MITCHELL R. KAHN

We are pleased to announce that Mitchell R. Kahn has recently become “Of Counsel” to our firm. Mitchell brings vast experience and expertise to our firm, having started his legal career working for law firms that specialized in such areas as construction accidents, medical malpractice, premises liability, automobile accidents and wrongful death. For the past twelve years Mitch has operated his own law practice in these areas. As part of his practice, he has frequently been retained by other firms to handle depositions and trials in some of their toughest and most catastrophic cases.

Mitchell graduated from St. John’s University School of Law, State University of New York at Albany and the Bronx High School of Science. He has been admitted to practice law in the State of New York since 1992.

Mitchell's professional memberships include the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. In addition Mitchell sits on the Board of Directors of a not for profit organization "From the Warfront to the Homefront" This is an organization that assists servicemen and women of Afghanistan and Iraq and their families throughout the City and State of New York.

Mitchell R. Kahn's Verdicts & Settlements Include:

$1.3 million dollar recovery for a man who fell from a ladder while performing construction work and suffered a fractured leg requiring the insertion of a rod and screws.
$700,000 recovery for a construction worker who tripped and fell on the worksite sustaining lower back injuries.
$425,000 recovery for a woman who was struck by a vehicle, sustained an injury to her shoulder and a traumatic brain injury, and was required to undergo surgery to her shoulder.
$385,000 recovery for a man who tripped and fell in a pothole, injuring his lower back and requiring surgery.
$350,000 recovery for a man who slipped and fell in a restaurant injuring his lower back and requiring surgery.
$300,000 recovery for a woman who tripped and fell on a sidewalk requiring knee surgery.
$260,000 for a man struck by a car, fracturing his leg and requiring the surgical insertion of a rod and screws. Case was settled after a verdict was taken after the liability portion of the trial.
$250,000 recovery for a man burned while working in sewer ejection pit.
$250,000 recovery for a woman who sustained a traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident.

In addition, to these results, over the course of his career, Mitchell has been regularly retained by some of the finest Personal Injury firms in the New York State area, to conduct the depositions of the defendants in some of their most difficult cases. The deposition work performed for these firms have assisted them in resolving these cases and obtaining millions of dollars in settlements for their clients. One particular case eventually settled for the sum of $4 million dollars. Cases such as these have involved the loss of a limb, loss of an eye, traumatic brain injuries, severe fractures, catastrophic injuries requiring surgery and wrongful death cases.

Mitchell is a native New Yorker and very proud of it. He was born and raised in the Bronx and takes special pride in representing his fellow New Yorkers who have been seriously injured due to the negligence of others. He feels a special connection with those he represents, since he grew up on the same streets and in the same neighborhoods. He takes great satisfaction in being able to help individuals whose lives have been turned upside down as a result of an accident and through no fault of their own.