability, automobile accidents and municipal liability. Mr. Green is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the work of the firm’s team of attorneys and paralegals and ensuring that every case is aggressively pursued and skillfully negotiated.