Top best Personal Injury Lawyers Near me in ZIP 02865

When people meet Marty Rutberg, they sense that this is a serious man doing serious work. Other lawyers try to impress people by talking about the size of their verdicts and settlements; Marty’s record speaks for itself. He focuses his firm on the size of the difference they make in people’s lives – Marty sees personal injury law as the ultimate “helping profession.” He chose to be a personal injury lawyer because it meant that he could help make the world a better place, one case and one client at a time. To some those may just be words, but to Marty Rutberg, it’s a personal mantra and the cultural foundation he has firmly established in the Rutberg Breslow Personal Injury Law firm.. Marty has been practicing law for more than 39 years, starting outside personal injury law. After winning a large personal injury verdict for a client with permanent brain injuries, Marty realized that his calling was in helping injured people and their families – and that early passion still remains today. Marty has an impressive portfolio of verdicts and settlements, each with its own interesting and compelling human perspective. He also has impeccable professional credentials, including service as President of the Dutchess County Bar Association, receipt of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Community Service, and memberships in the American Board of Trial Advocates and American Association for Justice. What really gives Marty a unique presence and effectiveness is the way his personal and professional lives merge to create a unique legal personality.. Starting in college, Marty developed an affinity for the outdoors. He is a lifelong mountain hiker and canoe traveler who regularly journeys solo. He believes that his time “outside and alone” gives him an edge in presenting his cases. As Marty describes it, “There is some kind of synergy between the skills and experience of wilderness travel and my professional style, especially in the courtroom.” Both require you to constantly see the big picture yet quickly identify important details. Marty’s refined perception, analysis, and judgment are his guides in the complex world of personal injury law. It makes him a formidable opponent and a valued advocate in and out of the courtroom.. To a great degree Marty is the product of his modest upbringing in a blue-collar environment. He has never forgotten his roots and the need to protect the rights of people from all walks of life, especially those who have been hurt by someone else’s negligence. He is the champion of everyday people with serious injuries and takes pride in leading one of the few firms that represent only injured people and their families. Marty combines tenacity and compassion in a style that achieves great results for his clients – it’s all about getting what his clients and their families need.

The Law Office of Terry D. Horner specializes in civil and criminal appeals in all New York State appellate courts, with 38 years' experience.  Mr. Horner is admitted to the New York Bar, the federal District Courts in New York State, and the Supreme Court of the United States.. Mr. Horner has represented civil and criminal clients in 150 appeals in the New York courts, with successes in the Court of Appeals, all four Appellate Divisions, and the Appellate Term.. Mr. Horner has been approved to handle assigned criminal appeals by the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department. In addition, he has researched and written perhaps 1,000 motions across the state involving a wide range of procedural and substantive issues.. Mr. Horner was formerly an appellate partner in a major statewide personal injury law firm, and was in public service as Chief Appellate Counsel for the Dutchess County Public Defender in Poughkeepsie, New York.

The firm supports all types of personal injury actions from automobile, workplace and slip-and-fall accidents to dog bites, defective products, professional liability and wrongful death cases. The firm has also been involved with municipal defense against alleged violations of Federal Civil Rights and other civil liability issues.

Mark J. Metzger is a distinguished, highly-experienced trial lawyer with nearly 35 years experience in the Hudson Valley and New York. Mr. Metzger has set several personal injury jury verdict records in the Hudson Valley. He has successfully settled, as well as taken to trial, numerous complex personal injury and medical malpractice cases resulting in million dollar awards. Mr. Metzger has held, and participated in, professional lectures for other attorneys on personal injury and good trial practice.. In addition to law practice, Mr. Metzger is the recipient of many community service, board service and leadership awards, particularly in support of children and adults with developmental disabilities. His volunteerism has been memorialized by the Maplebrook School in Amenia, New York through the Mark J. Metzger Citizenship Award, given annually.. Please read more about Mr. Metzger and his firm, Metzger Injury Law.

Marco Caviglia has been a trial attorney for 45 years, most recently a Felony Bureau Chief at the Ulster County District Attorney's Office in NY, now again in private practice since 2023. He is a graduate of Colgate University and Albany Law School at Union University . He is admitted to the New York Bar and the Bar for the Federal Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He has served as Chief Assistant to the Dutchess County Public Defender, Assistant District Attorney in Dutchess County, and as County Legislator of Dutchess County. He has also served as Deputy Town Attorney for the Town of Poughkeepsie and Special Counsel to the Town of Wappiner Falls.. Marco Caviglia is a Diplomate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in the teaching of trial skills to attorneys. He is one of the few attorneys in New York State that is 35-b Board Certified to try capital cases and has been lead counsel in four death penalty cases. Mr. Caviglia served as both Arbitrator on the Second Department Appellate Division panel for attorney fee disputes as well as for contract claims referred from court. He has served as a lecturer in the Continuing Legal Education for attorneys in area of Personal Injury for the New York State Bar Association in Manhattan and in Criminal Law for Dutchess County. He is also the former Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Dutchess County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a board member . He served as a Commissioner of Elections for Dutchess County, and is a former Commissioner of the Town of LaGrange Fire District.. Mr. Caviglia has served as an Adjunct Professor at SUNY New Paltz in the subjects of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, and is a former Adjunct Professor in Paralegal Studies and the Department of Criminal Justice at Marist College, and the Department of Criminal Justice at Dutchess County Community College, and has authored several articles on legal subjects. Mr. Caviglia was also both the host of "Legal Brief," a radio law program, and a columnist for a similarly titled weekly newspaper column, and often appeared on the television show "The Opinion." He is also an actor in the independent film industry, and has been featured in a number of films.. As a former judicial candidate, he was rated as "Highly Qualified" to serve as a Family Court judge in 2011 by the NYS Governor's Bipartisan Screening Committee and "Highly Qualified" by the Dutchess County Bar Association. In 2010, he was also found "Highly Qualified" for the County Court judgeship by the Dutchess County Bar Association. In both instances, he was found "Qualified" by the Independent Judicial Election Qualification Committee of New York State (IJEQC), the highest ratings awardable at that time. He was personally endorsed by Governor Andrew Cuomo for Family Court Judge.

