Richard M. Kenny is a battle-tested New York trial attorney with over one hundred and fifty verdicts in his thirty-six-year career as a lawyer. He has spent his entire career devoted to the representation of the seriously injured throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Greater New York City. As a lawyer who has been practicing personal injury law in New York since 1990, and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum®, Richard M. Kenny has the professional experience and the legal knowledge of New York injury law needed to protect your rights. Before starting an independent practice, he was able to gain valuable experience from one of New York City’s largest personal injury firms. With a desire to work more directly and exclusively with clients, Richard M. Kenny then went on to found The Law Office of Richard M. Kenny in 2002. Our attorneys represent clients who have been injured or have lost a family member in a serious accident or as the result of medical malpractice. Attorney Richard M. Kenny also provides legal service for victims of civil rights violations, including police brutality and false arrests. Our firm is prepared to negotiate on your behalf and to take your case to trial when necessary. Throughout his legal career, Mr. Kenny has been involved in over 200 trials. He has helped many injured and victimized clients, as well as their families, recover substantial verdicts and settlements. Richard M. Kenny has successfully prosecuted numerous record-setting cases in New York. He is AV-rated* and Lead Counsel rated and was selected for inclusion in the New York Super Lawyers® listing, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum®, and the Best Attorneys of America. A graduate of St. John’s School of Law (class of ‘90), Mr. Kenny has worked tirelessly on behalf of accident victims throughout his entire career and has specialized in the representation of firefighters injured in the line of duty. He is a proud member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar Association, the American Association of Justice, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum® and the Legends Society of Top Lawyers in the United States. Mr. Kenny, however, is most proud of the pro bono work his office did on behalf of families and individuals affected by the September 11th tragedy where they represented multiple victims. The majority of Mr. Kenny’s time is spent in court on behalf of his severely injured clients. Throughout his career, he has tried to verdict over a hundred cases, winning tens of millions of dollars in compensation on their behalf. He currently has one of the highest sustained verdicts in the history of the Second Department on a non-medical malpractice negligence case, wherein he successfully represented a young woman who was catastrophically injured in a one-car accident that was proven, during a three-week trial, to have occurred as a result of improper highway design. That case resulted in a sustained verdict in excess of $13,000,000.00. He was also co-counsel on a well-documented tragedy involving the death of three firefighters which resulted in a verdict in excess of $11,000,000.00. In January 2014, Mr. Kenny was appointed as a member of the First Department Disciplinary Committee, which performs the vital function of protecting the rights of clients by maintaining the integrity of the legal profession.

Nicholas I. Timko is the managing partner of the firm of Kahn, Gordon, Timko & Rodriques, P.C. having joined the firm of Kahn & Gordon in 1998 to create the current firm. Mr. Timko has been practicing law since 1983. and is licensed to practice in New York and Pennsylvania. He is dedicated to promoting public safety through the civil justice system by holding corporations, businesses, government agencies, hospitals, doctors, manufacturers, and individuals accountable when their conduct causes harm and loss to members of the public. Mr. Timko has spent his entire career representing clients injured in all types of accidents resulting from unsafe conditions of sidewalks, roadways, subways, buildings, construction sites, defective products, vehicle accidents and those injured by medical malpractice. He has earned a reputation for fighting on behalf of his clients and always putting the clients' interests first. He is a highly skilled trial lawyer having tried many cases to verdict and resulting in multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. He has also lead the fight to hold the City of New York accountable for unsafe sidewalks and roadways and its failure to comply with the prior written notice “pothole” law. Mr. Timko is past President of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice and is a Dean of the New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, which is the educational arm of NYSTLA. He has received the highest professional and ethical rating, AV, from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, and has been named to New York Super Lawyers®. Mr. Timko writes and lectures on various legal topics, working to educate other trial lawyers on how to better represent their clients.

Leigh is a founding partner of Sutton & Smyth, LLP. Born and raised in New York City, Leigh learned valuable lessons in street smarts, which provided him with a relentless work ethic and a tireless dedication to excel. Combined with his legal education and extensive experience, Leigh is a formidable trial attorney that does not shy away from the courtroom and has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Leigh has dedicated his practice to zealously representing hard-working New Yorkers injured as a result of someone else’s negligence and representing victims who experienced property damage due to a fire or water loss. He gained invaluable early experience as a Partner of a renowned insurance defense firm, working closely with insurance adjusters and learning the ins and outs of how insurance companies value personal injury and property damage cases. He uses this knowledge, together with excellent negotiating and litigation skills, to maximize his client’s monetary recoveries. Leigh believes that all victims deserve a lawyer that truly cares about them. To that end, he makes himself available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and will continually communicate with clients to provide updates as their case progresses. He provides his cell number so clients can contact him whenever the need arises and is committed to excellence in the representation of his clients to bring them the justice they deserve and the compassion they need. Leigh is a native of Manhattan and is proud to continue to live there with his family. He attended college at Columbia University and Boston University and graduated from New York Law School. He is admitted to practice in all the Courts of New York State, the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. If you have been injured in an accident, or have sustained property damage due to the fault of another, Leigh will fight for you.

