The Turkewitz Law Firm, 228 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017  Phone: (212) 983-5900

The Turkewitz Law Firm's Cases of Note:

• $1.87M for Brooklyn medical malpractice victim - nerve injury and stroke following liposuction
• $2.5M for a breach of partnership agreement in a Manhattan law firm
• $1.49M in New York medical malpractice case - amputated leg
• $3.07M structured payment in Brooklyn due to Erb’s Palsy birth injury from medical malpractice, injuring the brachial plexus
• $1.475M - Bronx Car Accident, Fractured Hip
• $1.2M, Queens Medical Malpractice, Injury from Surgery
• $1.295M in Bronx medical malpractice case - failure to diagnose an impending stroke
• $2.2M structured payment to Queens child due to birth injury
• $1.015M - New York medical malpractice - surgical drain errantly left knee, infection, multiple surgeries and leg fusion

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Our Views on Attorney Advertising

Ever since the Supreme Court approved attorney advertising in 1977 (on First Amendment grounds) in Bates v. Arizona there has been a proliferation of attorney ads. Most of those ads are — to be frank — tasteless and unpolished and, unfortunately, this it what sticks in consumer minds.

The ones that people remember are the most tasteless ones, and they often deal with car accidents. Those who sit jury duty remember them. We believe that these advertisements reflect poorly on the legal profession and are highly detrimental to personal injury victims.

You need not take our word for it, because you have no doubt seen some yourself. So has the judiciary. In deciding whether some new attorney advertising rules in New York were constitutional in 2007, Senior Judge Frederick J. Scullen, in the Northern District of New York had these scathing comments regarding attorney advertising:

Without question there has been a proliferation of tasteless, and at times obnoxious, methods of attorney advertising in recent years. New technology and an increase in the types of media available for advertising have exacerbated this problem and made it more ubiquitous. As a result, among other things, the public perception of he legal profession has been greatly diminished. Although the Court finds it commendable that the Appellate Division of the State of New York and the disciplinary committees that function on its behalf pursue ways to regulate the manner and means by which attorneys who choose to advertise may do so, they must be mindful of the protections such advertising has been afforded and take the necessary steps to see that the regulation of such advertising is accomplished in a manner consistent with established First Amendment jurisprudence.

We elect not to conduct ourselves that way. We have no radio commercials, no TV ads, and no subway ads. This website is it. Unless you count sponsoring the local youth baseball league or footrace. But we're pretty sure that isn't what springs to mind when people talk about lawyer advertising.

The majority of our clients are secured through word-of-mouth, personal recommendations and by people who find our website and like what we have to say.

If you would like advice on how to choose a firm (that does not include advertising), see: How to choose a New York personal injury attorney (and what to avoid)

Eric Turkewitz is also a nationally recognized blogger. In his New York Personal Injury Law Blog, he gives his reflections on the law, tort "reform" and relevant news stories. His blog has been named one of the top law 100 blogs four years in a row by the American Bar Association Journal. It isn't used to discuss his cases, except on very rare occasions. It isn't used to solicit business. It is used at some points, however, to discuss the new frontier in lawyers and advertising, to the extent you wish to read more on the subject.