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

The Turkewitz Law Firm's Cases of Note:

• $3.45M for Brooklyn Medical Malpractice - Brain Damage After Surgery
• $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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Education and Credentials for Eric Turkewitz

• 1982 graduate of the State University of New York at Albany (B.A., cum laude)
• 1985 graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence (J.D.)
• Admissions to practice:
  • State of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • United States Court of Appeals: Second Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals: Eleventh Circuit
• Professional memberships:
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Association for Justice (formerly, Association of Trial Lawyers of America)

Awards/Honors

• New York SuperLawyers 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
• ABA Journal, Blawg 100 (Top law blogs in the country): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Presentations, Publications, and Misc.

• Speaking Engagement: The Use (and Misuse) of Social Media by Attorneys (March 2012)
• Cuomo's medical malpractice 'reform' will hurt victims and taxpayers (The Journal News, March 20, 2011)
• Better Blogging Practices (June 2010, Tampa, FL)
• Faculty for Continuing Legal Education Seminar — Blogs: What You Must Know About Creation, Effective Use Ethical Considerations (October 2008, New York, NY)
• Opinion: Want to cure high malpractice rates? Target bad doctors, The Journal News, July 29, 2008
• Invited speaker: Pharma Secure Chain, Strengthening the End-to-End Integrity of Your Supply Chain against Counterfeiting, Diversion and Product Loss, July 2005
• Article Reviewer: American Association for Justice / Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Invited speaker/panelist: TRAX, Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Summit, July 2004
• Opinion: Counterfeit Drugs and the Danger to Westchester (Municipal Liability for Counterfeit Drugs), Eric Turkewitz, The Journal News, February 16, 2004
• Scoring Judge: Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, February, 2003
• Panel speaker: Food and Drug Administration — Counterfeit Drug Task Force, October 2003
• Member: Trial Lawyers Care, providing pro bono legal services to September 11 families in front of the Victim Compensation Fund
• Creator and author of the New York Personal Injury Law Blog

Resumé

• 1989 – Present: The Turkewitz Law Firm
• 1988-1989: Travel, ten months through parts of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
• 1985-1988: Fuchsberg & Fuchsberg, associate attorney concentrating in medical malpractice

Personal

• Mr. Turkewitz is married, has two children, and lives in the New York metropolitan area.
• He is also an avid runner who has run the New York City Marathon on numerous occasions, and is the founder and Race Director for the Paine to Pain Trail Half Marathon in Westchester County.