Goidel & Siegel LLP is a Manhattan-based personal injury law firm with offices at 56 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036, representing clients throughout New York City, Long Island, and Westchester. For more than 30 years, the practice has focused on personal injury, construction accidents, workplace injuries, motor vehicle collisions, and premises liability litigation. Known for its bilingual advocacy and community presence, the firm has served thousands of clients across the city’s diverse neighborhoods.
The founding partners, Jonathan Goidel and Andrew Siegel, established the firm to provide plaintiff-side litigation services in cases often involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death. Today, the practice includes attorneys fluent in Spanish, Russian, Farsi, and other languages, ensuring accessibility to immigrant communities. Goidel & Siegel operates entirely on a contingency fee basis, meaning clients owe no legal fees unless a recovery is achieved.
Areas of Practice
The firm’s core practice areas include:
- Construction Accidents: Representation of injured workers under Labor Law §§ 200, 240, and 241, covering scaffold falls, ladder accidents, crane collapses, falling objects, and electrocutions.
- Motor Vehicle Accidents: Car, truck, motorcycle, bus, pedestrian, taxi, Uber, and Lyft collisions, with particular emphasis on cases resulting in brain and spinal injuries.
- Premises Liability: Slip and fall, trip and fall, negligent security, unsafe stairways, defective elevators, and sidewalk accidents.
- Workplace Injuries: Cases beyond workers’ compensation, including third-party liability claims against contractors, property owners, and equipment manufacturers.
- Medical Malpractice: Negligence by hospitals, physicians, and nurses, including surgical mistakes and delayed diagnoses.
- Wrongful Death: Support for families seeking justice after fatal accidents or medical negligence.
- Catastrophic Injuries: Advocacy for clients who have suffered paralysis, amputations, severe burns, or permanent disability.
Case Results
Over the decades, Goidel & Siegel has secured millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements, including:
- $5,000,000 settlement for a construction worker injured in a scaffold collapse.
- $3,500,000 recovery for a client struck by a commercial truck in Brooklyn.
- $2,750,000 verdict in a premises liability case involving a defective stairway.
- $2,250,000 settlement for a Bronx pedestrian hit by a bus.