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Thomas P. Cleere
Melville, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
St. John's University School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
For me, becoming a lawyer has always been about helping others seek justice and fighting for the rights of our clients. As a former prosecutor in the Suffolk District Attorney’s office, I began to understand what was important to jurors in making their determinations which helped me in becoming an effective trial lawyer.
As a proud Iraq Veteran and former Army Captain, I understand how important the words service and duty are. I bring these qualities with me into the courtroom where I help clients obtain millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts in New York State.
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Denis Joseph Bastible
Buffalo, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
SUNY Buffalo Law School and SUNY Buffalo Law School
Remember the adage, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” Well, at Cellino Law, we make sure we get it right the first time. Since joining the firm, I have made it my focus to provide clients with exceptional service and with the utmost integrity.
I have devoted my career to helping severely injured individuals and understand the commitment you both need and deserve. I take pride in being part of a team that has achieved tremendous success for clients in a variety of personal injury areas. The consistent courtroom victories are the result of the attorneys’...
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Denise Schulman
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Civil Rights and Employment
New York University School of Law
Denise Schulman joined the Joseph & Kirschenbaum LLP in 2009 and became a partner of the firm in 2017. In 2015, Denise was selected as a Rising Star by New York Super Lawyers.
Denise graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law. While in law school, she participated in the Employment and Housing Discrimination Clinic and Civil Rights Clinic and worked for the Urban Justice Center and Brennan Center for Justice. Prior to joining the firm, Denise worked for South Brooklyn Legal Services.
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Christine Colvert
Bronx, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 9 years of experience
Workers' Comp and Personal Injury
Seton Hall University School of Law
Christine Colvert is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and a dedicated advocate for injured workers in the area. As a member of Shulman & Hill since 2015, Christine has built a reputation as a fierce and effective representative for her clients. She has successfully secured settlements, lost wage payments, and authorization for medical treatment for thousands of injured workers across Brooklyn and the surrounding boroughs.
Christine's commitment to providing competent and comprehensive representation is unwavering, and she finds great satisfaction in being a part of the team at Shulman & Hill, where this mission is shared by all.
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Frank Vozza
Bronx, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
New York Law School
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John I LaMancuso
Niagara Falls, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
SUNY Buffalo Law School
John I. LaMancuso is a Partner and serves as the Chairman of Lewis & Lewis, P.C.
John represents individual, business, and municipal clients in litigation and transactional matters in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Erie Counties.
In 2019, 2020, and 2021, Super Lawyers named John a Rising Star. To be eligible for designation as a Rising Star, the attorney must be 40 years old or younger and in practice for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5% of lawyers in New York State are designated Rising Stars.
John has substantial personal injury experience representing individuals seriously injured in car accidents, work...
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Dario Anthony Chinigo
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 28 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Construction, Maritime and Personal Injury
New York Law School
Dario Anthony Chinigo, is an attorney with more than 15 years of experience in Personal Injury Litigation, and an associate with the firm of Hofmann & Schweitzer since 2004. Having immigrated to the United States from his native Italy in 1983, Dario is especially sensitive to the issues and problems faced by immigrants who are injured as a result of others' negligence. He speaks, reads and writes Italian fluently, and is conversational in Spanish.
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Matthew Demars Goodstein
Peekskill, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
The John Marshall Law School
MATTHEW GOODSTEIN is a personal injury attorney at Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, LLP. Mr. Goodstein regularly collaborates with partner and personal injury attorney, Adam Handler, to develop a personalized strategy for each case that will help our injured clients obtain the best results possible. Mr. Goodstein is a 2005 graduate of the Indiana University – Kelley School of Business, Bloomington, Indiana and a 2008 graduate of the John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois. After graduating law school, Mr. Goodstein served as an Assistant State’s Attorney (ASA), representing the State of Illinois in criminal prosecutions. During his time as...
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Konstantin Burshteyn
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
A personal injury attorney who takes your personal injury, personally.
Konstantin joined Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP after serving as a senior attorney at a prestigious personal injury firm in New York City. He currently handles litigation in the areas of construction accidents and Labor Law, catastrophic motor vehicle accidents and premises liability.
Konstantin has obtained millions of dollars for his clients through verdicts and settlements throughout the State of New York. His motivation and devotion to his clients has helped him be a zealous advocate for his clients and enables him to do everything he can to help his clients...
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Seth J. MacArthur
Bronx, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 24 years of experience
Workers' Comp and Personal Injury
Albany Law School
Seth J. MacArthur is the Managing Partner of the Personal Injury department at his firm, where he focuses on litigating construction accidents and labor law, premises liability, and serious motor vehicle liability cases. With a career spanning two decades, Seth has built a reputation for representing injured individuals in federal and state courts and has secured millions of dollars in awards for his clients. Seth is highly regarded for his unwavering dedication and commitment to his clients and their needs.
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D. Maimon Kirschenbaum
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Civil Rights and Employment
Fordham University School of Law
D. Maimon Kirschenbaum represents employees in class action and individual wage/hour cases, individual discrimination cases and other employment matters, such as severance negotiations. Maimon has successfully taken on employers ranging in size from Fortune 500 Companies to "mom and pop" local businesses.
