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Mark A. Siesel
Westchester County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Criminal Defense, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
My law firm, The Law Office of Mark A. Siesel, is an established firm with offices in White Plains and the Bronx. I have over 27 years of experience specializing in personal injury and criminal law matters. Further, I will remain personally involved with your case from beginning to end. I zealously represent all of my clients, and, as a result of my advocacy, I have obtained many successful verdicts and settlements.
I am dedicated to providing skillful and effective legal representation to my local community. I have been licensed to practice in both New York and New Jersey since 1987,...
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Alyce Beth Wittenstein
Queens County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Asbestos, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
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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Gregg Borri
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Products Liability and Personal Injury
Washington and Lee University School of Law
30 Years of Experience and Proven Results
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Aaron Ser
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 4 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
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Richard A. Fogel
Suffolk County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Business, Insurance Defense and Personal Injury
Fordham University School of Law
I am a Litigation Attorney that concentrates my practice on Insurance Coverage, Toxic Torts, Environmental, Product Liability & Commercial Litigation. In particular, I represent landlords, small businesses such as manufacturers, distributors, retailers, waste haulers and dry cleaners, and I defend insured businesses for insurance companies. For more than two decades I have defended litigation claims involving lead paint, mold, asbestos, benzene, ink, and other toxic tort and environmental claims as well as related insurance coverage disputes and disputes between insurance companies. I routinely litigate commercial and contractual claims as well as shareholder and partnership disputes for small businesses and I...
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Brett Douglas Tokarczyk
Erie County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
The University of Georgia School of Law
Brett Tokarczyk currently practices in multiple areas at HoganWillig, including personal injury, medical malpractice and litigation. Mr. Tokarczyk assists a wide range of clients across these matters and works extensively on appellate proceedings, one of his particular specialties.
Mr Tokarczyk's, admitted to practice in the State of Georgia in 2011 and State of New York in 2013, received his Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia Law School. He was an associate at Brick, Brick and Elmer, P.C. where he dealt primarily with family law and estate planning matters; upon joining HoganWillig, he brought his experience in family law to clients...
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Star Kashman
Kings County, NY Products Liability Attorney
Products Liability, Communications, IP and Trademarks
Brooklyn Law School
Star Kashman is an attorney and award winning legal scholar, known for her pioneering contributions to the intersection of technology and law. As an attorney barred in Pennsylvania, Kashman has gained recognition for her groundbreaking work on Search Engine Hacking, also known as Google Dorking, marking her as a leading voice in the field of cybersecurity and privacy law.
Her expertise and dedication to advancing digital safety have earned her prestigious accolades, including an award from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which oversees critical national security entities like the CIA and NSA, and her recognition as an...
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Holly Ostrov Ronai
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Asbestos, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Andrew Francis Lavadera
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Products Liability, Municipal and Personal Injury
Seton Hall University School of Law
Andrew Lavadera, Esq., is a Senior Trial Attorney at Cellino Law dedicated to representing individuals who sustained serious bodily injury as a result of accidents. Our goal is to provide each client with maximum compensation for their pain and suffering, lost income, medical expenses, and other economic losses. There is no fee unless our client receives compensation.
Andrew completed his undergraduate studies at Villanova University’s School of Business where he received his B.S. in Management and International Business with a concentration in theater. He subsequently earned his J.D. with a concentration in Intellectual Property from Seton Hall University School of Law....
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Christopher L. Sallay
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
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Ryan D. Ledebur
Erie County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Asbestos and Personal Injury
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Ryan D. Ledebur is an attorney at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC, and had initially started with the firm in 2012 when he was employed as a law clerk, and assisted the firm’s litigators in conducting legal research and drafting and editing motions.
Prior to joining Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford as an associate attorney in 2016, Mr. Ledebur worked as staff attorney at a legal services agency providing residential foreclosure defense and assisting with consumer debt issues.
Currently, Mr. Ledebur concentrates his practice in prosecuting claims against bankrupt asbestos companies on behalf of clients with asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma and lung cancer....
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William Alan Kowalenko
Suffolk County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 24 years of experience
Island , NY 11749
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Construction, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Mr. Kowalenko, Esq., is a Senior Trial Attorney, specializing in personal injury/negligence litigation. This includes injuries sustained as a result of the following types of accidents: Premises liability (Slip/Trip and fall); Motor vehicle (automobiles, trucks, motorcycles); Labor Law violations or improperly manufactured or defective products. A skilled and accomplished Attorney with extensive personal injury and trial experience, aggressive advocacy skills and a history of effective and diligent representation for my clients. Mr. Kowalenko's professional portfolio includes more than 45 trials in the last 3 years alone, including a One Million ($1,000,000.00) Dollar settlement against the City of New...