KATHLEEN METZGER is an experienced trial and appellate attorney, and former Special Prosecutor, fluent in Spanish. Ms. Metzger graduated cum laude from Marist College, a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, concentrating in Philosophy and Public Praxis (applied Philosophy through community service). She received her law degree from Albany Law School and was a Co-Chair of the Albany Law School Environmental Law Society. Following admission to the New York bar, she was appointed and served as a Special Prosecutor in Dutchess County for several years, and went on to represent criminal defendants and other individuals in solo practice.. In 2012, Ms. Metzger helped found Metzger Injury Law, a personal injury firm handling complex accident, injury and medical malpractice cases throughout the Hudson Valley and New York. She brings to the firm great versatility, a commitment to excellence, and a caring approach with clients. Ms. Metzger has successfully tried cases in various local courts, and provided per diem court appearances for other attorneys. She has worked of counsel to other Hudson Valley law firms handling civil, criminal and administrative appeals, among which she has, pro bono, successfully sought reversal of determinations against disabled individuals.. Ms. Metzger has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Grace Smith House, a domestic violence shelter and advocacy organization in Poughkeepsie, and past chair of the agency's Public Relations Committee. Additionally, she served on the Board of Directors of Vassar-Warner Home, a senior residence and assisted living agency, also in Poughkeepsie, and was past chair of the home's Board Development Committee. Ms. Metzger is a member of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the New York State and Dutchess County bar associations.. Please read more about Ms. Metzger and her firm, Metzger Injury Law.

JOHN J. VENTOSA is a founding partner at McCabe Coleman Ventosa & Patterson, PLLC. Prior to joining the firm as a partner, John served his community as a Senior Assistant Public Defender in the Dutchess County Public Defender’s office, where he represented individuals charged with everything from simple violations to violent felonies and developed a reputation for aggressive, unrelenting representation of his clients’ interests and a keen knowledge of the law.. John has partnered up with some of the most well-respected and experienced attorneys in the Hudson Valley and will continue to serve his community by bringing that same aggressive and skilled representation to the private sector. In addition to serving Dutchess County as a Senior Assistant Public Defender and now as a founding partner at McCabe Coleman Ventosa & Patterson, PLLC, John also is an acting board member of People, Inc. – a non-profit organization devoted to helping and improving the lives of the psychiatrically labeled within our community. He has been on the board since early 2015 and his contribution of personal and professional experience to the organization has been instrumental in sustaining its rapid growth over the last several years.. John earned his BA from New York University and his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law. He is a member of the Dutchess County Bar Association, Ulster County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, New York State Defender's Association and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

I have tried over 140 cases to verdict in the personal injury and criminal areas.. I am trial counsel for over 15 attorneys who refer me their personal injury cases. They trust my ability, my experiance and my trial expertise. My results speak for themselves. My firm has recovered millions of dollars for our seriously injured past results are never indicative of the value of your case you can rest assured that Petito & Petito LLP with fight to obtain maximum value.. If you or someone you know has  been injured, please call us.. I have lectured lawyers on the art of cross -examination

As an experienced Defensive Attorney, I know the impotance of maintaining a client's not guilty plea until all avenues have been explored to either get the matter dismissed or reduced.. Maintaining the not guilty plea requires the Prosecutor to thoroughly examine the facts and law regarding the criminal charge(s). By maintaining the not guilty plea I require the Prosecutor to provide all discoverable information that can help to show the Prosecutor that there is a lack of proof concerning elements of the charge(s) which would require the Prosecutor to either reduce the charge(s) or dismiss them.. Some defense Attorneys are too quick to reccomend that their client plead guilty in order to close out the file. As a general rule I will advice my client to wait to plead guilty until the facts and law of their particular case are fully reviewed. Then the client can make an informed decision as to whether or not he/she can live with the proposed disposition I worked out. Please call my office to disguess your individual case in detail.. Gerard J Pisanelli Esq.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Poughkeepsie and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Poughkeepsie and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Poughkeepsie and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Poughkeepsie and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Poughkeepsie and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Poughkeepsie and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Poughkeepsie and surrounding areas.