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Steven Dorfman

Managing Attorney

  • New York, NY
SD
Bar admissions
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Education
Juris Doctor
Brooklyn Law School
Undergraduate
George Washington University
Awards and recognition
  1. 01Super Lawyers (annual recognition)
  2. 02Best Lawyers in America
  3. 03National Trial Lawyers Top 100

Background

Steven Dorfman is the Managing Attorney at The Perecman Firm in New York City, a senior trial attorney with nearly three decades of experience representing victims of catastrophic construction accidents, wrongful death, traumatic brain injuries, and other serious negligence matters throughout New York. He concentrates on complex, high-exposure construction accident litigation involving scaffold falls, falling objects, structural collapses, crane accidents, and claims brought under New York Labor Law Sections 240(1), 241(6), and 200. He has been responsible for the resolution of tens of millions of dollars for his seriously injured clients and provided pro bono representation of victims before the September 11th Victim's Compensation Fund.

Notable cases

  • 2008 Manhattan Crane Collapse

  • 2013 Spuyten Duyvil train derailment

  • 2015 Metro-North Valhalla accident

  • September 11th Victim's Compensation Fund pro bono representation

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