Mitchell J. Sassower

Practice areas

Personal Injury – General: Plaintiff, Construction Litigation: Consumer, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury – Products: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Animal Bites, Assault, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Dental Malpractice, Dram Shop Laws, Informed Consent, Medical Devices, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury – Plaintiff, Pharmaceutical, Premises Liability – Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse – Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Toxic Mold, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death

Mitchell J. Sassower serves as the managing partner of Arye, Lustig & Sassower, P.C., a distinguished personal injury law firm based in Manhattan that has been providing legal services to the New York City community since 1965. Recognized for his exceptional negotiation skills and esteemed as one of the city’s leading personal injury lawyers, Mr. Sassower leads a firm with a primary focus on advocating for individuals who have sustained serious injuries in a variety of accident scenarios, with a particular emphasis on construction accidents and medical negligence claims.

Mr. Sassower has achieved an AV Preeminent peer review rating, the highest rating available, from Martindale-Hubbell. He has also been consistently selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers each year from 2007 to 2018, earning the designation of a Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in New York, NY. This distinction is extended to fewer than five percent of attorneys in the state. Furthermore, he has been honored with the Attorney of the Year award by the Institute of Jewish Humanities, a prestigious recognition.

In 2015, Mitchell J. Sassower was distinguished as one of the top one percent of attorneys in the nation by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. This accolade is reserved for a select group of attorneys who uphold exemplary standards and exhibit the highest ideals within the legal profession.

Mr. Sassower actively contributes to the legal community by serving on the board of directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a dedicated member of both the New York County Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.

Throughout his career, Mr. Sassower has made substantial contributions to the field by extensively writing and lecturing on topics relevant to his practice, such as construction accidents, labor law, and law firm management. Notably, he authored an article titled “Recent Labor Law 240 Decisions Don’t Go Far Enough in Protecting Workers,” which was published in the New York Law Journal on January 30, 2012. Additionally, he penned “Holly v. Chautauqua: Good News for Plaintiffs Under Labor Law §240(1),” a piece published in the Bill of Particulars by the New York State Trial Lawyers Association in 2012.

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., employed in accordance with Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards, and policies. Martindale-Hubbell oversees a peer review rating process, and these ratings encompass evaluations of legal competence and ethical standards by members of the legal community and the judiciary.