Steven J. Schwartzapfel
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Steven J. Schwartzapfel, the founding Member of Schwartzapfel Partners, believes in our civil justice system and has built his practice on its principles since 1983.
Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Construction Site Litigation and Medical Malpractice
Background
Steven J. Schwartzapfel is the founding Member of Schwartzapfel Truhowsky Marcus P.C., one of the most prominent and well respected Plaintiff’s personal injury law firms in New York.
Steven attended the State University of New York at Buffalo where he earned his B.A. degree with honors in 1977 and went on to graduate with Pace University School of Law’s second class in 1980.
Steven has been a member, director, and officer and Past President-elect of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and currently serves as a Director Emeritus. Steven served as the first President of the Alliance for Consumer Rights, and is also a founding member, Director and First Vice-President Officer of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has served on the Judicial Screening Committees for the Supreme Court, Appellate Division and New York Court of Appeals, in addition to serving on the Committee on Professional Discipline.
Steven has also served as chairperson and faculty lecturing to attorneys within and outside the country on many topics including trying cases, negotiation, strategies and tactics, decisions and statutes, insurance issues, law office management, client relations and ethics.
Steven has founded NYSafetynet.com, a Web site designed to provide information and other resources for the working families and socially and/or economically disenfranchised of New York.
Steven has been awarded the prestigious AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell, named to The New York Super Lawyers List and selected as one of the 2007 Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association.
Most Recent Victories
$2.2 Million for Account Executive
Steven Schwartzapfel and Robert Marcus obtained a $2.2 million award for a 39-year-old account executive who was involved in a rear-end car collision that aggravated a prior back condition. This injury required surgery and rendered him disabled from his employment. The impact was minimal and there was no visible damage to his car. We were able to prove, with a biomechanical expert, that the impact from the accident was sufficient to cause the client’s injuries and resultant surgery.
$1.975 Million for Union Laborer
Steve J. Schwartzapfel and Robert B. Marcus recently obtained a $1.975 million settlement on behalf of a 43-year-old union carpenter. Our client, while sheetrocking at a retail shop, fell from a Baker’s scaffold, causing a fractured elbow that required multiple surgeries. Our firm was able to settle the case prior to the scheduling of a trial date, expediting the entire process for the client and providing much needed relief for his family.
$1.2 Million for Union Laborer
Steven Schwartzapfel obtained a $1.2 million settlement for a union laborer who was involved in a minor rear end collision. Although the client did not break any bones, he did suffer from chronic myofascial pain syndrome that rendered him disabled and thus unable to work. We were able to prove, with expert testimony from doctors, economists and biomechanical engineers, that the collision was the reason for the client’s chronic facial pain.
