Seth I. Fields, Esq.

Mr. Fields began the practice of law as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Ira B. Warshawsky and Federal Court Justice Arthur D. Spatt. In his first year in private practice he obtained a verdict of $1.2 million against the New York City Transit Authority for a client who sustained a herniated disc that did not require surgery. In the years that followed he obtained verdicts of nearly $4.5 million for a client struck in the rear by a commercial vehicle; $2 million for a delivery man struck by a passing motorist as he unloaded his box truck; and $2.25 million against an auto repair shop which negligently repaired a vehicle that then became disabled on the highway and was struck by a drunk driver. He recovered a wrongful death verdict of $7.5 million for the family of a victim fatally burned in a fire, against a landlord who failed to install smoke detectors.

Mr. Fields has been honored by the New York Law Journal for obtaining a Top 100 Verdict for the State of New York in two consecutive years, and has served as a guest speaker to his colleagues on the subjects of trial advocacy and jury selection. His philosophy is that the success of a case is based on its being managed properly from the first day an attorney is retained.