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New York City Personal Injury Attorneys and Criminal Defense Lawyers

Attorneys Sullivan & Brill, LLP combines the best aspects of both small and large law firms. The firm is small enough to give each client the close, personal service of an attorney with over 10 years of experience. The firm is also sufficiently large and experienced to take on any personal injury or criminal defense case, against any opponent, in New York as well as other areas of the United States.

Sullivan & Brill, LLP’s Criminal Defense and Personal Injury Attorneys

Personal injury attorney Joseph Sullivan leads the firm’s New York City personal injury practice. He has spent over 10 years representing clients in a wide variety of personal injury litigation, including automobile accidents, construction accidents, slips and falls, lead paint ingestion, rapes and assaults due to inadequate security, medical malpractice, and products liability.

Steven Brill , the firm’s principal New York City criminal defense attorney, handles a broad range of cases, including serious felonies, federal charges, such as wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, securities violations, drug charges, conspiracy, kidnapping, homicide, and white collar offenses, as well as misdemeanor cases involving DWI/DUI, prostitution, domestic violence, assault, and shoplifting.

Rachel Brill heads up Sullivan & Brill, LLP’s San Juan Puerto Rico office. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School, has clerked for two federal judges, and has exceptional experience litigating federal criminal cases. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Puerto Rico and is recognized as one of the country’s foremost lawyers working in complex criminal appeals and post-conviction relief.

Experienced, Successful Trial Attorneys

Sullivan & Brill, LLP is different from many other law firms in that the principal attorneys at Sullivan & Brill are courtroom lawyers that have exceptional experience trying cases. All of them started their careers in positions that allowed them to gain valuable trial experience and all of them have amassed exceptional records of success at trial.

Serving Foreign Language Speakers

The firm has a long history of representing individuals in New York’s various foreign language speaking communities, including the Chinese, Spanish, and Polish communities. The firm can assist speakers of any foreign language and has a long list of satisfied clients from the Chinese, Spanish, and Polish communities.

Contact the Firm

Sullivan & Brill, LLP offers free initial consultations to potential clients. Visit Sullivan & Brill, LLP’s contact page, call (212) 566-1000 during business hours, or call a lawyer directly at (917) 279-7079 during evening hours. Potential clients can also fill out the online form.

For the majority of criminal defense and personal injury cases, the attorneys of Sullivan & Brill, LLP help clients throughout New York City (Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island), Nassau County, Suffolk County, and Westchester County, as well as the other New York counties. For federal or other large-scale cases, the firm’s criminal defense attorneys assist clients throughout the United States, including New York, San Juan, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C.

Breaking News - U.S. Court of Appeals Grants Client's Appeal

In a stunning victory, the US Court of Appeals found that the lower court (Southern District of Georgia) wrongfully and improperly sentenced our client to 10 years for playing a role in a cocaine drug conspiracy. The case will now be sent back to the lower court for resentencing. The client is now elgible for a signifcantly lower jail sentence - possibly half of his original 10 year sentence. http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200810463.pdf

Disorderly Conduct Case Pending

A New York County man is accused of disorderly conduct, allegedly causing a disturbance outside of a bar in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Case is pending.

Jury Awards $320,000 to Women with Fractured Ankle

New York injury lawyer, Joseph Sullivan, recently obtained a $320,000 jury verdict for a Manhattan women that was hit by a bicyclist while crossing Columbus Avenue in New York City. She was hit by a young man who was riding his bicycle in the wrong direction on Columbus Avenue. Investigation by Sullivan & Brill uncovered a homeowner’s insurance policy that covered the bicyclist. The client sustained a fracture of the medial malleolus that was treated with a cast and physical therapy. The insurance company refused to offer more than $75,000 so the case was presented to a jury. The jury returned a verdict finding the bicyclist 100% at fault for the accident, and awarded the client $320,000 for pain and suffering, all of which was covered by the insurance policy.

$500,000 Settlement for Victim of Sexual Assault

The New York personal injury lawyer Joseph Sullivan recently obtained a $500,0000 settlement, with the assistance of a Florida law firm, for a client who was the victim of a sexual assault by an employee of a major cruise line. Immediate intervention by Sullivan & Brill resulted in a police investigation that was critical to the success of the case. Cruise ships are far more dangerous than the industry would like the public to believe. Injuries caused by sexual assaults and slip and fall accidents are not uncommon. Many people don’t realize that terms and conditions on the back of the cruise ticket require that they formally notify the cruise line of the details of the accident in a very short period of time, often 30 days, and that it limits the time within which they must file suit. If you are injured on a cruise ship, you must act quickly. The accident lawyers at Sullivan & Brill can help you get the compensation you deserve.

$375,000 Settlement for Delayed Diagnosis of Ankle Fracture

After twisting her ankle late one evening, a Sullivan & Brill client went to a Nassau County podiatrist complaining of pain. He took x-rays and told her it was a bad sprain. After three months of continued pain, she went to an orthopedist, who took additional x-rays and diagnosed her with a fractured lateral malleolus. Sullivan & Brill filed suit against the podiatrist, claiming that the delayed diagnosis made the fracture worse, requiring surgery that would not otherwise have been necessary. The podiatrist claimed that he did diagnose the fracture and his records so indicated. The turning point in the case came, when medical malpractice attorney, Joseph Sullivan, locked the podiatrist into this testimony and then secured insurance claim forms and a handwriting expert to demonstrated that the podiatrist's testimony was false and that he changed his records to cover up his mistake. The podiatrist and his insurance company continued to argue that even if the fracture had been immediately diagnosed, the course of treatment would have been the same, so the client had not sustained any injury from the missed diagnosis. The podiatrist and his insurance company finally acceded to Sullivan & Brill's demand as the jury was being impaneled.

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