Attorney Profile
James B. Reed
James Reed
Elmira
New York (NY)
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (50%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (50%)
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice
Industry Groups:
Board Of Directors Of The NY Academy Of Trial Lawyers, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, NY SuperLawyers, NY Trial Lawyers Association
Profile
For more than 24 years, Jim Reed has practiced in the state and federal courts of both New York and Pennsylvania in the areas of Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Legal Malpractice.
For several years, Jim has been selected as a NY SuperLawyer and for membership in the prestigious Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Forum membership is limited to trial lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional skill, experience and excellence in advocacy by achieving a trial verdict, award or settlement of Two Million Dollars or more.
Jim was selected for membership following his successful handling of a medical malpractice case for a little girl who suffered permanent brain damage due to a delay in delivery. This case resulted in a structured settlement with projected payments to the disabled child of over $20,000,000 for her profound medical and nursing needs and with a present value of $2.4M.
In addition to this case, Jim has handled several other Million-Plus cases ($2,500,000, $2,000,000 -- $1,625,000, $945,000, etc.). Several years ago, WETM-TV selected Jim as their local legal expert. Jim is featured on the Noon News on Wednesdays where he responds to listeners' legal questions.
Jim is a prolific legal writer: on his blogs (www.NYInjuryLawBlog.com and www.NYBikeAccidentBlog), in two books (Learn the Five Secrets to Buying Auto Insurance and Learn the Five Deadly Mistakes that can Kill Your Accident Case), and in the 2008 NYSBA book, The Plaintiff's Personal Injury Action in NY).
Jim was also proud to have been selected to teach selected to teach: Injury Law 101– The Nuts and Bolts of Handling an Injury Case for the cutting-edge Solo Practice University.
Selected To
New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Upstate Edition
About James Reed
Admitted: 1987, New York
Professional Webpage: www.zifflaw.com/our-lawyers/james-reed/
Honors and Awards:
- Forum membership is limited to trial lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional skill, experience and excellence in advocacy by achieving a trial verdict, award or settlement of One Million Dollars or more., Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2003
- Forum membership is limited to trial lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional skill, experience and excellence in advocacy by achieving a trial verdict, award or settlement of Two Million Dollars or more., Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2007
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Founder and Coordinator for the Chemung County Bar Association High School Mock Trial Competition, 1999
- Selected by Chief Judge Kaye to serve on the 6th Judicial District Judicial Candidate Screening Panel, 2007
- Selected to the Board of Directors of the NY Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2009
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Participated in the Chemung County Bar Association Pro-Bono Divorce Program, 1986
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Author, Litigating in the Courts of The Southern Tier, The Plaintiff's Personal Injury Action in NY, NY State Bar Association, 2007
- I was pleased to be selected to teach Injury Law 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Handling an Injury Case by Solo Practice University (SPU). SPU is cutting-edge, on-line curriculum for practicing lawyers to learn proficiency in a given practice area., Taught Injury Law 101, Faculty for Solo Practice University, 2009
Verdicts and Settlements:
- $945,000-- Car Crash Case Involving a Tractor Trailer, 2003
- $2,000,000 Settlement In a Medical Malpractice Action-- Delay in Delivery at Birth Causing Cerebral Palsy, 2004
- $1,625,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement, 2004
- $2,400,000 Settlement In a Medical Malpractice Action-- Delay in Delivery at Birth Causing Cerebral Palsy, 2007
- $2,500,000 Settlement on behalf of a driver who was permanently disabled due to being rear-ended by a bus., 2011
Newsletters:
- Informative quarterly newsletters with content useful to our clients in NY and PA., Ziff Law Firm Newsletters
Map Location
Blog entries — James B. Reed
What is Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.
