Steven Miller | Garden City Accident & Injury Lawyer

• Queens County Bar Association Vice Chair: Judicial Relations Committee
  2010 - Present
• American Board of Trial Advocates Associate
  2010 - Present
• New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers Member
  2005 - Present
• Nassau County Bar Association Member
  1990 - Present
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association Member
  1980 - Present
• American Association for Justice Member
  1980 - Present
• New York State Bar Association Member
  1979 - Present

• AV Preeminent Rating, Highest Possible Rating in both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
  1995 - 2016
• Super Lawyer Thompson Reuters
  2011 - 2016
• Elected Member American Board of Trial Advocates
  2010 - 2016

Made a big difference in a case by thorough investigation followed by intense cross examination of defense witnesses. At first blush it appeared that this defendant was not responsible for the major motor vehicle crash in which our six year old client was seriously injured. Investigation revealed the defendant driver had an opportunity to avoid oncoming vehicle. Driver denied same but through thorough cross examination it was established that his testimony conflicted with the physical evidence we uncovered and the driver had no reasonable answers when confronted with same. The jury appreciated this and held the driver responsible for the collision.

My practice was built on hard work, tenacious representation of my client, respect for my clients and their needs, honesty, returning telephone calls and my reputation in the profession for those qualities.

Clients should look for a lawyer with experience in the field involved, the results had in prior cases, the manner in which the attorney speaks to them and the rapport developed, or not, at the initial meeting, the presence of the attorney and the quality of the office support behind the lawyer.

Local knowledge of our reputation by our adversaries accrues to the benefit of our clients.

In a free telephone consultation we can provide a pretty good picture of whether or not an office consultation would be fruitful. We can generally evaluate the liability situation and advise the caller of the elements required to establish liability. We can generally determine if the damages warrant the involvement of our firm in the matter. The caller will be informed of the issues we consider in making arriving at our opinions.

In order to evaluate a matter during a free telephone conversation the caller should be prepared to provide the particulars of the event giving rise to their call and if documentation is available they should have it. They should be able to describe their injuries and damages.

We are different because each step of the case is handled by a partner with years of experience in these matters, because we respect our clients and appreciate they are coming to us following a traumatic event/loss, because we talk understandably so that the client is knowingly involved in decision making, because we care, because we know that the client has entrusted to us a matter of great importance to them which effects their future wellbeing.

The most rewarding aspect of my job is when I can ease the burden inflicted upon my client. My clients are significantly injured, require medical and rehabilitation care, either cannot work or cannot work in their prior capacity, have continuing pain and disability. I cannot cure them of the pain and disability, but if I achieve a result that provides the funds for the care required, replaces the earnings lost, or returns their sense of self respect, then I feel I have done the best I could to restore them to the life they previously enjoyed. Their thanks is my reward.

My interests include baseball, football, bicycle riding and tinkering with home repair projects.

My community involvement includes being a trustee of the Sands Point Civic Association, Chair of the Queens County Bar Association Administration of Justice Committee and lecturer in the continuing legal education program for St. John's University School of Law.