Firm News

Russ Berkowitz and Kelly Ferraro have settled a medical malpractice wrongful death action on behalf of the estate of a full term baby boy who was born not breathing and subsequently died a few hours later following the failure of a nurse midwife, student nurse midwife, and a nurse at from a birthing center to […]

Christina Hanna has been awarded $380,000.00 on behalf of a husband and wife who both sustained serious permanent injuries when the driver of a truck backed his vehicle onto our clients’ property and negligently struck our clients’ “classic” motor vehicle with such force that our clients vehicle struck both of them while they were working […]

We are proud to announce that Jennifer Amdur will become a partner in the firm effective July 1, 2020. Over the course of the last 8 years, Jen has become one of the most respected young litigators in the State of Connecticut in the area of medical malpractice law as she has handled some of […]

The Berkowitz and Hanna Charitable Fund has granted $30,000.00 to the Waterside School in Stamford, CT for the purchasing of iPads for all 4th and 5th grade students so that the students can continue their education uninterrupted through remote learning for the rest of the school year, over the summer, and during the 2020-2021 academic […]

Erik Siegel has just settled a medical malpractice case against two urologists on behalf of a 57 year old client who sustained severe permanent injuries as a result of his medical providers’ failure to timely diagnose his bladder cancer. As a result of our client’s 5 year delayed cancer diagnosis, his bladder was removed, he […]

Kelly Ferraro and Russ Berkowitz have recently been awarded $2,000,000.00 and $1,500,000 respectively on behalf of two retired NFL football stars as part of the NFL Brain Concussion Settlement pending in Federal District Court in Philadelphia, Pa. Our clients, one a defensive end and the other a linebacker, each played in the league for over […]

The Berkowitz and Hanna Team has donated $3,000.00 to The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County. Due to the unprecedented demand for food caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Food Bank is urgently in need of donations as the economic impact on families and children grow. If you would like to make a food or […]

Russ Berkowitz and Erik Siegel have settled a wrongful death medical malpractice case against a hospital on behalf of our client who tragically died as a result of the hospital’s failure to timely treat our client’s infected obstructed kidney stone. Our client, a 22 year old college student, was never evaluated by a single attending […]

Russ Berkowitz and Kelly Ferraro have been awarded a medical malpractice wrongful death settlement against a Connecticut hospital on behalf of a client who died as a result of the hospital’s negligence in failing to diagnose that our client had developed a recurring intestinal obstruction following a small bowel procedure. Unfortunately, when our client began […]