The Berkowitz Law Firm
Toll Free : 800-500-1990
The Berkowitz Law Firm is a well known medical malpractice and personal injury law firm. With over 40 years of experience, we have obtained substantial verdicts and settlements on behalf of medical malpractice and personal injury victims throughout the State of Connecticut.
We are known for our tenacity, integrity and experience as well as our history of successful case results. Our attorneys are committed to helping their clients receive just compensation and they will go to extraordinary and creative lengths to help their clients win. Because the lawyers at The Berkowitz Law Firm recognize the difficult financial and personal situation that a medical malpractice or personal injury victim faces, our firm operates on a contingency fee basis. This means that clients pay nothing unless their case is won. The Berkowitz Law Firm spare no expense preparing a case for trial so clients can have full confidence that we are doing everything possible to obtain a favorable verdict or settlement for their case.
If you or a loved one has been injured, please contact us. Our attorneys have proven experience and are extremely easy to work with. We understand the difficult times you are facing and will do everything possible to help you.
Toll Free : 800-500-1990
Connecticut Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury Attorney
The Berkowitz Law Firm is a well known medical malpractice and personal injury law firm. With over 40 years of experience, we have obtained substantial verdicts and settlements on behalf of medical malpractice and personal injury victims throughout the State of Connecticut.
We are known for our tenacity, integrity and experience as well as our history of successful case results. Our attorneys are committed to helping their clients receive just compensation and they will go to extraordinary and creative lengths to help their clients win. Because the lawyers at The Berkowitz Law Firm recognize the difficult financial and personal situation that a medical malpractice or personal injury victim faces, our firm operates on a contingency fee basis. This means that clients pay nothing unless their case is won. The Berkowitz Law Firm spares no expense preparing a case for trial so clients can have full confidence that we are doing everything possible to obtain a favorable verdict or settlement for their case.
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Meet Our Attorneys:-
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Russell Berkowitz, Esq.
Russell Berkowitz is widely known as one of the leading personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys in Connecticut. Since 1985, Russ has obtained many substantial settlements and verdicts for seriously injured adults and children stemming from birth injuries, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, cancer misdiagnosis, wrongful death and other life altering injuries. He is board certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is a Fellow in the Connecticut chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Russ has been voted as a Super Lawyer by Connecticut Magazine and New England Super Lawyers Magazine in the field of medical malpractice every year since each list has been published.
Some of Russ' recent awards include a $6.1 million medical malpractice settlement on behalf of a client who sustained a spinal cord injury during neck surgery, $2.6 million medical malpractice verdict against doctors who failed to timely diagnosis a client's prostate cancer, $9 million medical malpractice award on behalf of a baby who who sustained brain damage during delivery, $3 million settlement on behalf of a child who sustained brain damage following the negligent administration of anesthesia during surgery, $1million wrongful death settlement for a teenager who was killed as a pedestrian by an automobile, $1million wrongful death settlement for a teenager who died as a passenger in a one car automobile accident, $4 million medical malpractice verdict on behalf of a client who was forced to undergo a hysterectomy and lost the chance to have children following a negligently performed gynecological procedure, and $6 million settlement on behalf of a baby who sustained an anoxic brain injury during delivery.
Russ is a member of the American Association of Justice, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Roscoe Pound Foundation, Connecticut Bar Association, Fairfield County Regional Bar Association, American Trial Counsel, and Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He resides in Weston with his wife and three children.
If you wish to meet with Russ, contact a committed Connecticut medical malpractice lawyer today.
Joanne P. Sheehan, R.N., B.S.N., J.D.
Joanne P. Sheehan, a registered nurse and attorney, focuses on civil litigation, personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability and in representing nurses and allied health professionals before licensing boards. Joanne has represented victims of medical malpractice and personal injury and obtained numerous settlements in excess of $1,000,000.
Ms. Sheehan graduated from St. Vincent's Hospital School of Nursing in New York City in 1977 and received her Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from Pace University in 1982. She practiced as a registered nurse for 10 years, specializing in burn intensive care before completing her law degree from Pace University School of Law in 1987. During that time she co-founded the Pace University Health Law Society.
She is admitted to practice before Connecticut and New York Courts, Federal Courts, and the United States Supreme Court.
Leadership positions held by Ms. Sheehan include the 2004 presidency of the American Association of Nurse Attorneys and chairperson of the American Association of Nurse Attorneys Committee on disciplinary Defense of Health Care Professionals. She is also past president and co-founder of the Connecticut Chapter of Nurse Attorneys. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Nurse Attorneys Foundation. She is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the Bridgeport Bar Association and the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. She is past chairperson of the Fairfield County Medical Legal Committee, and the Greater Bridgeport Bar Medical-Legal Committee. She has also served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nursing Law and is a graduate of Leadership Greater Bridgeport.
Ms. Sheehan is a frequent author of articles and textbook chapters and presenter of seminars on legal issues facing nurses.
She currently serves on the Town of Fairfield Parking Authority.
Ms. Sheehan resides in Fairfield with her husband and family.
If you wish to meet with Ms. Sheehan, contact a Connecticut medical malpractice attorney today.
Christina Hanna, Esq.
Christina Hanna has been committed to representing injured individuals since admission to the Connecticut Bar. Ms. Hanna handles personal injury cases and workers' compensation matters, and she has tried several cases to verdict, recovering fair awards for clients. Attorney Hanna has also appeared before several districts in the workers' compensation forum, and she has tried several matters at the formal hearing level and on appeal before the Compensation Review Board. Attorney Hanna has served as co-chair of the small firm division on the Connecticut Young Lawyers' Association '04, and is a member of the Dean's Council at Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, and the Connecticut Bar Association.
Attorney Hanna earned her undergraduate degree at Fairfield University and her J.D. at Quinnipiac University School of Law.
If you would like to meet with Ms. Hanna, contact a Connecticut workers compensation lawyer today.
Eric Blomberg, Esq.
Eric Blomberg is a focused litigator who has been exclusively representing plaintiffs in personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability and wrongful death cases throughout his legal career. Most recently, Eric settled a medical malpractice case against a hospital for a total payout of $2,450,000. The suit was filed on behalf of a psychiatric patient who suffered a traumatic brain injury after throwing himself from a hospital window.
Eric has obtained numerous verdicts for the injured and their families in the courtroom as well. Some of the most notable include a $495,000 verdict in an automobile accident case where the insurance company's final settlement offer before trial was $20,000; a $100,000 verdict in an automobile accident case where the insurance company's final settlement offer before trial was $3,000; and a $75,000 verdict in a premises liability case where the insurance company's final settlement offer was $0.
Eric is licensed to practice in Connecticut and New York. He is an active member of the American Association of Justice, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and Medical Malpractice Committee, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the Connecticut Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the Regional Bar Association. Eric is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and American Trial Lawyers Association, and he has also lectured before the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association regarding how he"Turned a 60 k Offer of Judgment Into a $500 k Verdict."
Eric graduated from the Quinnipiac University School of Law, where he represented the University in National Mock Trial and Moot Court competitions. At that time, he also worked as a legal intern with the State Attorney General's Office and the Reardon Law Firm. Eric obtained his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Adelphi University, while playing Division I soccer.
Eric currently resides in Norwalk with his wife who is an elementary school teacher in Greenwich.
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Toll Free : 800-500-1990
Toll Free : 800-500-1990
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