Firm News

Congratulations to Russ Berkowitz who has been recognized in the 27th edition of Best Lawyers in America as one of the top 6% of private practicing attorney in the United States in the fields of personal injury and medical malpractice law. The 2021 edition is based on more than 8 million evaluations and recognizes just over […]

Jennifer Amdur and Russ Berkowitz have filed a lawsuit against Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport Superior Court on behalf of the estate of a client who was administered a medication that caused her to have an allergic reaction which lead to our client going into anaphylactic shock, develop respiratory distress, become unresponsive and, ultimately, progress to […]

Christina Hanna has been awarded $680,000.00 on behalf of a 48 year old client whose motor vehicle was smashed into by a truck causing our client to sustain significant and permanent injuries to his shoulder and neck. As a result of the accident, our client was forced to undergo three shoulder surgeries and a neck […]

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 […]