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Member, Dean's Counsel, Hofstra University Law School. Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Liaison Council: New York State Court; Breast Implant Litigation Committee; Eastern and Southern Districts Courts on Asbestos Litigation

Mr. Weitz is one of New York's most prominent and innovative mass tort lawyers and consumer advocates. Mr. Weitz has served a court-appointed liaison counsel for New York City and Federal asbestos litigation, New York State and Federal breast implant litigation, and New York State DES litigation. Mr. Weitz has tried numerous cases to verdict, obtaining several multi-million dollar jury verdicts. Mr. Weitz has been appointed class counsel in the country's largest asbestos bankruptcy proceedings, including being appointed Present Claimants' Class Counsel in the Johns- Manville limited fund class action by the Hon. Jack B. Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Weitz chairs the Tort Section of the New York County Lawyers Association, and is on the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and Trial Lawyers For Public Justice. Mr. Weitz lectures frequently on the litigation, management and settlement of mass tort actions. Mr. Weitz is the firm's principle settlement negotiator, having resolved thousands of cases for hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. Weitz is also on the Board of Trustees of North Shore University Hospital, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Men's Division of the Children's Medical Fund (affiliated with Schneider Children's Hospital). Mr. Weitz was selected as one of the best "45 under 45" attorneys in America by The American Lawyer Magazine in January of 2003.

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$423 million settlement— MTBE suit involving the contamination of 153 public water systems nationally

$16.5 million verdict — Asbestos case involving exposure from dental tape

$1.4 million settlement — Accident involving woman struck down by ambulance

$1.5 million settlement — for 47-year-old construction worker who fell off elevated train tracks

$25 million verdict —for New York City brake reliner who lost his right lung to mesothelioma

$6 million settlement — Pediatric malpractice involving infant who suffered brain damage at birth

$53 million verdict — brake mechanic suffering from mesothelioma

$13.5 million verdict — one of the very first Vioxx trial cases

$15 million settlement — man wound up a paraplegic due to negligent hospital care

$37 million verdict — 2 asbestos lung cancer plaintiffs

$47 million verdict — boilermaker who died from mesothelioma

$2.6 million settlement — ill-fitting prosthesis caused decubitus ulcers

$75 million verdict — historic consolidated trial involving men who had worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1940s and 1950s

$12.7 million verdict — iron worker who was injured due to unsafe working conditions

$8 million settlement — obstetrical malpractice resulted in neurological deficits

$64.65 million award — 4 asbestos plaintiffs

$17.5 million — consolidated trial of 5 mesothelioma victims


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A nationally-recognized personal injury law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg is committed to helping clients win cases, get the compensation to which they’re entitled and continue with their lives. In just over 20 years, we’ve collected more than $1.3 billion for plaintiffs.