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Construction
Accidents
Construction work is inherently
dangerous. Many workers are injured or killed every year, many times
through no fault of their own. Construction sites are also
potentially dangerous to passers-bys. If you or a person close to
you has suffered a serious injury due to construction company
negligence or from defective construction equipment, we would like
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Jeffrey Manheimer,
Esq.
Jeffrey A. Manheimer has practiced
personal injury law in New York since March of 1975 through the
present. He was with the law firm of Brecher, Fishman, Pasternack,
Popish, Heller, Rubin & Reiff, P.C. from August 1, 1976 through
December 31, 2002 and was a partner in the negligence division of
this 40 plus lawyer firm from July 1, 1985 through the date the new
firm was formed.
He has successfully represented
clients in all types of catastrophic personal injury cases during
his years in practice. He has been interviewed and quoted on
construction and workplace safety issues on ABC and WB11 television
news programs. He is a frequent lecturer to attorneys and
construction trade unions on complex personal injury cases and
workplace safety.
With his 25 plus years of
experience in all aspects of personal injury law, Jeffrey Manheimer
provides top-level legal representation to accident victims and
their families and insures that these victims have full access to
our Civil Justice system
PERSONAL:
Born: August 14, 1946
Married: July 4, 1970
Father of twin girls born June 12, 1974
EDUCATION:
 | Pace College, New York, NY
B.B.A. in Marketing & Business Administration
Received: June, 1969 |
| Brooklyn Law School
Juris Doctor Degree
Received: June, 1974 |
BAR ADMISSIONS:
| New York State, Admitted March,
1974 |
| United States District Court for
the Eastern District of New York |
EMPLOYMENT:
| Friedlander, Gaines, Cohen,
Rosenthal & Rosenberg
| Attorney, 1974-July 30, 1976 |
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| Brecher, Fishman, Pasternack,
Popish, Heller, Rubin & Reiff, P.C.
| Attorney, August 1, 1976 to June
30, 1985 |
| Partner, July 1, 1985 to
December 31, 2002 |
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| Manheimer & Charnas LLP
| Partner, January 1, 2003 to
date. |
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
| Member New York State Trial
Lawyers Association |
| Past First Vice President and
Officer of New York State Trial Lawyers Association |
| Member Executive Committee New
York State Trial Lawyers Association |
| Board of Directors Emeritus New
York State Trial Lawyers Association |
| Sustaining member of the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America |
| Current Member of the Board Of
Directors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America |
| Founder and current Chair of the
Construction Site Accident Litigation Group of the Association of
Trial Lawyers of America |
| Member New York State Bar
Association and Nassau County Bar Association |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
| Appointed as Special Master by the
United States District Court, District Of Columbia (Washington,
D.C.) to hear and make findings of facts and conclusions of Law on
the U.S. Marine Barracks bombing case against the Republic of
Iran, April, 2003 |
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES:
| Frequent lecturer to bar groups,
trial lawyers associations and construction trade unions on
workplace safety |
| Co-chair of the semi-annual New
York State Trial Lawyer’s Labor Law seminar |
| Frequent lecturer to Association
of Trial Lawyer’s of America’s continuing education programs on
construction site accidents |
| Past chair of the New York State
Trial Lawyers Association Speaker’s Bureau |
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NAIL GUN ACCIDENTS
When a nail gun that is used in construction activities double fires
or fires due to a lack of a trigger guard mechanism and the worker
using the gun or another worker is injured they may have a legal
claim against the manufacturer of the gun for the manufacture and
sale of a defective product. |
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