If someone in your family was just hurt, you need a firm that actually tries cases on Long Island.
Schwartzapfel Holbrook works across Nassau and Suffolk from our Garden City office.
We handle car accidents, construction accidents, and workers' compensation claims for Long Islanders every day.
Our results come from cases across Long Island. Falls on Nassau job sites. Highway wrecks on Suffolk corridors. Comp claims that insurers tried to shortchange. We know these courts because we stand in them.
The demand here is real. Nassau and Suffolk families search for workers' compensation help by the thousands every month. That volume tells you how often Long Island workers get hurt and how often carriers fight back.
For over 45 years our firm has been trying cases in both Suffolk and Nassau counties.
Those decades of experience interacting with Long Island juries and courts is how we continually deliver record breaking results for our clients.
Understanding the geography of the courts:
Nassau cases move through Mineola courts, minutes from our door. If your injury happened in Hempstead, Levittown, Freeport, or anywhere in the county, our Nassau County team is close. Consultations happen at our Garden City office, or we come to you if you cannot travel. Hospital visits and home visits to clients is how we meet clients where it works for them
Suffolk is bigger, those case run through Riverhead and Central Islip courts. The Southern State and LIE are major accident corridors. Job sites from Huntington to Riverhead produce serious falls and equipment injuries. If you were hurt building something, our Long Island construction accident lawyers know the sites and the contractors. If you were hurt working anywhere in Suffolk, our Long Island workers' compensation team fights the carrier for you.
Our Long Island office sits at 600 Old Country Road, Suite 450, Garden City, NY 11530. It is where consultations happen and where your case gets worked. Our Garden City lawyers are there every day, and they will meet you in person. Parking is easy. The conversation is free.
$26,500,000
For an operating engineer seriously injured in a car wreck
$24,750,000
For a union laborer who suffered a double leg amputation
$9,500,000
for an elevator apprentice struck by the cab
How you were hurt impacts how the cases proceeds. If a crash on the Southern State put your family here, our car accident team is on it.
If you fell from a ladder or scaffold, construction accidents carry their own rules, and our Long Island construction team investigates all the possible insurance available to protect you.
If you were hurt at work in any trade, workers' compensation benefits are yours by law. Our Long Island comp lawyers make carriers pay them.
If you live in Nassau County or near our Garden City office, we are minutes away.
Tradespeople have specific protections under New York law that are worth looking at:
- Ironworkers - Electricians - Roofers - Carpenters - Plumbers - Elevator constructors - Scaffolding accidents - Labor Law §240, §241(6), and §200
Pick a time that works for you and speak with our team in a free, no-obligation call about your case.
Here are some important questions to ask any firm you're interviewing:
Does the firm try cases and what is their record and their results?
Do their lawyers regularly appear in Nassau and Suffolk Courts?
How often will I get to speak to my attorney?
What credentials do the lawyers and the firm have? Have they be named as leading trial attorneys?
These are just a few points to consider and ask when you're looking for the right attorney to represent you.
Our Long Island office is at 600 Old Country Road, Suite 450, in Garden City. If you are hospitalized or cannot travel, we come to you anywhere that is convenient for you. There is no charge for the consultation.
Often, yes. Workers' compensation covers you regardless of fault, but it is limited. New York's Labor Law lets injured construction workers pursue owners and general contractors separately. Our construction accident lawyers run both claims together so nothing is left behind.
If you are dealing with the loss of a loved one, we send our condolences. Our firm regularly helps families navigating a sudden loss, that often puts them in difficult financial situations when the households income is now uncertain. New York gives families the right to pursue a wrongful death claim, but strict deadlines apply. Our Long Island wrongful death attorneys handle these cases with care and urgency. Call us early so evidence is preserved.