Jonathan R. Ratchik
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in New York, New York
Kramer, Dunleavy & Ratchik, PLLC
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice; view more
Licensed in New York since: 1998
Education: American University Washington College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2024 Call today:
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Jonathan R. Ratchik is a partner at Kramer, Dunleavy & Ratchik, PLLC, a boutique personal injury law firm located in downtown Manhattan. Mr. Ratchik’s practice focuses exclusively on personal injury, wrongful death litigation and medical malpractice.
For over two decades, Mr. Ratchik has been helping New Yorkers who have been injured due to the negligence and wrongdoing of others. The cases that he has worked on have arisen out of incidents involving premises liability, motor vehicle crashes, pedestrian knockdowns, construction site accidents and medical malpractice.
During his distinguished career, Mr. Ratchik has recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of accident victims and their families. He has also amassed an impressive record on appeal, on both the state and federal level. His professional accomplishments have earned him a great deal of recognition from his fellow members of the bar, including an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and a “Superb” peer review rating through Avvo.
Admitted to practice in New York since 1998, Mr. Ratchik is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Mr. Ratchik attended New York University’s College of Arts and Science as an undergraduate, where he double-majored in French and political science and was a member of the school’s varsity swim team before receiving a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in 1994. He then went on to pursue his legal education at American University’s Washington College of Law where he served on the International Law Review before being awarded his Juris Doctor in 1997.
*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
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: PlaintiffFocus areas
Animal Bites, Assault, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Dram Shop Laws, Informed Consent, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 90% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1998, New York
Professional Webpage: http://kdrpilawyers.com/our-attorneys/jonathan-r-ratchik/
- Rudnik v. Brogor Realty Corp.
- Nakasato v. 331 W. 51st Corp.
- Texeira v. BAB Nuclear Radiology, P.C.
- Aaron v. Fish-Bones Towing, Inc.
- Higgins v. West 50th Street Assoc., LLC
- Uncyk v. Cedarhurst Prop. Mgmt.
- Waxman v. Hallen Const. Co. Inc.
- Manhattan by Sail, Inc. v. Tagle
- Transportation Alternatives, Supporter/Volunteer
- Frequent lecturer, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- New York University, B.A. (cum laude), 1994
- New York, 1998
- United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2002
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2002
- United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2016
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- New York City Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- $4,000,000 for a 57-year-old woman who developed metastatic endometrial cancer after undergoing hysterectomy which caused an undiagnosed cancer in her uterus to spread throughout her abdomen., 2018
- $3,000,000 for 38-year-old construction worker who suffered a traumatic brain injury and second degree burns following an arc flash explosion while working on an energized electric circuit., 2019
- $1,182,500 for a 28-year-old dance instructor who suffered multiple herniated discs in her thoracic and lumbar spine requiring lumbar fusion surgery following fall from a stage, 2017
- AV-Rated, AV-Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, 2018
- Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2020
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2024
