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New Hyde Park, NY, August 2021… It is with great pride that we announce six Pegalis Law Group attorneys have once again been selected for the highly regarded list, The Best Lawyers in America© for 2022. Fewer than 5% of attorneys in the United States are recognized to this list, which is compiled through extensive research, and peer and client review. The six attorneys recognized for Plaintiffs Medical Malpractice and/or Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation are:
Steven Pegalis, Esq. is the Founder of Pegalis Law Group, and one of the nation’s foremost medical malpractice trial lawyers. 2021 is his 16th time being named to Best Lawyers©. In his 50 years practicing law as an advocate for seriously injured victims of negligence, he has obtained some of the highest jury verdicts in history. He was the only lawyer named 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® for Long Island, NY Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs. He was also singularly named 2017 “Lawyer of the Year” in Long Island, NY for Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Litigation, and in 2016, was named “Lawyer of the Year,” for Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice in New York.
Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard, Esq. is the Managing Partner at Pegalis Law Group. 2021 is her 15th time being named to Best Lawyers®. She has more than 30 years of experience representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases involving women’s health issues and birth injuries, as well as surgical, neurosurgical, cardiac, and cancer treatment. Bondi-Stoddard was the only 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” recognized by Best Lawyers® for Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation in Long Island, NY and the only 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” for Plaintiffs Medical Malpractice in Long Island, NY.
Sanford Nagrotsky, Esq. is a Partner at Pegalis Law Group. 2021 is his eighth time being named to Best Lawyers®. As a medical malpractice attorney for more than 30 years, he has instituted a unique approach to client service rarely seen today; he provides consultations directly with people who call every day to learn if they have a potential medical negligence case. Nagrotsky focuses on unraveling complex medical negligence situations, utilizing his extensive knowledge and medical research skills to swiftly analyze critical issues for clients and potential clients.
James B. Baydar, Esq. is a Partner at Pegalis Law Group with more than 30 years of experience. Baydar’s work and representation of clients has resulted in millions of dollars of recovery in settlements and verdicts. He advocates for clients through complex court proceedings in the years following successful resolution of their cases. He provides legal counsel on preserving and best utilizing clients’ awards and settlement funds to pay for their lifetime care.
Robert Fallarino, Esq. is a Trial Attorney at Pegalis Law Group with more than 25 years of experience. 2021 is his fifth time being named to Best Lawyers®. Fallarino has resolved cases for millions of dollars for patients who have been victims of medical negligence across New York and around the nation. His record of success includes obtaining the fourth highest verdict in New York for medical negligence in 2012, making it the top ten verdict in New York that year.
Gary Nielsen, Esq. is a Trial Attorney at Pegalis Law Group with more than 35 years of experience. He has represented hundreds of patients who were victims of medical errors and has obtained many million-dollar settlements for injured plaintiffs. Nielsen considers it a privilege to represent individuals who have disabilities, whose children are disabled, or who have lost loved ones, in challenging cases that are intellectually rewarding.
Pegalis Law Group, LLC is a New York law firm for those suffering as a result of avoidable medical errors and personal injury. In nearly 50 years of practice, they have won some of the largest verdicts in New York State history and strive for medical accountability to ensure safer medical practices for better patient care. Visit them at www.pegalislawgroup.com and on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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