From an early point in his career, Maimon has been recognized in the media as a "wunderkind of the plaintiff's bar" and the "patron saint of stiffed waiters." Now a partner at the law firm of Joseph & Kirschenbaum LLP, he is well known throughout the restaurant and hospitality industry and its lawyers as a dedicated and effective advocate...
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Slawomir Wieslaw Platta
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Construction and Personal Injury
Slawomir Platta is an attorney at The Platta Law Firm, PLLC, located in New York City, advocating for those who suffer from catastrophic personal injuries due to the wrongful acts of others. Slawomir advocates for his clients, including injured workers, and proudly fights to obtain their rightful compensation and financial recovery.
Slawomir Platta attended law school and graduated from University of Florida Levin College of Law in 1999. Slawomir Platta began practicing law in 2004. He was featured in Super Lawyers for 2015 - 2021. Super Lawyers is an exclusive list of top-rated attorneys in specific practice areas who were...
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David Beck
Glendale, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, St. John's University and City University of New York - Queens College
At Beck Law, P.C., our attorneys and staff are dedicated to serving the injured throughout the tristate area. Our New York and New Jersey accident Lawyers strive in obtaining the best possible results for our clients while providing them peace of mind through unparalleled personal service and attention to detail. Our main focus is representing the rights of the injured due to the negligence, intentional acts or recklessness of others. Devoted to preserving and protecting the rights of the injured, our lawyers work diligently to obtain the maximum monetary damages possible for our clients.
We handle the following cases: car...
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Joshua Pollack
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Elder, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
Joshua Pollack was selected among top attorneys in the New York Metro Area as a Super Lawyer. He was selected through a rigorous evaluation process that identifies qualified candidates by using a multi-step evaluation process that incorporates peer recognition and professional achievement.
Joshua Pollack graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1990 and, shortly thereafter, became a trial attorney representing the City of New York. During his tenure with the City, Josh selected over 100 juries and took over 60 verdicts on cases involving all types of claims including, trip and fall accidents, auto accidents, school supervision, police misconduct, unsafe place to...
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Patrick Lynn Falcon
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Brooklyn Law School and Brooklyn Law School
Patrick L. Falcon grew up in Monmouth County, New Jersey and attended St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel. He founded Falcon Law Firm, LLC in 1995 with the primary focus on representing the rights of injured individuals, striving to maximize settlement values to fairly compensate clients for the harm they suffered. Patrick has handled thousands of personal injury cases throughout New Jersey including cases in Atlantic County, Burlington County, Essex County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Morris County, Ocean County, Somerset County, and Union County. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Prior to practicing law, Patrick...
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John Frederick Harwick
Saratoga Springs, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Business, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Albany Law School
Highly rated upstate New York litigator.
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Michael Louis Hurwitz
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 18 years of experience
Workers' Comp and Personal Injury
The Hurwitz Law Firm, P.C. is a personal injury law firm located in New York City. We handle a wide variety of serious accident and injury claims, in addition to workplace injuries. Give us a call today at (212) 221-9890 to receive your free case review. Se Habla Español
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Edmond Joseph Hakimian
East Elmhurst, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
I am an attorney specializing in workers’ compensation in Queens, NY. I was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York and has since been representing injured individuals. Hakimian Law was founded in 2018 after gaining experience at several plaintiff law offices.
I have assisted thousands of injured workers in complicated legal situations through patience, commitment, attention to detail, and perseverance. I pride myself in protecting my client’s rights to the fullest extent of the law and will not stop until my client is fully satisfied.
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Derek T. Smith
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Civil Rights and Employment
Dickinson School of Law and University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
We are Employment Law, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Workplace Discrimination, Wage & Hour, and Whistleblower Attorneys in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, & Miami. With decades of experience and over $200 Million recovered throughout this time, call now for free consultation. No fee unless we recover.
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Lucas Buzzard
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
American University Washington College of Law
Lucas Buzzard previously clerked for the Hon. Peter W. Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and served as a law clerk at the Second Circuit’s Staff Attorney’s Office.
Lucas graduated magna cum laude from the American University, Washington College of Law in 2010, where he served as an editor on the American University International Law Review. While in law school, Lucas interned for the Hon. Reggie B. Walton of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He also participated...
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Jacob Oresky
Bronx, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Construction, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
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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Gus Michael Farinella
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Bankruptcy, Landlord Tenant and Personal Injury
St. John's University School of Law
Mr. Farinella is the founder and senior associate of the firm. He graduated from St. John's University School of Law in the spring of 1994. He successfully passed the New York State Bar Exam at the first sitting, he was sworn in to the New York Bar on January 18, 1995. The Law Offices of Gus Michael Farinella was founded on February 1, 1995. Mr. Farinella has represented over 6500 New York Consumers and Businesses. As the fourth son of six, Mr. Farinella is very understanding of the family unit and enjoys advising his clients and their families on a...
