Nyack, NY

Edward Marcowitz

Edward Marcowitz is the founding partner of The Marcowitz Law Firm, PLLC, specializing exclusively in personal injury law. He graduated with a B.S. from St. John's University in 1988 and a J.D. from Touro College’s Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in 1991. With over three decades of experience, he launched his own practice in 2012. Marcowitz is renowned for his extensive work with the September 11 Victims Compensation Fund (VCF), having spearheaded pro bono efforts that recovered $280 million for 9/11 widows and firefighters, and secured $1.9 million for a sanitation worker's family. He also played a crucial role in lobbying for the re-opening of the VCF through the Zadroga Act and serves as the personal attorney to the family of Detective James Zadroga. His expertise extends to catastrophic injury cases, including those involving motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, and toxic exposures. He has been recognized as a SuperLawyer for eight consecutive years, named to the Nation’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, and is a member of The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Association for Justice. He is fluent in English and Spanish.

Elias J. Sayegh

Elias J. Sayegh has been practicing plaintiff’s personal injury and criminal law since 1999 and currently manages the Personal Injury and Criminal Department of the Firm. An accomplished client advocate, Mr. Sayegh has negotiated many significant plaintiff’s personal injury actions and has been extensively involved in criminal defense matters. Over the years, he has recovered millions of dollars for his clients in the areas of Personal Injury Litigation, including Liability, Premises, Construction and Motor Vehicle Negligence. Mr. Sayegh’s professionalism and zealous representation of his clients has made him well respected among members of the bench and other members of the Bar.

Howard B. Stolzenberg

Howard is a founding member, general counsel and managing partner of StolzenbergCortelli, LLP since the inception of the firm in 2014. Prior to that, he was the managing partner of a personal injury firm for over 18 years. Howard acquired his Juris Doctor (JD) in 1990 and for the last 32 years has been a civil trial lawyer and persistently fighting for his client’s rights. He has always only represented those who are injured. Howard is known as a fierce litigator, aggressively fighting for his clients. He is a strategist, mapping out from the beginning of the case how the lawsuit will proceed in order to maximize the result. He is the firm’s chief negotiator. He takes his over 30 years of experience and applies it to the particular facts of the case and the applicable law in order to get the best result possible. Howard has recovered millions of dollars for his clients.

Terrence James Cortelli

Terrence James Cortelli is a partner at StolzenbergCortelli, LLP. He graduated from Fordham University and Pace Law School with honors, serving on the Environmental Law review and participating in the Dean’s Scholar Program. After law school, he completed a two-year clerkship at the New York State Court of Appeals. He then worked at a large law firm before finding his passion in helping those injured in accidents. He specializes in representing those injured in car accidents, construction accidents, slip, trip and falls, and product liability actions. He drafts all of the firm’s legal and appellate briefs. He has more than a decade of experience.

Stephen P. McLaughlin

Steve McLaughlin is an experienced trial and appellate attorney who represents clients in business disputes, commercial and financing disputes, insurance coverage and bad faith claims, product liability, transportation litigation and employment related matters. Steve has successfully litigated cases at both the trial and appellate levels throughout the United States. Steve also advises clients on risk management and legal compliance and practice, he coordinates national defense strategies and conducts reviews of corporate protocols. He is the Managing Partner of Ansa Assuncao’s New York office.

Thomas O. O’Connor

Tom has extensive experience in civil litigation practice with a particular concentration in the insurance, commercial litigation, government protests and product liability and personal injury tort areas. Tom has tried jury cases and argued appeals on behalf of Fortune 100 companies. His insurance and business litigation practice is nationwide and he personally handles dozens of personal injury defense actions in the New York state courts.

Emile P. Sayegh

Emile Paul Sayegh is the managing partner of Sayegh & Sayegh, P.C. Practicing law for more than 30 years, he focuses on matrimonial, business, real estate and commercial law. He has worked extensively in matters involving business transactions both on a corporate and individual level. For the past ten years, he continues to serve as general legal counsel to a large religious Archdiocese here in New York, handling matters pertaining to business issues and a myriad of religious organization issues throughout the United States. He has argued, successfully, cases before the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division for First and Second Departments. Conveying a strong sense of commitment and dedication to his clients, Mr. Sayegh continues to have a passion in his law practice that results in his success as an attorney.