Jeffrey M. Kimmel
Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in Woodbury, New York
Practice Areas:
Medical malpractice,
Personal injury,
Civil litigation,
Construction litigation,
Birth injury,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Construction defects,
Medical devices,
Motor vehicle defects,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Sexual abuse - plaintiff,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
Education Qualification:
Brooklyn Law School
Practice Areas:
Medical malpractice,
Personal injury,
Civil litigation,
Construction litigation,
Birth injury,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Construction defects,
Medical devices,
Motor vehicle defects,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Sexual abuse - plaintiff,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
180 Froehlich Farm BlvdWoodbury, New York, 11797
First Admitted: 1992, New York
Professional Webpage: https://sskblaw.com/our-team/jeffrey-kimmel/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Advisory Council, Nassau/Suffolk Law Services
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Former Board of Directors, New York County Lawyers Association
- New York County Lawyers Association's Young Lawyers Section and founded its highly successful mentoring program, Chairman
- Judge for Annual Moot Court competition, Volunteer
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- Member, Committee on Committees, New York County Lawyers Association
- Committee Member, We Care, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association, Member
- Former Chair, Committee on Committees, New York County Lawyers Association
- Former Member, Medical Malpractice Committee, City Bar of New York,
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Settlement $239,000: Lingual nerve damaged during wisdom tooth extraction. Nassau Supreme Court case number 19153/00., 2003
- Verdict $8,200,000: False Arrest--Excessive Use of Force--Witness to car accident involving police vehicle arrested and beaten--blindness in one eye Kings Supreme Court, Judge Marsha L. Steinhardt case 14124/95 , 1999
- Settlement $750,000: Unspotted occlusion led to amputation, patient claimed--delayed diagnosis Westchester Supreme Court case number 8372/02, 2004
- $13 million settlement for a 46 year old union carpenter who fell from a scaffold into an uncovered stairwell. A plank supporting the scaffold snapped, causing him to lose his balance and fall 40 feet. As a result of his fall, he fractured his vertebra at the T 11-12 level and is now paraplegic. New York Supreme Court 116261/2008, 2010
- Settlement $2,500,000: Plaintiff claimed that doctor failed to refer patient to hospital, Bronx Supreme Court case number 26292/00, 2003
- Settlement $4,500,000: Medical Malpractice--Childbirth--Failure to perform Caesarean in preeclamptic mother--spastic quadriplegia Bronx Supreme Court case 15290/00 Date of settlement 6/5/02, 2002
- Settlement $1,400,000: Undiagnosed infection blamed for respiratory distress, death Bronx Supreme Court case number 14546/00, 14257/01 Judge: Douglas E. McKeon, 2005
- Settlement $2,650,000 : Medical malpractice--childbirth--failure to diagnose fetal distress--brain damage case number 14450/99 Bronx Supreme Court, 2002
- Medical malpractice/wrongful death. $1.2 million settlement in the case of a 49-year old married woman who died after excessive hemorrhage into her abdominal wall following breast augmentation and tummy tuck surgery. Suffolk Supreme Court 14702/2009, 2010
- Settlement $2,650,000: Medical Malpractice --Childbirth-- Failure to Diagnose Fetal Distress-- Brain Damage Bronx Supreme Court case no 14450/99. Date of settlement 5/6/02. Child, age four at trial, suffers from cerebral palsy, severe brain damage. He cannot communicate verbally and requires care in daily life activities., 2002
- Settlement $350,000: Medical malpractice--Delayed Diagnosis-patient history caused doctors to misdiagnose heart attack Kings Supreme Court, Judge: Marsha L. Steinhardt No 350/04, 2005
- Settlement $500,000: Medical malpractice--childbirth--birth injury. Vaginal delivery led to infant's palsy, mother claimed Kings Supreme Court case number 24365/02, 2005
- $1.96 million settlement for a 17 year old boy who was rendered paraplegic after striking his head on the bottom of a swimming pool that was defectively designed and installed. Nassau Supreme Court 13021/2006, 2010
Honors/Awards:
- Earned the highest (AV) rating among attorneys by Martindale-Hubbell's Peer Review Ratings Service
- Selected to the National Moot Court Team
- Smart Litigator Contributor, American Lawyer Media
- New York City’s Ten Leaders, Civil Trial and Personal Injury Law
- Best Lawyer Personal Injury by Best Lawyers(r), 2018
- Honored as one of Long Island’s “Leaders in Law,” Long Island Business News
- Brooklyn Law School's American Jurisprudence Awards, Legal Writing, Appellate Advocacy
- New York Super Lawyer list since 2009
Educational Background:
- Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, B.S. Degree, 1988
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Institute for Paralegal Education Faculty, "Trial Preparation from Start to Finish for Paralegals--successful Techniques for Using Evidence and Exhibits", 2007
- New York Law Journal, Outside Counsel, Frye’s Applicability to Medical Malpractice Cases, June 13, 2007
- Newsday Opinion piece, Malpractice award caps add harm, November 26, 2007
- Faculty NYCLA CLE Institute “Blueprint for Building Your Practice” A Conference for solo and small firm practitioners
- Evidence and Trial Strategies and Techniques, Brooklyn Law School, Guest Lecturer
- Evidence and Trial Strategies and Techniques, New York Law School, Guest Lecturer
- Chapter on trial preparation and strategy for Inside the Minds: Representing Plaintiffs in Personal Injury Cases Leading Lawyers on Managing Discovery, Preparing Witnesses, and Presenting the Plaintiff’s Case, Author, Successful Strategies for Personal Injury Representation: From Managing Expectations to Winning Over a Jury, Aspatore Press--Thomson Reuters, 2011
- Evidence and Trial Strategies and Techniques, Touro Law School, Guest lecturer
- National Business Institute
- New York City Bar Center for CLE Faculty for "The Growing Trend of Mediating Medical Malpractice Cases--What You Need to Know", 2008
- New York County Lawyers' Association Group Mentoring Program twice yearly
- Topics include "Trial Techniques for Beginners", "Preparing a Trial Notebook", 2003-Present
- CLE Faculty, "Gaining the Best Settlement in Auto Injury Cases", 2007
Industry Groups:
- Medical Malpractice Committee Of The City Bar Of New York
- Nassau-Suffolk Law Services
- New York County Lawyers Association
- New York State Bar Association
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- The City Bar Of New York
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