Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Samel gained experience in criminal law with a private criminal defense firm in New York. She also worked as an Associate Attorney and subsequently Assistant Chief of the Tort Division at the New York City Housing Authority Law Department, where she supervised outside counsel, managed hundreds of files, and reviewed and approved bills submitted by outside counsel. Her experience has made her uniquely qualified to understand and respond to the needs of the firm’s clients.
• Wrongful Death
  After graduating from NYU Law School in 1976, Mr. Samel was appointed as an Assistant District Attorney in Queens County, where he quickly rose to become the youngest Felony Trial Chief in that office’s history. After amassing an unequaled record of convictions in homicide, robbery, rape, arson, burglary, and commercial fraud cases, he transferred to the New York City Corporation Counsel’s Office, where he excelled in the defense of wrongful death, alleged police misconduct, and a variety of other personal injury actions brought against the City of New York and its agencies.
• Sex Crimes
  Th holiday left his post in the lobby to escort a female attorney to her office, and instead, took her to a vacant area of the building where he assaulted and attempted to rape her.
• Robbery
• Burglary
• Assault
• Murder
  A claim of inadequate security leading to a brutal assault, rape or even murder of an innocent victim carries with it an emotional impact that creates problems for any defense team. Such problems are made even worse when the criminal assailant turns out to be one of the security officers your client hired to protect the tenants and visitors at a particular building.
• Homicide
• Arson

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
  Mr. Matano is a former County Prosecutor in Passaic County, New Jersey; has served as a Municipal Prosecutor in the Township of Wayne, New Jersey; and is an Adjunct Professor of Business Law and Paralegal Studies at Passaic County Community College and Morris County Community College. Mr. Matano has served as an elected Trustee of the Wayne Township Board of Education, as a result of which he is well versed in Education Law and school liability issues.
• Business Transactions
  Richard Soberman has practiced law in New York for nearly thirty-five years, and has developed an expertise in insurance coverage issues, premises liability, Labor Law/ construction, and commercial transactions. He has represented commercial and residential building owners, managing agents, and janitorial service companies, in a variety of personal injury cases, including elevator and escalator accidents, falls involving window washers, and slip and falls arising out of weather conditions or allegedly improper maintenance and cleaning procedures, and premises security.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  A. Records should be extensive, for both routine and unusual tasks. For example, in defending against premises liability cases, it is extremely helpful when a record has been maintained concerning routine mopping and cleaning, as well as the placement of weather mats or the performance of snow removal, salting, or sanding in inclement weather. It is most useful if such records indicate the date and time these tasks were performed, the identity of the personnel who performed the tasks, and the materials used. Similarly, in product liability matters, a complete record of research, development, and testing, can serve as the basis for a strong defense of the product before lay jurors.
• Construction Litigation
  Gary Matano joined the firm in 2002. He also handles matters in both New York and New Jersey for the firm’s clients. He is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney in New Jersey, with significant experience representing insureds and self-insureds in negligence, product liability, municipal liability, professional liability, and construction litigation cases. He also has expertise in insurance coverage, Workers’ Compensation cases, No-Fault coverage, and subrogation issues. He has tried more than 100 cases to verdict in New Jersey.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  At Jeffrey Samel & Partners, our main objectives are to help our clients quickly and efficiently resolve liability claims against them, and to defend our clients from frustrating and sometimes frivolous or even outrageous personal injury lawsuits. We have built a reputation as a premier boutique insurance defense law firm with a long track record of successes to its name. Many of our national clients rely on us as their New York insurance defense law firm.
• Medical Malpractice
• Social Security Disability
• Dog Bites