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Seated, from left: Zachary Perecman, David Perecman, Carissa Peebles Standing, from left: Adam Hurwitz, Peter Rigelhaupt, Mariusz Sniarowski, Edward Guldi, Sagar Chadha, Steven Dorfman
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Every client’s case is different. But they each need what we deliver, a true understanding of their suffering. We couple that understanding with a commitment to service so that our clients feel what we know, that they are number one. Towards that end we bring to bear painstaking preparation, the relentless pursuit of our client’s cause and unbridled passion for our clients. Our adversaries know this to be true, as do the people we come before in court. It is this combination that brings about the many astonishing results we have achieved for the people who trust us with their cases.
We know it isn’t enough that we have achieved some of the largest verdicts and settlements every year in New York. For that reason we pride ourselves in servicing and staying in touch with our clients and with what is going on in their families’ lives. It is only that way that we can bring our brand of justice to those whom we serve, the clients.
The firm’s founder, David Perecman, has been practicing trial law for 38 years and in that time, has achieved much for his clients. In recognition of that he has been selected for many years running by The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, U.S. News and World Report’s Best Law Firms and Multimillion Dollar Advocates Forum. His verdicts and settlements have been heralded in the New York Law Journal as among the highest in the state of New York year after year. His $9.9 million settlement for a laborer who fell from a scaffold was the highest in the state for a construction accident and the second-highest over all categories for 2015. In 2016, the firm secured nine of the top verdicts and settlements in New York State including Mr. Perecman’s $11.9 million verdict for a Local 79 asbestos remover who fell and injured his back. * He has appeared on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, WPIX, and Fox 5 and in The New York Times, The Daily News, The New York Post and Newsday.
Earlier this Spring, David and his son Zachary, along with another associate, Peter Rigelhaupt (also recognized by Super Lawyers) achieved what David considers to be one of his proudest moments.
He successfully argued a case before the state’s highest court, The New York Court of Appeals, and won the right to go to trial against The City of New York and several police officers for the false arrest and malicious prosecution of a woman who he claimed spent four years in jail after being coerced by the police into confessing to a brutal murder which she did not commit. The city later paid her $4 million.
*Later settled for $5 million.