Attorney Profile

Michael J. Kuharski

Michael Kuharski

Kuharski, Levitz & Giovinazzo, Esqs.
7 Dey Street, Floor 14
New York, NY 10007
Contact Contact Michael J. Kuharski
T: 212-228-1331
F: 212-406-1331

Visit: www.klawnyc.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (70%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (20%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (10%)

Profile

Kuharski, Levitz & Giovinazzo represents seriously injured victims of negligence, securing the best monetary award for their suffering. Michael J. Kuharski has numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts to his credit. It is his compassion and relentless desire to do the best for his clients that makes him the lawyer many other lawyers turn to. Known to many as a lawyer's lawyer, his firm is called upon by law firms throughout the country to handle their most serious and complex cases. "We are ruthless in our pursuit of justice, yet empathetic to the emotional and physical toll a serious injury has on the lives of the victim and his family." This approach has made the firm one of the leading personal injury firms in New York. Mr. Kuharski sits on the Board of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and is also a Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates.

Selected to:

New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Metro

About Michael Kuharski

Admitted: 1989, New York

Professional Webpage: www.klawnyc.com/michaelkuharski.html

Honors and Awards: member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Bar/Professional Activity: New York State Trial Lawyers Association-Member-Board of Directors- 2006 to present
Verdicts and Settlements: VERDICTS: $11 Million-Wrongful Death, Lights and Sirens-Richmond County, NY;$6.75 Million-Facial Fractures, Premise Liability/security-Queens County; NY$4.9 Million-Herniated Disks, Premises liability/slip & fall-Kings County, NY; $3.3 Million- Closed head injury & Fx femur,Motor Vehicle/pedestrian-Richmond County, NY;$2.4 Million-Torn meniscus/2 surgeries, premise Liability/slip & fall-Kings County, NY; $2.4 Million-Torn Quadricepts w/surgery, premise liabilty/slip & fall-New York Cty, NY; $1.9 Million-RSD, Labor Law 240-Kings County, NY;$1 Million-Open Tib/fib fracture, Motor vehicle/pedestrian-New Yor County, NY; $600,000-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 1993 WTC bombing victim-NY County, NY-  SETTLEMENTS:$1,750,000-Aggravation of Herniated disks-Premise liability/trip & fall- New York County, NY; $1,500,000-Fire/Negligent maintainance of Boiler, facial & arm burns(2 firemen)- Richmond County, NY;$850,00-Diminished visual acuity in one eye, defective product-New York County, NY$750,000-Knee replacement, Labor Law 241-Richmond County, NY; $750,000-Elbow farcture w/surgeries, Municipal liability/Street pothole/bicyclist-Queens County, NY; $650,000-Herniated disk, labor law 240-New York County, NY(Prior successes cannot and do not predict or guarantee future results)
Educational Background: 1985- Manhattan College, Bronx, NY B.A. Psychology & Economics; 1988- Syracuse University, College of Law, JD; Present- Wagner College, SI, NY-M.B.A.

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