Awards & Recognitions
In its more than 65 years of history, SNSST has set legal precedents, and the Firm’s attorneys have been recognized for their prowess by numerous professional organizations. Below are some of the highlights.
Settlements & Verdicts: Multimillion Dollar Awards: Multimillion dollar awards we have secured for our clients in many different areas of the law:
Settlements & Verdicts: Multimillion Dollar Awards: Multimillion dollar awards we have secured for our clients in many different areas of the law:
Awards & Accolades
2024
Multi-Million Dollar Awards
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2023
Super Lawyers 2023
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2023
Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyers Association – Top 25
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2023
Nursing Home Trial Lawyers Association – Top 10
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2023
The National Trial Lawyers: Top 25 National Women Trial Lawyers Association
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2022
American Institute of Trial Lawyers: 2022 Best Law Firm
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2022
Top Women Attorneys In The New York Metro Area 2022
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2022
The National Trial Lawyers: Nursing Home Trial Lawyers Top 10
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2022
Member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2022
Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2022
Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2022
Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Jeffrey Singer, Esq.
2022
Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Jeffrey Singer, Esq.
2022
Super Lawyers 2020-2021
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2022
Super Lawyers 2020-2021
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2021
2021 Super Lawyers Honoree
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
2021
Strathmore’s Who’s Who Lifetime Member
Jeffrey Singer, Esq.
2021
Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide
Abby M. Sonin, Esq.
Settlements & Verdicts
Settlements
$2.1 million
for Osorio – client fell from a ladder
Settlements
$25 million
workplace negligence
construction
construction
Settlements
$7.5 million
Michael Somereve and Lisa Somereve v. Plaza Construction Corp.
JURY VERDICT
$5.5 million
Settlement in a medical malpractice case against an obstetrician
gynecologist for injuries to an infant during childbirth.
gynecologist for injuries to an infant during childbirth.
Settlements
$4.25 million
workplace negligence
construction
construction
Settlements
$4.2 million
Medical Malpractice - Anonymous
Settlements
$4.0 million
Construction Accident - Charles Mc
Structured settlement
$3.7 million
For a Motor vehicle accident as follows: $2.5 million dollars for the husband, a severely injured driver of a car and $1.2 million dollars for is wife for the loss of services, society and consortium of her injured husband
Settlements
$3.5 million
Trip and fall in a department store
Settlements
$3.5 million
Construction case where client was hit on the head by a piece of wood
Settlements
$3.5 million
For a construction iron worker who was injured on the job losing part of his leg
Structured settlement
$3.1 million
Against a hospital and obstetrician
gynecologist for the death of a woman during childbirth
gynecologist for the death of a woman during childbirth
Settlements
$3.1 million
For an ornamental iron worker who suffered injuries when he fell off an unsafe ramp on a construction site
Settlements
$3.1 million
In a medical malpractice action for a 68 year old woman who suffered a stroke during surgery as a result of the negligence of an anesthesiologist.
Settlements
$3 million
For a construction worker who, while performing his job, was struck by a New York City Sanitation truck suffering leg and back injuries.
Settlements
$3.0 million
For Construction Accident
Wrongful Death – Mikulik
Wrongful Death – Mikulik
Settlements
$2.75 million
For workplace negligence
construction
construction
Settlements
$2.75 million
For Dexter Hartley-Scott and Althia Harley-Scott v. The City of New York, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and New York City Transit Authority
Settlements
$2.5 million
For a young woman, a passenger in a motor vehicle, which struck a horse on a road on an Indian reservation in Arizona.
Settlements
$2.5 million
Against the doctors and hospital for failing to diagnose and treat a pneumothorax (collapsed lung).
Settlements
$2.5 million
For an ornamental iron worker who fell from a work platform resulting in fractures to both heels.
Settlements
$2.62 million
For a structural iron worker suffering leg and back injuries as a result of falling off a scaffold.
