Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in New York, NY

The principal attorney at Mark E. Seitelman Law Offices, P.C., Mark E. Seitelman focuses his practice on personal injury and wrongful death litigation. Based in New York City, he provides representation to clients throughout the greater metropolitan area, including all of Metropolitan New York City counties, who have suffered economic and noneconomic losses due to the negligence of other persons or entities. The types of cases that Mr. Seitelman has handled have arisen out of incidents involving motor vehicle crashes, construction site accidents, defective products, sidewalks, premises liability, nursing home negligence, and medical malpractice. He also has extensive experience in assisting policy holders whose claims have been denied in bad faith by their insurance companies.

During his career as a plaintiff's attorney, Mr. Seitelman has been able to obtain millions of dollars in settlements and jury awards for his clients. His successes both in the courtroom and at the negotiating table have earned him the respect of his fellow professionals, as evidenced by his receipt of an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Seitelman is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is limited to lawyers who have won seven-figure or higher verdicts and settlements, and he has been named to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100.

Mr. Seitelman is a 1976 Bachelor of Arts recipient from Brooklyn College. He went on to attend Brooklyn Law School, and he was awarded his Juris Doctor in 1979. After clerking for a judge on the Kings County Supreme Court, Mr. Seitelman spent several years with an insurance defense firm before becoming a plaintiff's attorney when he formed his firm in 1990. Admitted to practice in New York, Mr. Seitelman is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.

*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 Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.