Lawyers with an Edge®

Most serious accidents are complicated matters that involve equally complex principles of science and engineering that must be explained to a jury.

With degrees in engineering and biology hanging on walls right alongside their law degrees, partners Richard Gurfein and Preston Douglas, are your Lawyers With An Edge® when fighting big insurance companies, negligent businesses, and even City Hall.

New York courts have made it harder than ever for accident victims to recover just compensation for their injuries – injuries that can devastate the lives of victims and their families.

At Gurfein Douglas, you can rely on the scientific training of our two partners to uncover the often hidden technical details of your case that the untrained eye might miss.  Details like how the laws of physics and other scientific principles support your side of the story.

Gurfein is Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.  Douglas is the editor in chief of the New York Litigation Review.

Elise Alpert becomes Counsel to the Firm

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Elise Alpert, RN JD, has become Counsel to the Firm in our Mass Tort Department.  Ms. Alpert's vast experience in organizing and litigating Mass Tort claims on behalf of seriously injured patients makes her a perfect fit for Gurfein Douglas LLP.  The law firm has been handling product liability cases, including medical devices and pharmaceuticals for over 40 years.

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Jury Awards $6.78 Million in Pedestrian Accident

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

On Thursday evening March 3, 2011, a New York County jury reached a verdict in the case of Ernest Lewis, an infant, by his mother, Brenda Lewis against the New York City Transit Authority, MABSTOA and Courtney Thompson, Index no. 101833/07. The four man, two woman jury awarded the 13 year old (now 18) plaintiff $6,783,202.90 for being run over by the BX19 bus at 145th Street and Convent Avenue on November 19, 2005.

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Richard Gurfein speaks with Q 104.3's Maria Milito

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Top New York personal injury lawyer Richard Gurfein speaks with Q 104.3's Maria Milito about the rights of accident victims in New York State.  Click on links below to listen to the interviews.  Mr. Gurfein can be heard live with Maria Milito every Monday at 12:00 noon.

  Richard Gurfein explains why they are Lawyers with an Edge when it comes to personal injury law to Q104.3's Maria Milito

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Our Cases

$7,400,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 60 year old woman who became paralyzed in
both legs and one arm after her doctors failed to diagnose an infection in her spine.

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$5,750,000 verdict on behalf of a 20 year old woman who was discharged from the hospital after giving birth to her second son, even though she had a very aggressive infection in her uterus and abdomen.

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$5,500,000 settlement structured for a 6 year old who sustained brain damage during her birth causing cerebral palsy, mental retardation and spastic quadriplegia.

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Claire Salant, 83, Old Bethpage, New York

Fell and broke her hip

“It is so easy for people to take advantage of the elderly.  When I got hurt badly one cold rainy night on the way home from my Temple, I needed the help of a lawyer I could trust.  Someone who wouldn’t pressure me into doing anything I didn’t want to do,  just to make some money

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