Louis Grandelli

Louis Grandelli founded his law firm in 1992, and has dedicated the firm to obtaining justice for victims of catastrophic accidents and wrongful death. Louis has extensive trial and appellate experience, and leads a team of lawyers and paralegals who have obtained numerous multi-million dollar recoveries, some of which are among the highest in New York State.

The firm has been named by U.S. News and World Reports as a Tier 1 Best Law Firm for Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs in New York City for five years in a row. This selection was based upon exhaustive peer-review surveys, in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers, as well as client feedback addressing the firm’s expertise and whether they would refer another client to the firm. Overall, the firm has consistently been rated in the highest percentage among national law firms.

Among the dozens of multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients are:

• $22.9 Million – On behalf of a construction worker who was injured on the job,
• $22.9 Million – Recovery for a construction worker sustaining occupational injuries
• $17.5 Million – On behalf of a New York City sanitation worker, who had his leg amputated after being run over by a sanitation truck
• $16 Million – Damages verdict on behalf of a motorcycle accident victim
• $10 Million – For the family of a man killed in a truck accident
• $9 Million – On behalf of a construction worker injured in a manhole explosion
• $9 Million – Compensation for a 26-year-old construction worker injured during a workplace explosion
• $8.5 Million – On behalf of a New York City Sanitation Worker who was injured on the job
• $8.5 Million – Award for a New York City Sanitation worker injured during operational duties
• $7.75 Million – For a construction worker injured after falling from his work area while he was unloading equipment
• $7.25 Million – Construction worker who fell from a ladder after receiving an electric shock
• $6.9 Million – For the wrongful death of a financial executive
• $6.5 Million – Recovery for a union laborer injured in a trench collapse
• $6.5 Million – Recovery for a union laborer injured in a trench collapse
• $5.5 Million – Recovery on behalf of a union operating engineer struck by construction debris that fell from an elevated height
• $5 Million – On behalf of the family of a construction worker for his wrongful death
• $5 Million – Precedent-establishing recovery for the family of a 43-year-old construction worker who sustained fatal injuries in a ladder fall
• $3.5 Million – For a woman who fell down steps in a restaurant and sustained a brain injury
• $3.35 Million – For a utility worker who was injured when his truck was struck by a motor vehicle
• $3.1 Million – For the victim of a rear end collision
• $2.95 Million – Brooklyn woman died from injuries in apartment fire; landlord Building Code violations
• $2.9 Million – Operating engineer, slip and fall at construction site, spinal injuries
• $2.75 Million – Construction worker, ladder fell while descending from a wall
• $2.3 Million – Mother and daughter from Staten Island attacked by two Cane Corso dogs
• $2.25 Million – 41-year-old construction laborer struck by vehicle, fell into Con Ed excavation
• $1.6 Million – Long Island woman seriously injured in a car accident
• $1.5 Million – Jones Act / Maritime law case, chef tripped and fell on a ship
• $1.4 Million – 37-year-old Staten Island construction worker slipped on gravel, knee surgery

The numerous multi-million dollar recoveries that Louis and his law firm have obtained, have repeatedly won his firm recognition in the legal publication, Verdict Search, Top Settlements and Verdicts.

Due to his status as one of New York State’s leading personal injury attorneys, Louis has been selected by his peers in the New York State Bar to Super Lawyers New York for the past fourteen years in a row. This was published in the New York Times Magazine. He has also been selected for Best Lawyers in America for the past eight years in a row.

Louis was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1991. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Louis graduated from St. John’s University (A.A., 1986) and then from Brooklyn Law School (JD., 1990). He is a charter member of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, is a long-standing member of the New York State Trial Lawyers, Brooklyn Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association.

Before his admission to the Bar, Louis worked as a research assistant for Professor Richard T. Farrell and assisted in the research and drafting of Prince, Richardson on Evidence, 11th Edition, the pre-eminent treatise on evidence in New York State.