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Jeffrey Fox
Nassau County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
We look forward to assisting clients in all types of civil and criminal litigation. The office handles all types of accident cases. Mr. Fox is also an experienced criminal defense attorney. Our office also can assist in real estate closings and small business matters.
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Patrick J. McMahon
Westchester County, NY Products Liability Lawyer
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
He is admitted to practice in the State of New York
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Adela Aprodu
Erie County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Employment, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Adela graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with a triple major in Health Services, Administration of Justice and Communications. She obtained her J.D., cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, with certificates in Civil Litigation and Health Services.
Following graduation, Adela spent almost three years in Boston, Massachusetts representing clients in a variety of matters, including personal injury, summary process, contract disputes, and class action cases. In 2017, she moved to Buffalo, New York where she concentrated her practice in litigation, medical malpractice defense, nursing home defense, employment discrimination defense, and corporate health care matters....
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Brandon Scott Finz
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
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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Mr. Jeffrey Michael Donato
Suffolk County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
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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Alexander Kran III
Bronx County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
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 J. Hallett
Erie County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 4 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Personal Injury
SUNY Buffalo Law School
William J. Hallett, Esq. is a litigator focusing his practice on matters involving civil litigation, including motor vehicle accident cases, dog bite cases, premises liability cases, labor law, and insurance matters. Mr. Hallett also has resolved numerous cases through alternative dispute resolution, including negotiation, mediation and arbitration.
In addition to advocating for his clients, Mr. Hallett has presented a course on childhood sexual abuse to other attorneys through the Erie County Bar Association. He is a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Buffalo School of Law and Monroe Community College on litigation topics. Mr. Hallett also has peer-edited a textbook...
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Christopher Thomas Mcgrath
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
University of Dayton School of Law
Christopher McGrath is a partner at Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. and serves in the Garden City office. He has won many multi-million dollar verdicts for his clients in the area of personal injury. Contact him today to set up a free consultation.
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Brian Seth Orlow
Bronx County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Civil Rights, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Brian Seth Orlow is a New York personal injury lawyer at The Orlow Firm. Brian has been practicing personal injury law in the state of New York since 1997. Brian has handled a wide range of injury cases including construction accidents, wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, lead poisoning, nursing home abuse, bedsores, sexual abuse, police misconduct, premises liability including slip and falls and third party workers compensation.
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Philip Russotti
New York County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 50 years of experience
Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury 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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James Rubinowitz
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
James Rubinowitz is a personal injury attorney who is devoted to helping clients obtain justice after suffering catastrophic injury. Mr. Rubinowitz handles all types of cases, including those involving motor vehicle crashes, premises liability, labor law, construction injuries, medical mal practice, product liability, and wrongful death. He is involved in all stages of our clients’ litigation and is passionate about making sure our clients receive full and fair compensation for their injuries. James has assisted in numerous cases that have resulted in large verdicts and settlements, including one that resulted in a $71 million verdict for a woman that was...
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Ronald David Ingber
Nassau County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
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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Scott D. Kagan
Westchester County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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...
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John J. Burke
Westchester County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Municipal and Personal Injury
St. John's University School of Law
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Brian Alan Goldstein
Erie County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 27 years of experience
Products Liability, Health Care, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
SUNY Buffalo Law School
For over thirty-five years, initially as a physician and surgeon and subsequently as an attorney representing injury victims, I have worked to help individuals overcome the physical, emotional, and financial devastation inflicted by serious injury. It is a privilege for me to represent seriously injured individuals and their families against insurance companies, corporations, companies, doctors, hospitals, and individuals who were negligent. No matter how extensive or advanced the medical treatment, an individual and his or her family is never the same after trauma alters their lives.
Additionally, I am called upon to assist physicians as personal counsel in lawsuits against them,...
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Stacey Amanda Subryan-Gerber
Erie County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Stacey Subryan-Gerber is an attorney practicing in the firm’s Personal Injury and Litigation departments. Her experience with liability defense as in-house counsel at Liberty Mutual and then in private practice is an asset for her current focus on plaintiff-side matters.
Ms. Subryan-Gerber obtained her Juris Doctorate from Western Michigan University- Thomas M. Cooley Law School and her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Stacey has been admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey.
Stacey is an advocate for autism awareness, which is a cause near and dear to her heart, and is...
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Joseph Lopiccolo
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
St. John's University School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
Joseph LoPiccolo represents clients in complex litigation, class actions and personal injury in state and federal courts. Throughout his career, Joseph has worked extensively on some of the largest and complex litigations in history. Prior to co-founding Poulos LoPiccolo, Joseph LoPiccolo was an associate with the prestigious Manhattan law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, recently ranked #1 in the United States in the American Lawyer's A-List 2011 - 12. During his 8 years at Hughes Hubbard, Mr. LoPiccolo was a member of the Litigation Department, concentrating on a broad variety of complex litigation.
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Gary Certain
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Personal Injury
Georgetown University Law Center
Gary Certain is a partner at the personal injury and civil rights law firm of Certain & Zilberg, PLLC. Mr. Certain has tried over a hundred cases and has obtained numerous six-figure, million and multi-million dollar awards on behalf of his products liability, personal injury, and civil rights clients. His advocacy has caused the removal and/or redesign of many unsafe and dangerous products and helped to change safety procedures and law enforcement practices and policies. Mr. Certain has received national recognition as a talented and passionate advocate, receiving recognition as a Super Lawyer and awards...
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John S. Rand
Westchester County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Appeals and Personal Injury
Pace University
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Jonny Kool
New York County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
New England Law | Boston
Mr. Kool is known for specializing in particularly difficult cases. Hallmarks of his approach are meticulous attention to detail, creative thinking, and a sincerity that is evident to opposing counsel, judges and juries alike. He combines outstanding courtroom and negotiation skills with an unusual degree of empathy with his clients. Mr. Kool believes that this sense of compassion makes him all the more effective as an advocate. “Because I care about my clients, it compels me to be that much more persuasive,” Mr. Kool says. He also makes a point of spending as much time as needed with each client...
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Jerome Howard Block
New York County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Business, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Emory University School of Law
Jerome (Jerry) Block is a partner at Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP (also known as LPK) and specializes in representing people diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Jerry is proud of LPK's commitment to families affected by mesothelioma which extends beyond the courtroom. LPK is a top "Diamond Level" supporter of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF), a non-profit seeking a cure for mesothelioma and better treatments to improve the lives of those living with this disease. LPK is also a Silver Sponsor for the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO).
In addition to securing favorable settlements for clients...
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Oleg Rybak
Kings County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The Rybak Firm, PLLC., was founded by an attorney Oleg Rybak to serve a diverse clientele in the New York metropolitan area. We are a young but experienced personal injury law firm providing clients with superior legal representation. In daily practice, Mr. Rybak draws on his wealth of training and legal practice experience that he gained as an attorney at one of New York City’s leading law firms. Mr. Rybak also worked for many years in specialized boutique law firms.
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Laraine Kelley
Erie County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
State University of New York - Buffalo
Laraine Kelley is recognized as one of the Western New York region's preeminent medical malpractice attorneys. She has significant experience representing victims of medical malpractice, fighting for clients' rights, finding answers to what happened, and obtaining successful results so justice is served for clients. Her legal skill, track record of results, and professional ethics have been acknowledged by peers, earning her several industry recognitions, including "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America; inclusion in Super Lawyers; and an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
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Jason R. Ohliger
Orange County, NY Products Liability Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Jason R. Ohliger represents victims of motor vehicle accidents, defective products, dog bites, and medical malpractice.
Attorney Ohliger is a graduate of the Temple University Beasley School of Law. Upon graduation, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Joseph F. Kameen, President Judge of the Pike County Court of Common Pleas.
He is licensed (and actively practices) in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and Pike County Bar Associations.
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Mary Major Comerford
Erie County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Asbestos, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
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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Anne Joynt
Erie County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Asbestos and Personal Injury
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Anne E. Joynt is a Junior Partner at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC, and she has spent her entire legal career at the firm, having joined straight out of law school in 2005. She focuses her practice on representing those affected by childhood lead poisoning, and also has experience in other cases including those involving asbestos exposure, motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, medical malpractice, and defective products. She also represents clients who sustained abuse as children. She has participated in all aspects of a personal injury case, including trial. In October of 2014, she, along with Joseph Kremer and Zachary...
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Richard C. Bell
New York City, NY Products Liability Attorney with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Asbestos, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Richard C. Bell has been practicing law in New York City since 1982. In 1986, he opened his own practice focused on personal injury and medical malpractice, and he has maintained that practice since that time. He represents clients in cases resulting from negligence, including auto accidents, construction accidents, medical malpractice, and more. Mr. Bell handles all aspects of his cases, from the initial investigation through settlement or trial verdict. He is motivated by a true sense of concern for his clients and a desire to get them the compensation they deserve while seeing that those responsible are brought to...
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Martin Edelman
New York County, NY Products Liability Attorney with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Asbestos, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
Martin Edelman began practicing law nearly 40 years ago when he joined his father, Jerome Edelman, to form Edelman & Edelman, P.C. Martin is widely recognized as one of the most tenacious and dedicated litigators in New York. He is known for taking the "impossible" cases and recovering substantial damages when other firms have insisted there was no claim.