Born and raised in New York, Associate Attorney Noah Passer is an experienced litigator who focuses his practice on representing injured workers and maximizing their compensation. Noah has extensive experience in all aspects of Workers’ Compensation, handling claims from inception and trial through permanency and settlement. He is comfortable litigating any disputed issue dealing with aspects of the employment relationship, medical treatment authorization, disability, permanency, or otherwise. Extremely respected by his peers and colleagues, Noah’s commitment is to the best interests of his clients.

Paul F. Oliveri proudly serves as Director Emeritus in the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, whose organizational mission is “to promote a safer and healthier society, to assure access to the civil justice system by those who are wrongfully injured and to advance representation of the public by ethical, well-trained lawyers. ”Mr. Oliveri has served on several of its committees, including the New York State Trial Lawyers Association’s Judicial Screening Committee. Mr. Oliveri has addressed legislators and lectured before citizen groups about issues facing accident victims, consumers, the civil justice system, and has actively fought to preserve the rights of the injured. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice, the National Crime Victims Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association and several other Bar groups and associations. Mr. Oliveri has been honored on various occasions by being featured in Who’s Who in American Law and has been recognized by the respected legal services company of LexisNexis® in its Martindale- Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™ with an “AV” rating in the practice areas of Motor Vehicle law, Premises Liability Law, Medical and Dental Malpractice law, Personal Injury Law. Less than 5% of all law firms qualify for this rating, making Oliveri & Schwartz, P.C. one of the most distinguished and respected law firms in the country.

At Gitelis Law Offices you will always be treated like a person. While other attorneys may see you as a case number and potential payout, we understand what you are going through and genuinely care about our clients and their cases. We know the implications a debilitating injury can have on a person's life and family, and we treat you with the respect you deserve at such a vulnerable time. If you have been injured in any sort of accident or mishap it is more than likely that you are entitled to monetary compensation. Gitelis Law Office has helped recover millions of dollars in compensation for our clients. There is no charge unless we WIN. That's right, you pay NOTHING unless we help you recover money.

Jason Zemsky is a practicing lawyer in the state of New York.

Born in the Bronx, New York. Admitted to practice, New York State and the U.S. District Courts, Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York. Education: Fordham University, Pi Sigma Alpha; New York Law School Member; New York State Bar Association; New York State Trial Lawyers Academy; New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, Columbian Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury including Motor Vehicle Accident and Premises Liability; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; No-Fault Asset Recovery; Health Law; Property Damage and Insurance Litigation. Greg La Sorsa has distinguished himself as a trial attorney in the field of personal injury and medical malpractice, first developing his skills at the prestigious Garbarini & Scher, where he was mentored by some of the top trial attorneys in New York City. Greg successfully tried a number of defense cases to verdict, including a well-publicized medical malpractice case involving a television celebrity and a plastic surgeon. As a plaintiff’s attorney, he has successfully tried numerous cases and has obtained multiple million-dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients, including the first million-dollar verdict in Dutchess County, New York. He was recognized as having one of the top jury verdicts in New York State in 2018 by Top Verdicts. He is known for his passionate and empathetic representation of clients. Greg founded La Sorsa & Beneventano in 1995. He is an experienced litigator who is at home in the courthouse as well as behind the scenes. La Sorsa & Beneventano also play a major role in the field of No-Fault Asset Recovery, recovering on over $40,000,000.00 of unpaid no-fault insurance claims on behalf of medical providers. Greg is currently on the Planning Board for the Town of Lewisboro and has run a campaign as a candidate for Lewisboro Town Board. He and his wife Diana have four grown children and two grandchildren, including a son who is an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan and his youngest son, who was an All-American pitcher at St John’s University and is now with the Tampa Bay Rays.

After practicing in a midtown Manhattan law firm, I opened my own private practice dedicated exclusively to all accident victims. My steadfast belief is that all accident victims deserve to be fully compensated for their injuries and I do not rest until I achieve that for my clients. My firm will never take any money from you unless we win your case.