Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in New York, NY

D. Carl Lustig III is a member of Arye, Lustig & Sassower, P.C., a premier Manhattan personal injury law firm serving the New York City area since 1965. Mr. Lustig focuses on personal injury trials and appeals for plaintiffs who have suffered devastating losses due to accidents of all types, medical malpractice and defective products. His primary area of concentration is construction accident litigation under the New York State Labor Law.

Mr. Lustig enjoys a well-deserved reputation as one of the top trial lawyers in New York City and has numerous seven-figure and eight-figure verdicts and settlements to his credit. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the American Board of Trial Advocates and several other legal associations. He has been named as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in New York State by the National Trial Lawyers Association and was listed among the top one percent of attorneys in the United States by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He is also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award as one of America's Top 100 Attorneys.

Carl Lustig III has been selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers every year since 2009, being designated a Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney. He holds an AV Preeminent* (top) peer rating through Martindale-Hubbell. He is a past recipient of the prestigious Attorney of the Year award from the Institute of Jewish Humanities. Mr. Lustig serves on the board of directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and is the president of the New York City Trial Lawyers Alliance.

A noted speaker, Mr. Lustig lectures extensively for numerous entities, including the New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, the Practicing Law Institute, the New York State Bar Association, Yale University, Hofstra University School of Law and St. John's University School of Law. He has been an invited speaker at the New York State Judicial Conference and has lectured at the New York City Bar Association in their continuing legal education seminar on trials of civil cases.

Mr. Lustig authored Chapter 9: "Opening Statements: Plaintiff's Perspective", in the New York State Bar Association practice manual, Medical Malpractice in New York (4th Edition, 2017).

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used 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 ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.