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David H. Perecman

David H. Perecman

Attorney
Location:
New York, New York
Phone:
718-WORKERS
888-997-2354
Fax:
212-977-7035
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For the past 25 years as one of the leading personal injury lawyers in New York City, David Perecman has championed all types of personal injury cases, including commercial and residential construction accidents, premises accidents, automobile accidents and medical malpractice. Mr. Perecman has won millions of dollars for his clients over the course of his career, with $25 million in verdicts and settlements in the past year alone.

From the beginning of his legal practice, Mr. Perecman has proven himself to be a skilled and tenacious New York City personal injury lawyer. He founded the Perecman Firm in 1983 after winning a $600,000 verdict against the now-defunct department store Gimbels for falsely detaining an elderly woman when an antitheft device set off the alarm. Since then, he has taken dozens of personal injury cases to verdict and settled many more mid-trial. Among his more recent victories: a $15 million verdict for a construction worker, plus many other multimillion-dollar recoveries.

Mr. Perecman has become one of the top personal injury lawyers in New York City by combining extensive and relentless preparation with first-class litigation skills to achieve winning results. He starts planning his strategy as soon as a case comes in the door. Whether before a judge or a jury, he spares no expense in employing first-rate experts and cutting-edge technology to great persuasive effect. The personal injury verdicts he obtains are often double or triple-and sometimes many multiples of the settlement offers made by the defense prior to and during trial. "Every case has its weaknesses," Mr. Perecman says. "It is the job of a good personal injury lawyer to ensure that they do not diminish the ultimate value of your claim."

Mr. Perecman, a 1975 graduate of the State University of New York at Albany and a 1978 graduate of Brooklyn Law School, serves on the executive committee and the board of directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA), a prestigious lawyers' association. In 2005, Mr. Perecman was chosen by NYSTLA to be its head New York construction accident lawyer overseeing the committee related to commercial and residential construction accidents. Additionally, Mr. Perecman lectures to other New York City personal injury lawyers and court personnel on construction accident law. He is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court, New York State and the U.S. District courts of the Southern and Eastern districts of New York. His credentials also include the role of a commentator on Court TV. He is listed in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals.

Areas of Practice

  • Construction Accidents
  • Personal Injury
  • Premises Accidents
  • automobile accidents
  • Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Education

  • Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
  • The State University of New York, Albany, New York, United States of Amercia

Classes/Seminars

  • Construction Accident Law, New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Honors and Awards

  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2008 - 2010
  • Multi- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  • New York Super Lawyers, 2007 - 2010
  • The National Law Journal's Hall of Fame, 2008 - Present
  • The New York Law Journal Book of Lists - Biggest Verdicts, 2005 - Present
  • Law Dragon Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America, 2007 - Present
  • National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association-, Chair- Labor Law Committee, Executive Committee, 2005 - 2010
  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Past Secretary and Treasurer, 2006 - 2009
Verdicts & Settlements

  • Verdicts 1$40,000,000 (4)

    Medical malpractice. Child's brain damage

  • Verdicts 2$15,208,168.00 (1)

    Construction worker fell from a ladder, jury verdict

  • Verdicts 3$10,000,000.00

    Construction worker / mason fell from the scaffold, case settled after the jury verdict in amount of $ 10,020,000

  • Verdicts 4$9,825,000.00 (2)

    Construction worker/ laborer fell from the scaffold, jury verdict

  • Verdicts 5$9,360,000.00

    Jury Verdict for mason/construction worker who fell 2 floors from the side of the building **

  • Verdicts 6$5,500,000 (3)

    Woman sustained serious injuries in collision with truck. Jury verdict

  • Verdicts 7$3,500,000.00

    Construction worker/ carpenter fell from the roof at height of 20 feet, case settled

  • Verdicts 8$3,100,000.00 (5)

    Infant brain damage at birth, case settled

  • Verdicts 9$2,774,367.00

    Construction worker/ masons helper fell from the scaffold, jury verdict

  • Verdicts 10$2,536,000.00

    Construction worker struck by a falling object during demolition, jury verdict

  • Verdicts 11$2,140,000.00

    Construction worker watched as other workers fell from the scaffold in wind storm. Post traumatic stress disorder. Case settled during the trial

  • Verdicts 12$2,100,000.00

    Construction worker/ plumber fell into unsecured hole, falling one story down, case settled at the trial

  • Verdicts 13$2,000,000.00

    Construction worker/ steamfitter tripped on debris at work, case settled

  • Verdicts 14$2,000,000.00

    Construction worker sustained injuries when wall collapsed, case settled at the trial

  • Verdicts 15$1,850,000.00

    Settlement while on trial after winning jury liability verdict for woman injured when her wheelchair fell into a pothole

  • Verdicts 16$1,800,000.00

    Construction worker fell from the scaffold. Case settled during the trial

  • Verdicts 17$1,698,000.00 (6)

    Woman tripped and fell on stairs, jury verdict

  • Verdicts 18$1,600,000.00

    Construction worker struck by falling brick, case settled at the trial

  • Verdicts 19$1,398,000.00 (7)

    Jury verdict for woman who injured knee in fall on stairs in building

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Winning Results

  • Staten Island Ferry Hits the Pier Again, Leaving New York Personal Injury Lawyers Wondering How it Could Happen Again, So Soon.

  • Personal Injury Attorneys Contemplate Toxic Evidence in the Death of 3 Men in New York.