Donald Papcsy
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Norwalk, Connecticut
Papcsy Janosov Roche Trial Lawyers
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, DUI-DWI; view more
Licensed in Connecticut since: 1999
Education: Quinnipiac University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2016, 2021 - 2024 Call today:
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As senior trial attorney at Papcsy Janosov Roche, Donald Papcsy is dedicated to providing exceptional representation for his clients in Connecticut and New York. He focuses his practice on handling serious personal injury plaintiff cases, including medical malpractice; as well as serious criminal defense matters, including DUI/DWI, Assault and Drug cases.
For more than 20 years, Attorney Papcsy has been advocating for victims of negligence to secure much-needed compensation. He understands the significant challenges people face as they deal with catastrophic injuries. Through gathering detailed evidence, quantifying damages, and calling in the best expert witnesses, he constructs compelling arguments to support his clients’ cases.
Attorney Papcsy has obtained multi-millions of dollars on behalf of his clients. He is a skilled trial attorney and a fearsome adversary in the courtroom. In one notable case, he secured $4.1 million for the estate of a 13-year-old boy who was killed when a vehicle struck him as he crossed the street in a crosswalk. His accomplishments have not gone unnoticed by his peers. For his successes, Attorney Papcsy has been invited to join the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and he holds a perfect Avvo “10-Superb” rating. In 2015, he was inducted into the Connecticut Law Tribune Personal Injury Hall of Fame, and has been selected to the Super Lawyers list for multiple years. In 2018, Attorney Papcsy was one of only six lawyers to be honored by the Connecticut Law Tribune, at their annual Professional Excellence Award's dinner, as being one of the "Game Changers" of the Connecticut legal community for his work at the Appellate Level and in the field of Municipal Liability.
As a frequent speaker and published author, Attorney Papcsy often shares his opinion regarding legal matters on national media such as ABC, CNN, Tru Tv (formely Court Tv) and Fox News. He is active in the legal community, holding memberships with the American Association for Justice, the Connecticut Bar Association, the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.
In 1993, Attorney Papcsy graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science. He then attended Quinnipiac University School of Law, earning a Juris Doctor in 1999. He is also a graduate and active alumni of Fairfield College Preparatory School, and serves on the school’s President’s Advisory Counsel Board.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Criminal Defense: DUI/DWIFocus areas
Animal Bites, Assault, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, DUI/DWI, Dental Malpractice, Dram Shop Laws, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Toxic Mold, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 70% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 10% Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI
First Admitted: 1999, Connecticut
Professional Webpage: http://myinjuryfirm.com/attorney/papcsy-donald/
- Connecticut Bar Association, 2000
- https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2018/09/13/stress-kills-finding-balance-in-an-often-thankless-profession/?slreturn=20190027235635, 2018
- New York and Federal courts, Member
- Connecticut, Member
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 2000
- US District Court
- The American Association for Justice(American Trial Lawyers Association), Member, 2000
- Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member
- New York Bar Association, Member
- Nancy Gibson v Our Lady Hope of Parish: $350,000.00 90yo woman fall on stairs, inadequate railing and step structures , 2023
- Leigh Summers v Charter Oaks Performing Arts: $300,000.00 woman elbow injured during bachelorette game, 2023
- Chacon v State of CT: $1,750,000.00 motorcycle accident due to State statutory negligence (sole proximate cause in highway defect) in the construction and maintenance of a drain in the road, 2022
- Verras v 3 Wheels Store: $1,000,000.00 snow plow accident, but able to keep in landlord under the non delegable duty doctrine to compensate victim who sustained a mid level leg crush injury, 2022
- Sarica v Allstate- $300,000 policy car accident leading to post concussion headaches , 2021
- Gersch v. NYSA Insurance, et al $1,225,000.00 result for broken leg in pedestrian case involving a motor vehicle. , 2020
- $425,000.00 car accident result back and neck injuries , 2020
- $320,000.00 premises liability case for rotator cuff injury , 2020
- Henry Cartagena v. City of Bridgeport - $1,500,000.00 recovered by pedestrian on sidewalk struck after a multicar collision alleged to have been caused by a malfunctioning traffic light. Testimony from over twenty five of fact, and the over ten expert, witnesses to prove the sole direct and proximate result of a breach of the Defendant’s statutory duty under C.G.S. §13a-149. (CT Law Tribune Article-Best Settlement and Awards Section-above), 2018
- Estate of Peter Strimska v. Tinnen - $1,300,000.00 result for boy ran over in driveway. Original report did not find the Defendant at fault, but able to prove negligence on behalf of defendant driver through expert accident investigation and reconstruction., 2018
- Fernschild v Commissioner of Motor Vehicles - CONNECTICUT APPELLATE COURT DECISION (CERT DENIED)- Case taken up to the Connecticut Appellate Court, pro bono, that overturned and clarified all previous decisions, and set the law requiring police officers to describe in their police reports what person's words or conduct constitute a finding of a "refusal" under the DUI statute, 14-227. This is now the seminal case on this issue in Connecticut., 2017
- Estate of Prada v. Town of Stratford, et al - $4,110,000.00 settlement prior to trial. 13 year old boy wrongful death case. Town kept in the case directly, as well as the driver of the Town truck, 2013
- Johnson, et al v. City of Stamford, et al - $918,000.00 settlement reached prior to suit for an 18 year old who was sexually assaulted by his female teacher, surpassing all immunity issues. , 2016
- Clarke v Warner - $250,000.00, Plaintiff was able to receive a full $250k recovery for post concussion symptoms related to a scooter hitting a car at a parking lot. (CT Law Tribune article above), 2017
- Deleon v. Delacruz - $1,000,000.00 policy tendered, plus proved liability against multiple other cars involved in a prior accident that caused pile up and emergency personnel to be present causing the Plaintiffs car to collide with them. Total settlement value: $1,225,000.00, 2012
- Estate of Pauta v. TCHE Bagual, tender of $1,000,00.00 policy when claim was denied by insurance company under New York Law, 2013
- Yazdzik v. Dipippo - $300,000.00 policy tendered for woman with exacerbation of a pre existing neck injury reguiring surgery, 2013
- Young v. Owens, $300,000.00 full policy settlement for a woman who had her leg severed by a car backing into her in a parking lot, 2015
- Tartaglia v. Gray, et al: $215,000.00 result for a motor vehicle case where the plaintiff had soft tissue injuries and a herniated disc, 2015
- Multiple verdicts and settlements reported in the Personal Injury Yearbook, and National Verdict Reporter on a yearly basis, 2001
- Veronica Norris, ppa for minor Marcus Lee v. Thomas - $175,000.00 settlement ($214,234.00 total value) for asbestos claim where Plainitiff lived in multiple locations and had to prove causation at particular apartment, 2013
- Julio Poveda, et al v. MAK Restaurant Group, et al: $648,000.00 result against an underage driver and the bar that she became intoxitated at before crashing on I-95 causing the injuries, 2014
- Estate of Jesse Lewis, et al v. Estate of Nancy Lanza - $1.5 million dollar policy tendered: one of two initial lawyers, later joined by others from the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, to initiate an action against the mother's estate for the negligent storing and entrustment of weapons later used by her son in the Newtown, Sandy Hook, school shootings. The case was handled pro bono by Attorney Papcsy, 2015
- Trujillo v. Santamaria - $450,000.00 arbitration award for a woman that suffered an exacerbation of a neck injury that we successfully linked to a later neck fusion surgery from an incident at the defendant's home where the Defendant fell into a pool and hit the Plaintiff in the head on the way in, 2016
- Estate of Jesse Lewis, et al v. Town of Newtown, et al:, representing families who lost children in the Newtown, Sandy Hook
- National Trial case Expert Legal Commentary, Law and Crime Network, 2018
- CBS reporting on Attorney Papcsy fighting for better school security and municipality accountability for our children, CBS News - Sandy Hook School Security Case, 2018
- Commenting on location during Skakel appeal at Stamford Courthouse, CNN - Court Tv, 2001
- Expert Legal Commentary Live from NYC, Law and Crime Network, 2018
- Scarlett Lewis v Alex Jones: Nationally covered defamation case against Alex Jones arising from the Sandy Hook shootings, in which Ms. Lewis lost her son Jessie. Case tried in Texas., 2022
- Board Member: NHL Garden of Dreams sponsored Golf Tournament at Darien Country Club raising over $65k for children with terminal illnesses, 2023
- Fairfield College Preparatory School President’s Advisory Counsel Board Member 2nd Term, 2023
- Sono Half Marathon: main sponsor of event with over 2,000 participants with proceeds going to charity, 2023
- Fairfield College Preparatory School President’s Advisory Counsel Board Member: chosen as 1 of only 50 Alumni to serve on a counsel advising the President of the school on the future economic and educational interests of the school., 2022