Settlements
$2.25 million
For Dwayne McLeod v. The City of New York, Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Railroad
Settlements
$2.25 million
For sexual abuse in a school
Settlements
$2 million
Pedestrian knockdown wrongful death by a New York City ambulance. Case settled pre litigation
Settlements
$2 million
For fractured elbow requiring surgery on the construction site
Settlements
$2 million
For school assault
Settlements
$2 million
For Construction Accident – Peter W
Settlements
$1.95 million
For Motor Vehicle Accident – John A
Settlements
$1.95 million
For Motor Vehicle Accident – John A
Settlements
$1.75 million
For Construction Accident – Frank G
Settlements
$1.75 million
For a structural iron worker who fell through an open elevator shaft on a job site.
Settlements
$1.7 million
For a structural iron worker suffering a leg injury as a result of falling from a defective ladder
Settlements
$1.65 million
Against the hospital for the death of a plaintiff who had suffered gunshot wounds during a robbery and was negligently treated at the hospital.
Jury Verdict
$1.6 million
For a passenger in a taxicab in the City of New York
Jury Verdict
$1.5 million
For the death of a New York City firefighter whose safety rope broke during a rescue attempt.
Jury Verdict
$1.5 million
For a passenger in a motor vehicle who suffered a severe arm injury.
Settlements
$1.5 million
For a child thrown from a motor vehicle.
Settlements
$1.5 million
For Francis McHugh v. The City of New York and Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.
Settlements
$1.5 million
For false arrest
Settlements
$1.5 million
For negligent supervision in a prison
Settlements
$1.5 million
For trip and fall
Settlements
$1.425 million
For the death of a man who was struck and crushed by a falling wall
Settlements
$1.4 million
For a carpenter who fell from the roof at the construction site of a private home
Settlements
$1.25 million
For wrongful death, pedestrian knockdown 92-year-old man
Settlements
$1.2 million
For Construction Accident – Robert K
Settlements
$1.2 million
For Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death – Fakhrudin
Wrongful Death – Fakhrudin
Settlements
$1.2 million
For an ornamental iron worker who fell from a scaffold and fractured his hip.
Settlements
$1.2 million
During trial of the estate of a high school girl who died as a result of being thrown out of a defective amusement park ride
Settlements
$1.2 million
For a woman suffering severe leg injuries caused by a defective roadway in the City of New York.
Settlements
$1.2 million
For an ironworker who fell from a scaffold on the construction of the Throgs Neck Bridge repair work.
Settlements
$1.1 million
For medical malpractice
Settlements
$1.0 million
For Construction Accident – Stanley U
> $1 million for bicycle pothole
> $1 million for bicycle pothole
Settlements
$950,000
On a construction case
Settlements
$950,000
Medical malpractice
wrongful death action, Westchester County for failure to diagnose a blood clot in a 76-year-old man
wrongful death action, Westchester County for failure to diagnose a blood clot in a 76-year-old man
Settlements
$950,000
For construction case
Settlements
$925,000
For Construction Accident
Settlements
$900,000
Trip and fall on an open cellar door on a Kings County sidewalk
Settlements
$900,000
Trip and fall
sidewalk
sidewalk
Settlements
$875,000
For Gary Gordon and Vinessa Gordon v. The City of New York, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Long Island Railroad
Settlements
$765,000
For Medical Malpractice Case
Settlements
$750,000
For trip and fall in parking lot on snow and ice
Settlements
$750,000
For workplace negligence
construction
construction
Settlements
$700,000
For workplace negligence
construction
construction
Settlements
$550,000
For automobile accident
Settlements
$550,000
For fractured wrist from debris at construction site
Settlements
$500,000
For Premises Liability Case
Settlements
$350,000
For a pedestrian knockdown
Settlements
$225,000
For an auto accident
Our Practice Areas
We consider ourselves a legal family and pride ourselves on defending other families in their time of need, no matter what type of injury their specific case involves:
