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Mitchell J. Sassower is the managing partner of Arye, Lustig & Sassower, P.C. He enjoys an excellent reputation as one of the City's top personal injury attorneys, and has again been selected to the New York Super Lawyers list. He is rated* AV (top rating) by Martindale-Hubbell, and the Institute of Jewish Humanities honored him with its "Attorney of the Year" award. He is a member of the board of directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, for which he has lectured on law office management and labor law.
Mitchell J. Sassower had a Labor Law article published in the January 2012 New York Law Journal. The title of the article is "Recent Labor Law §240 Decisions Don't Go Far Enough in Protecting Workers." Additionally, he wrote an article titled "Holly v. Chautauqua: Good News for Plaintiffs Under Labor Law §240(1)" which was published in the Bill of Particulars by the New York State Trial Lawyers Association in 2012.
In 2015, Mitchell J. Sassower was named one of the nation's top 1 percent of attorneys by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. This honor is reserved for a select few who elevate standards and demonstrate the highest ideals among the legal profession.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingTM fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.
Areas Of Practice
- Construction Accident Litigation
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Medical Malpractice
- Product Liability
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1976
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1977
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1977
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
- 1975
- Queens College, Queens
- B.A. - 1972
Published Works
- Holly v. Chautauqua: Good News for Plaintiffs Under Labor Law §240(1), New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 2012
- Recent Labor Law §240 Decisions Don't Go Far Enough in Protecting Workers, New York Law Journal, January, 2012
Representative Cases
- Brandl v. Ram Builders, Inc., 7 A.D.3d 655 (2nd Dept. 2004)
- Cruz v. Turner Construction Co., 279 A.D.2d 322 (1st Dept. 2001)
- Rizzo v. Hellman Elec. Corp., 281 A.D.2d 258 (1st Dept. 2001)
- Parrelli v. City of New York, 277 A.D.2d 167 (1st Dept. 2000)
- Spaulding v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 271 A.D.2d 316 (1st Dept. 2000)
Classes/Seminars
- Lecturer at the New York State Trial Lawyers Association on the topic of "Making & Defending Motions for Summary Judgement in Labor Law Cases" as part of a seminar on recent developments in Labor Law, 03/23/2011
Honors and Awards
- Super Lawyers
- Named in The National Association of Distinguished Counsel (Nation’s Top 1% of Attorneys)
- AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors)
- American Association for Justice
- New York County Lawyers Association
Case Results
Since 1965, we’ve recovered over $1 BILLION
on behalf of our clients. read more

$2.1 million
settlement
for 33-year old electrician who fell from ladder while attempting to fit heavy cable into crown box when cable sprung back and struck him, causing him to suffer left shoulder injury with impingement.

$1.6 million
settlement
for 38-year old electrician who slipped and fell on debris on stairway with resulting cervical herniated disc and aggravation of pre-existing arthritic changes.

$2.55 million
settlement
for 42-year old electrician who fell into an uncovered, unprotected hole and suffered a severe low back injury with herniated disc(s) that required surgery at L4-5 and L5-S1 levels.

$1.75 million
settlement
for 26-year old construction worker who fell through opening in roof and fractured his wrist, requiring surgery with open reduction and internal fixation, external fixation device, and eventual fusion.

$2.5 million
settlement
for 38-year old female electrician (with history of prior neck injury) who tripped on uneven Masonite protective floor covering, and suffered neck injury with herniated discs requiring cervical fusion.

$1.2 million
settlement
during trial for 40-year old sheet metal worker who was struck in the neck and shoulder by an air conditioning unit and suffered herniated cervical discs and cervical radiculopathy.
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