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213 distinguished attorneys in New York, New York, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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William Schwitzer

Personal Injury Law

820 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA

William Schwitzer represents victims involved in construction accidents, motor vehicle accidents, aviation accidents, ferry boat accidents and victims who have suffered catastrophic injuries. Mr. Schwitzer is a highly recognized personal injury trial attorney obtaining top verdicts in New York State, for 2012 he obtained $11.6 million for a client injured in a motor vehicle accident. Mr. Schwitzer has obtained several multi-million dollar pre-trial settlements for clients involved in construction site accidents such as $5.6 million for an injured plumber, $5.5 million for a painter, and $5.3 million for a construction laborer to name a few. As well as obtaining some top verdicts for client’s injured at construction sites; $10.8 million, $8.9 million , $8.4 million and $6.3 million. William Schwitzer has also received national recognition for obtaining a top-10 verdict of $37 million for an injured individual. Mr. Schwitzer’s passion for protecting the rights of injured people goes beyond the doors of the court room…every year he is nominated as a Super Lawyer by his peers for his lawyering skills and keen ability for being one of New York State’s top personal injury trial attorney.

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Yonatan Levoritz

Yonatan Levoritz

Distinguished Lawyer

Family and Divorce Law

200 Vesey Street, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10281

Soon after being admitted to the New York Bar on March 30, 2005, Yoni founded the Law Office of Yonatan S. Levoritz, and quickly acquired a reputation for success based on his holistic approach to a wide range of legal issues that span civil, criminal, business, matrimonial, and appellate law, as well as estate planning and elder law. By 2008, his extraordinary success in and out of the courtroom led to his being named Professional of the Year in Matrimonial Law by Strathmore’s Who’s Who. At the time, he was the youngest attorney to be awarded this honor. Because of the multi-dimensional skills of attorneys at Levoritz Law Firm, we handle complex cases. Rather than referring clients elsewhere, the firm uses lawyers who are either on staff or have a close relationship with the firm who have diverse backgrounds — from Commercial to Trusts and Estates to High Stakes Litigation — to offer its clients more perspectives into the various aspects of their case and how to handle their issues.

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Abby M. Sonin

Abby M. Sonin

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1156 6th Ave suite 600, New York, NY 10036, USA

Abby M. Sonin is a partner at Segan, Nemerov, Singer, Sonin & Tancer PC Abby M. Sonin has an outstanding record of achievement in representing plaintiffs in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury, municipal liability, construction sites and workplace injury, premises liability, nursing home abuse, product liability, and employment law cases. Ms. Sonin has an excellent record of achievement. She has many multi million dollar and Million dollar recoveries earning her the multi million dollar advocates forum award. Ms. Sonin is a top negotiator and trial lawyer. Ms Sonin has a strong history of advocating for her clients in a variety of fields. Prior to her becoming a plaintiffs attorney she worked for the Legal Aid Society, The New York City Law Department where she received accolades, awards, and commendations from government officials, the Community, and her peers. As a prosecutor, Ms. Sonin prosecuted the most violent offenders and became an arson expert. She successfully prosecuted the Riverdale Synagogue bombing which earned her nationwide recognition. She became a nationally recognized expert in Arson, and hate crimes and has been consulted on arson cases around the country. While working as a deputy county attorney Ms. Sonin was considered a top negotiator while dealing with municipal entities including the police department, correctional facilities, and the Department of Social Services. Known as “The Closer”, Abby Sonin has a reputation of getting outstanding settlements for her clients. She is often relied upon for her ability to settle medical malpractice, School Safety, nursing home cases,wrongful death, brain damaged baby cases, construction accidents, police brutality, civil rights cases, toxic mold cases, elevator cases, slip and fall, and trucking accidents. Ms. Sonin lectures to organizations such as the New York City Fire Department, the New York City Fire Marshalls the New York City Police department, the New York City Office of School Safety, Bar associations, as well as various community groups throughout the tri state area.

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David M. Doré

David M. Doré

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

11 Broadway, Suite 615, New York, NY 10004

David M Doré has an extensive litigation background of over 30 years with national law firms as Managing Attorney. As Managing Attorney, Mr. Doré was the “lawyers’ lawyer”, advising and coordinating litigation strategies for attorneys and paralegals. The Law Offices of David M. Doré, P.C. is a litigation firm. Mr. Dore’s experience included consultation with attorneys on procedural rules for Federal and State and City courts for all New York metropolitan area court systems as well as courts in numerous other jurisdictions and countries. Coordinate service and filing of documents in courts for matters various New York State and Federal Courts. Mr. Doré trained attorneys and paralegals on Federal and State courts electronic filing procedures and court procedural rules in Federal and State litigation. He has handled commercial litigation procedural issues for matters pending in New York, and involving parties in California, Florida, Wisconsin and Washington, DC courts. He has coordinated cases related to international service of process under the Hague Convention and Inter-American Treaties; effecting service pursuant to those provisions in China, Italy and the Caribbean. Mr. Doré advised attorneys on White Collar criminal defense Federal and State, procedural rules, working alongside former Assistant U.S. Attorneys and coordinating cases with United States Attorney’s Offices for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Coordinated investigations of entities infringing on copyright ownership and trade violations, including the dismantling of hundreds of counterfeit sellers of cigarettes. Mr. Doré also worked for the New York City Corporation Counsel conducting pretrial discovery and investigations for the Bronx Tort Division. Interview witnesses, including 50-H hearings, depositions of numerous prisoners at various New York State Correctional institutions. He has appeared and defended the City of New York in hundreds of cases at New York County Supreme Court, Bronx County Supreme Court and New York City Small Claims court. These appearances were at over 500 preliminary conferences and hundreds of depositions examining plaintiffs with actions against the City of New York. His advice was sought by Police Officers, Firefighters, Sanitation Inspectors, Public School teachers and other New York City personnel for pending litigations. In 2021 Mr. Doré was honored to be appointed to the AAJ Voter Protection Committee by President Navan Ward, Jr. President of the American Association for Justice.

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