Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability; view more
Licensed in New York since: 1972
Education: Columbia Law School
Languages Spoken: English, Russian, Spanish
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Kelner & Kelner
250 Greenwich St7 World Trade Center, Suite 2700
New York, NY 10007 Visit website
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Attorney Robert S. Kelner is a founding partner of Kelner and Kelner in New York, New York. He handles matters involving a wide scope of personal injury litigation including motor vehicle accidents, commercial vehicle accidents, construction site accidents and wrongful death.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Kelner has recovered at least 300 verdicts and settlements $1 million or more.
Mr. Kelner has lectured and written extensively on personal injury topics. He is the co-author of the Trial Practice column in the New York Law Journal column with Gail Kelner.
He is the Chair of the New York County Lawyers’ Civil Trial Practice Institute and he has chaired and spoken at its Civil Trial Practice Program for more than a decade.
He has obtained verdicts of over $40 million in a motor vehicle wrongful death case, $36 million in a paralysis case against the New York City Transit Authority and $23 million in a motorcycle spinal injury case.
He has appeared on CBS, NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CNN and the BBC. He has been quoted in every newspaper in the New York area and the New York Times wrote a Public Lives column about him.
He graduated from Columbia Law School, where he frequently lectures on Trial Practice and Tort Law.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: PlaintiffFocus areas
Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Dram Shop Laws, Informed Consent, Medical Devices, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Pharmaceutical, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
First Admitted: 1972, New York
Professional Webpage: http://www.kelnerlaw.com/About/Robert-S-Kelner.shtml
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1972
- Co-Chairperson of Civil Trial Practice Institute, New York County Lawyers Association
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1972
- New York, 1972
- New York County Lawyers Association, Chair Torts Department, 2015 - 2017
- Over 200 verdicts and settlements in excess of One Million Dollars in the course of my practice
- Top 100: 2016 New York - Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2013 New York - Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2015 New York - Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2017 New York - Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2014 New York - Metro Super Lawyers
- Regular columnist in New York Law Journal on Personal Injury Trial Practice
Office location for Robert S. Kelner
250 Greenwich St
7 World Trade Center, Suite 2700
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-235-1027
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- Super Lawyers: 2007 - 2024
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See legal Q & A provided by Robert S. Kelner
Q: In A Wrongful Death Case, What Compensation Is Available, And Other Legal Issues, After A Fatal Accident In New York?
A: Losing a loved one due to a sudden or unexpected accident can be unspeakably tragic. Your grief may be overwhelming as you contemplate life without … See all answers by Robert Kelner