- Donated over $20,000.00 in legal work to the Choose Love Movement non profit, run by the Scarlett Lewis, mother of Jessie Lewis, one of the children killed in the Sandy Hook Shootings. Acknowledged for this on the her Instagram account, 2022
- Board Member: NHL Garden of Dreams sponsored Golf Tournament raising over $50k for the foundation , 2022
- Sono Half Marathon: main sponsor of event with over 2,000 participants with proceeds going to charity. Our 4th year being a main sponsor for the community, 2022
- Sono Half Marathon: main sponsor of event with over 2,000 participants with proceeds going to charity. Our 4th year being a main sponsor for the community, 2021
- Alumni, Fairfield College Preparatory School, 2020
- https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2020/07/29/nonprofits-benefit-from-law-firms-settlements-in-3-cases/, 2020
- NHL Hockey Fights Cancer Tournament (Board Member) SONO half and 5k Childrens’ Law Center of Connecticut Bridgeport Women’s Shelter – 15 years HPAAC Haitian Relief Concert – American Red Cross Support the Fight Against Cancer – Kentucky Derby Event, Albany, New York Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity Beardsley Zoo Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Fighters St. Rose Chruch, Newtown, 2018
- Board Member, NHL Hockey Fights Cancar Golf Tournament in Connecticut, 2013
- NHL Hockey Fights Cancer Tournament (Board Member) SONO half and 5k Childrens’ Law Center of Connecticut Bridgeport Women’s Shelter – 15 years HPAAC Haitian Relief Concert – American Red Cross Support the Fight Against Cancer – Kentucky Derby Event, Albany, New York Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity Beardsley Zoo Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Fighters St. Rose Chruch, Newtown, 2017
- America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys , America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys, America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys, 2023
- Connecticut Top Attorneys , Honor, Connecticut Magazine, 2023
- Only Award given for being a leader in the law promoting social justice in Connecticut and beyond. An award that we are most proud of. , Professional Excellence Diversity Award, CT Law Tribune, 2021
- Superb 10 Rating, Superb 10 Rating, Avvo, 2019
- Top 100 Trial Lawyer in America, Top 100 Trial Attorneys in Americs, Showmark, 2020
- Best Lawyers in New England, Best Lawyers in New England, Best Lawyers- New England, 2016
- In 2018, Attorney Papcsy was one of only six lawyers to be honored by the Connecticut Law Tribune, at their annual Professional Excellence Award's dinner, as being one of the "Game Changers" of the Connecticut legal community for his work at the Appellate Level and in the field of Municipal Liability. , Professional Excellence Award - "Game Changer", The Connecticut Law Tribune, 2018
- Invitation 2018, The 100 Top Trial Lawyers in America, The National Trial Lawyers, 2018
- Inclusion in Who's Who in America, 2011 and 2012, American Who’s Who, 2012
- Superb 10 Rating, Superb Rating, Avvo, 2014
- Inducted into the Connecticut Law Tribune Personal Injury Hall of Fame, 2015
- Superb 10 rating, Perfect "10" Superb Rating, Avvo, 2017
- "The Top Trial Lawyers in America", 2013 and 2014
- Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2014
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Life Membership
- Superb 10 Rating, Perfect "10" Rating Superb, Avvo, 2018
- Best Attorney, Fairfield County Weekly, 2010
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Life Membership
- Perfect "10" "Superb" rating by Avvo, 2015
- Perfect "10" Superb Rating, Avvo, 2016
- Arizona State University, Bachelor of Science, 1993
- Quinnipiac University School of Law Prosecutor Externship Program, 1999
- Teacher, CTLA, 2009
- Interviewed and Quoted for a piece on dealing with stress in the legal profession, Interviewed and Quoted for a piece on dealing with stress in the legal profession, Connecticut's Best Lawyers Finding Balance, The Connecticut Law Tribune, Legal, Professional, 2018
- "Law and Crime" Network Expert Legal Commentator- a regular commentator giving expert legal opinions about on going trials, 2023
- "Law and Crime" Network Expert Legal Commentator- a regular commentator engaged in the succes of the new Dan Abrams Media production, 2022
- Recognized by CT Law Trib for donating $20k during pandemic for Social Justice Causes https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2020/07/29/nonprofits-benefit-from-law-firms-settlements-in-3-cases/, 2020
- "Law and Crime" Network Expert Legal Commentator- a regular commentator engaged in the succes of the new Dan Abrams Media production, 2018
- Expert Legal Commentator on such networks as Court Tv, Tru Tv, CNN and many other local and national networks. Samples of video available online by searching Donald Papcsy. 2001-present, 2018
- Criminal Defense
- Personal Injury
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- Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2016, 2021 - 2024
