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Car accident injuries can drastically alter your life. In this situation, few decisions are more consequential than choosing an attorney to help you secure the financial recovery you need to cover your medical bills, lost wages, property damage, and pain and suffering.
Most people would agree that the best way to find a lawyer is to get a personal referral from someone they know and trust. If that person has first-hand experience working with the attorney, all the better. But in reality, not everyone who needs to hire a car accident lawyer knows someone who can make such a referral.
My name is Anthony Ferrante – I am a New York car accident attorney. I want this post to be a resource for folks who need to hire an accident attorney but don’t know anyone personally who can make a referral. Toward that end, below you will find a list of 6 auto accident lawyers (yours truly excluded) who I personally endorse. If you’ve been injured in a car accident you will be in extremely capable hands with any of the attorneys listed below.
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6 of the Best NYC Car Accident Attorneys
1. Jeffrey Koenig – Ferrante & Koenig
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Jeffery Koenig is my partner in our law firm Ferrante & Koenig, Attorneys at Law. Even if he weren’t my law partner, I would recommend him to anyone without hesitation. Simply put, he is one of the finest accident attorneys that I know, and his track record of success for his clients speaks to that fact.
Jeffrey is a real trial lawyer who has spent 17 years exclusively representing injured victims at two nationally recognized plaintiff personal injury law firms. He has tried countless cases and taken numerous jury verdicts in both New York State and Federal Courts, specializing in cases related to construction site injuries. Jeffrey has been recognized for his outstanding performance in recovering millions of dollars for his clients, including achieving the largest Labor Law/construction site injury verdict reported in the State of New York in 2008.
If you are in need of legal advice regarding a car accident injury case in New York, you would be wise to meet with Jeffrey Koenig before you meet with anyone else.
2. Joel L. Levine – Levine and Wiss, PLLC
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Earlier in my career, I was an associate attorney at Levine and Wiss, PLLC, a long-established and deeply respected New York accident law firm. In fact, I still serve as co-cousel for the firm on select cases.
During my time there I got to know the founding partner, attorney Joel Levine. Joel is an exceptional lawyer and an even better person who has been trying cases involving serious injuries in both the Federal and State Court systems for over 25 years. He has successfully obtained tens of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients, and his results have been featured in various publications such as New York State Jury Verdict Review and Analysis, Verdict Search, Newsday, and New York Magazine. Joel is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is composed of top trial lawyers in America.
Apart from being the Senior Trial Attorney and a founding partner at Levine and Wiss, Joel has also done legal work for several National Football League players and is a certified contract advisor for NFLPA. He is actively involved in fundraising for The Family Center for Autism, The Anderson Center for Autism, the 3rd and Long Foundation, and Ellie’s Army. Joel holds a Bachelors and Masters in Business Administration from George Washington University and a Juris Doctorate from The New York Law School.
3. Judith A. Livingston – Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore
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Judith A. Livingston is a highly successful plaintiff’s attorney with over 35 years of experience in medical malpractice and personal injury cases. She has won 35 trials with verdicts exceeding $1 million and negotiated hundreds of settlements that have resulted in payments to her clients of almost half a billion dollars.
Livingston is the President of the Inner Circle of Advocates and a member of various legal associations. She has been named one of the “50 most influential women lawyers in America” by New York Magazine and a “Legal Legend” by Law Dragon. Livingston has also been recognized by Best Lawyers Magazine and Super Lawyers Magazine as one of the best lawyers in New York.
In 2022, she was inducted into the Maurice A. Deane School of Law Hall of Fame at Hofstra University. Livingston is a graduate of The State University of New York and Hofstra University School of Law.
4. Scott Wiss – Levine and Wiss, PLLC
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Scott Wiss is a partner and litigation attorney at Levine and Wiss, PLLC. As with Joel, I know Scott well and can confidently recommend him to anyone who is facing the legal aftermath of a serious car accident.
Scott is an experienced attorney with over 30 years of experience practicing law. He focuses exclusively on serious plaintiffs’ personal injury matters. Scott has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from SUNY Stony Brook and a Juris Doctorate from New York Law School. He has worked at one of New York city’s premier plaintiff’s personal injury law firms and had his own law firm for many years. Scott is a registered recipient of the Million and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, The Top Trial Lawyers in America, Million Dollar Trial Lawyers™ Award, as well as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers.
5. Dana M. Whitfield – Spar & Bernstein, P.C.
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Dana M. Whitfield is the Partner and Managing Attorney of the Personal Injury Department at Spar & Bernstein, P.C. With 20 years of experience, she is a senior trial attorney who specializes in complex litigation, representing clients in accidents involving motor vehicles, pedestrian knockdowns, slip and falls, and labor law.
Ms. Whitfield is known as a very aggressive litigator and a powerful trial attorney who has successfully advocated for hundreds of clients throughout her career. She has also worked in entertainment and contract law, and previously served as a defense attorney representing large insurance companies, agencies, and municipalities.
Ms. Whitfield has been recognized and published in the New York Law Journal and named a Rising Star among New York lawyers and a Top Litigator. She received her law degree from Touro College of Law and her B.A from Hampton University.
6. Theodore A. Naima – Law Offices of Theodore A. Naima
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Ted Naima is a good friend of mine and an exceptional lawyer who specializes in personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Syracuse University and later attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, for his law degree.
After completing his first year of law school, he worked as a law clerk at a prominent Miami law firm. After law school, he worked as an associate attorney at the same law firm for four years before moving back to New York. Ted then worked at a personal injury law firm for nine years before starting his own law firm, the Law Offices of Theodore A. Naima, in 2010.
In 2015, he received the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and was also recognized for achieving the highest jury verdict award in New York State in 2015 for a pedestrian motor vehicle accident case.