Firm News

Russ Berkowitz and Erik Siegel have just settled a medical malpractice wrongful death case on behalf of a 48 year old client who died of a heart attack as a result of his medical treaters’ three year failure to timely diagnose and treat his coronary artery disease. In fact, our client died of a heart […]

Russ Berkowitz and Jennifer Amdur have obtained a medical malpractice award against a hospital and a number of medical providers on behalf of a client who was rendered a partial paraplegic as a result of a spinal infection that progressed to a spinal abscess and which compressed our client’s spinal cord for almost two weeks […]

The Berkowitz and Hanna Charitable Fund is pleased to announce that it has granted $15k to the Mill River Park Cooperative’s 2021 Summer Day Camp to help defray the cost for underserved children who would like to attend the camp. The outdoor summer camp focuses on environmental education and recreation and includes daily activities such […]

Russ Berkowitz and Jennifer Amdur have recently settled a medical malpractice birth injury case against a Connecticut hospital and an OBGYN involving a baby who sustained an in utero stroke at or near the time of his birth as a result of the defendants failure to timely deliver our client by c-section during labor despite […]

The Berkowitz and Hanna Charitable Fund is pleased to announce that the following nonprofits have received grants for 2020. Thanks so much to all the organizations below who make such a difference in our community especially in a year as challenging as this one. The selected recipients include: The Spooner House Star, Inc. Clasp Homes […]

Jennifer Amdur has filed a wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuit against Midstate Medical Center and a group of obstetricians on behalf of the estate of a baby girl who died shortly after delivery as a result of the defendant medical providers’ ignoring the seriousness of our client’s mother‘s preeclampsia beginning around her 32nd week of […]

Russ Berkowitz and Christina Hanna have just been awarded a substantial settlement against the owner and operator of a motor vehicle that violently struck our clients’ motor vehicle head-on causing our clients to sustain severe and permanent injuries. At the time of the accident, our client was seven months pregnant and the force of the […]

Russ Berkowitz and Kelly Ferraro Filed Petition Against Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Russ Berkowitz and Kelly Ferraro have filed a Petition in the United States Court of Claims pursuant to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on behalf of a client who sustained a severe allergic reaction to a flu vaccine. As a result of […]

Congratulations to Russ Berkowitz, Christina Hanna, Jennifer Amdur, Erik Siegel, and Kelly Ferraro These firm lawyers have all been recognized in the 2021 Edition of Connecticut Super Lawyers. Russ, who has been recognized as a Connecticut Super Lawyer every year since Super Lawyer has published its listings, has been named as a Super Lawyer in […]

The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) is pleased to announce that Russell Berkowitz of the law firm, Berkowitz and Hanna, LLC has successfully achieved recertification as a civil trial advocate. The NBTA was formed out of a strong conviction that both the law profession and its clients would benefit from an organization designed specifically […]