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Brian Seth Orlow
Bronx, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Civil Rights, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
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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Joseph Ginarte
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
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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Daniel Andrew Bronk
Rochester, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Vermont Law School
Dan Bronk is an accomplished attorney with over twenty- six years of trial experience. He has handled thousands of Workers’ Compensation cases since 1992. He has an established record of trial wins in State and Federal courts in New York and Connecticut. He has handled more than eighty trials, including cases involving medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, products liability, fires, construction accidents, car and truck accidents and other negligence claims. He regularly appears at Social Security Hearings on behalf of his clients. While Dan’s goal as a legal advocate for his clients is to achieve...
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Katherine Lucy Dibble
Buffalo, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
SUNY Buffalo Law School and State University of New York - Binghamton
Katie joined the Workers’ Compensation practice at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC in 2020. She focuses her practice on the representation of injured workers and their families in front of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. Prior to joining the firm, Katie spent six years representing employers and insurance carriers in civil litigation, including Workers’ Compensation cases. She also spent time working for a non-profit, representing low income individuals with various housing matters.
Ms. Dibble received her undergraduate degree from Binghamton University and her J.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Law. After law school, Katie...
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Daniel William Aiello
Melville, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Other than being a father and a husband, my passion is representing injured people against corporations and insurance companies that put profits over safety and devalue human life, and fighting against them and bringing them to justice. It’s my “why” as a plaintiff attorney.
After working for the largest insurance company in the tri-state area, I can tell you that all insurance companies follow the same business model—to take in money on premium dollars and payout as little as possible to injury victims. To do that, they hire defense attorneys and paid-opinion witnesses to escape accountability.
Rest assured, though, that if the...
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Daniel E. Smyth
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice 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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Dov Slansky
Brooklyn, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Asbestos, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Hofstra University
Dov is a New York native, born and raised on Long Island. He earned his undergraduate degree at Queens College and his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law. While in law school, Dov interned for the Honorable Leon Ruchelsman in Kings County Supreme Court.
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Charles Edward Green
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Medical Malpractice, 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.
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Richard Jacoby
Medford, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Southwestern University
Richard graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., with a major in finance and accounting in 1987. He waited three years before entering the Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1993. He worked briefly as a clerk in the United States Attorney's Office in Las Vegas and then he joined his father Melvyn Jacoby's firm in 1994.
Richard is a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the National Consumer Bankruptcy Association.
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Michael J. Kuharski
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Business, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Syracuse University College of Law and Syracuse University College of Law
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Laurence Tarowsky
New York, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Hofstra University
As a personal injury & medical malpractice lawyer in Manhattan, New York, Laurence Tarowsky has been recognized as a true leader in the New York personal injury field by other attorneys and judges. Laurence C. Tarowsky is continuously asked to represent accident victims who have been referred to him by other attorneys who have come to trust him over the course of his career. Mr. Tarowsky takes a personal and direct commitment to every client, and he is available to them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Mary Ellen O'Connor
Larchmont, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Social Security Disability
City University of New York School of Law
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Daniel J. Caffrey
Buffalo, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
When a person suffers a serious injury and places their faith in me to represent them it is a responsibility I take very seriously. I pride myself on open and honest communication with all my clients and give my best effort to explain what can often be a complex legal process every step of the way. Countless times I have represented people who did not believe they were receiving a fair shake from an insurance company.
For years, I worked with some of the best defense attorneys in Western New York. I learned invaluable lessons that put me in...
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Frank Joseph Dito
Staten Island, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
New York Law School
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Dennis Charles Gaughan
Hamburg, NY Workers' Compensation Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Appeals, Bankruptcy and Business
New York Law School
We chose to remain a small law office to provide personal, dedicated and aggressive service to our clients. My office costs a few dollars more but excellent service takes time and strategy. Offsetting our higher fees we have payment plans. We have seven lawyers working together to get the best solutions. As a small firm we call upon all areas of the law to form a comprehensive strategy and plan. As in a game making the right move determines the outcome of the case. A divorce case is often helped by a bankruptcy or our tax law knowledge. We create...
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Nicholas N. DiSalvo
White Plains, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
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Jeffrey M. Steenberg
Buffalo, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Social Security Disability
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Jeff is an experienced and proven Workers’ Compensation attorney. Before starting his own firm, Jeff focused his practice on workers’ comp law as a lawyer for another large law firm in Buffalo, NY. When it comes to Workers’ comp law firms in New York State, bigger is not better. Jeff Steenberg will provide the personal attention you and your family deserve. Call today and speak directly with Jeff Steenberg. Let us provide you with peace of mind today.
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Nicholas Benjamin Davis
Rochester, NY Workers' Compensation Lawyer
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Rochester, NY 14614
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
From a very young age, I knew two things – (1) I wanted to be a lawyer, and (2) I wanted to help people. Growing up in a small rural community in Western New York instilled in me certain values that guide me not only in my personal life but also in my professional life as an attorney. I approach every interaction with my clients based upon my belief that I owe them a duty to represent their interests and service their needs to the fullest extent possible. My clients all get my personal attention and deal with me directly...