Jeffrey A. Lichtman

Bio

Jeffrey A. Lichtman is a partner and senior trial attorney in the firm Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman, P.C., a personal injury law firm. Mr. Lichtman graduated from the University of Notre Dame receiving his Juris Doctor Degree in 1978, and thereafter, was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1979. Mr. Lichtman does not confine himself to any particular area of the firm's practice, and is regularly on trial in cases involving Medical Negligence, Lead Paint Poisoning, Labor Law, Product Liability, and General Liability.

Recent Cases

Two sons of a woman who died of starvation after a gastric-bypass operation have been awarded more than $16.8 million in damages for their loss."

March, 2008: But that won't replace their 36-year-old mom, Eufemia Martinez, who had her stomach stapled down to the size of two tablespoons and her intestines rerouted at North General Hospital in Harlem.

Asked at trial what he missed most since his mother died, Julio Martinez, who was 10 years old when she passed away, said, "My mom's hugs," as reported in the NY Post.

The Bronx mom stood 5-foot-6 and weighed 230 pounds. But the doctor "changed the records" to make her height 5-foot-3 so she could be considered morbidly obese to medically require the surgery, said attorney Jeffrey Lichtman.

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"12 Million Dollar Award Against Nassau County Upheld on Appeal"

January, 2008: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department, affirmed a $12,155,973.36 judgment against Nassau County and the driver of a car involved in a January, 13, 1995 auto accident. The accident occurred at "dead man's curve: in Farmingdale, the site of many previous accidents, some involving fatalities.

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Public Action

He is a member and Past President of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association; a member of the American Association for Justice, the New York State Bar Association, Bronx Bar Association, the Metropolitan Women's Bar Association, the Jewish Lawyers Guild, and the New York City Trial Association.

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