Pavlounis and Sfouggatakis, LLP

Who the firm represents

The firm represents a wide range of people across the metropolitan area, including:

• Everyday working-class people
• Tradesmen and union members
• Municipal employees and police officers
• Teachers and construction laborers
• Professionals and business owners

Types of situations clients face

Clients are often victims of:

• On-the-job and line-of-duty accidents
• Motor vehicle collisions
• Trip and fall and slip and fall incidents
• Private and public premises fall-down incidents
• Physical attacks and assaults
• Police misconduct and false arrest
• Medical malpractice

The firm also represents individuals and companies in:

• Real estate transactions
• Commercial transactions
• Business disputes and commercial litigation

Approach and mission

• The attorneys personally evaluate every case.
• The firm conducts its own investigations to obtain evidence, documentation, testimony and information to use on the client's behalf.
• Clients are kept up to date on new developments in their cases.
• The firm is dedicated to protecting each client's best interests and handling cases in a professional and timely manner.
• The firm's mission is to obtain significant compensation for people who have been seriously harmed through the negligence of others.

Languages and accessibility

• The firm can assist clients in English.
• The website notes "Hablamos Español" (we speak Spanish).
• The website notes "μιλάμε ελληνικά" (we speak Greek).
• The attorneys offer to travel to meet clients at or near their home for convenience, when appropriate.

Office address 9733 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11209 United States

Telephone 1-718-787-1430

Email [email protected]

Website contact form Prospective clients can also submit an online form on the firm's website to request a free case evaluation.

Consultations and fees for injury matters

• The firm offers a free initial consultation for people who have been victims of serious personal injury or who have legal questions.
• For qualifying injury matters, the firm works on a contingency fee basis:
• You do not pay any legal fee up front.
• You do not pay a legal fee unless there is a recovery.
• If compensation is obtained, the firm charges a percentage of the settlement or recovery as the legal fee.
• There is no fee for the firm's services unless a recovery is won, as described on the website.

The exact fee percentage, case expenses and any written retainer terms are set out directly by the firm with each client and are not published in detail on the website.

Service area and meeting options

• The firm is located in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and serves clients throughout the New York City metropolitan area and New York State.
• The attorneys note that they can travel to meet clients at or near their home for convenience where appropriate.

Lists The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island as a location. Names New York, United States, Brooklyn, New York City, Bay Village, and Issaquah as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.

According to the website:

• You do not pay any legal fee up front.
• You do not pay a legal fee unless the firm produces a positive result (a recovery) for you.
• If you receive compensation, the firm's legal fee is charged as a percentage of the settlement or recovery.
• The firm states there is no fee for their services unless a recovery is won.

Free initial consultation

• The firm offers a free initial consultation to discuss potential serious personal injury claims and other qualifying matters.
• During this consultation, an attorney can evaluate whether the firm may be able to pursue compensation on the potential client's behalf.

What is not published

• The website does not publish specific fee percentages, case expense policies or detailed retainer terms.
• Any questions about exact fees, costs, or how the contingency arrangement would apply in a particular case must be answered directly by the firm.

The firm handles a wide range of personal injury and accident cases, including:

• Construction accidents

Where a worker is injured at a construction site, including falls from ladders, roofs or scaffolds, and other dangerous construction-site conditions.

• Motor vehicle accidents

Collisions involving cars, buses, trucks, motorcycles and other motor vehicles.

• Slip and fall / trip and fall / premises liability

Injuries that occur on another party's premises, such as:

• Falls on cracked or broken sidewalks
• Falls on defective stairways or stairwells
• Unsafe or poorly maintained property conditions

• Medical malpractice

Cases where a health care provider's care fails to meet accepted standards and causes injury, including situations such as loss of a child at premature birth.

• False arrest / civil rights / police misconduct

Cases involving false arrest, civil rights violations and other police misconduct.

• Defective products

Where a product's failure leads to serious injury. This can include:

• Dangerous or defective toys
• Improperly designed machinery
• Harmful prescription drugs
• Electrical appliances and power tools
• Automobiles and other vehicles

• Other serious injury matters

The firm notes experience with a broad range of additional cases, including:

• Train derailments
• Legionnaires' disease cases
• Roof and ceiling collapses
• Sexual and other assaults in schools and elsewhere

Real estate and commercial matters

In addition to personal injury and civil rights work, the firm represents individuals and companies in:

• Real estate transactions
• Commercial transactions
• Business disputes and commercial litigation

If a caller has a matter that is not clearly listed here, the firm will need to review the specific facts to confirm whether it is a type of case they can accept.

• The firm reports more than $100 million recovered in verdicts and settlements for clients.

Examples of reported case results

Examples mentioned on the website include:

• Roof collapse – $2,500,000 settlement

35-year-old Staten Island construction worker who dove to avoid a roof collapse and required neck, shoulder and knee surgeries. Case settled prior to trial.

• Premises fall – $2,500,000 settlement

Settlement for a woman who suffered significant leg injuries in a fall down an interior stairwell in Brooklyn.

• Scaffold accident – $2,300,000 settlement

35-year-old construction worker who fell from a scaffold and suffered bilateral wrist fractures and closed head trauma. Case settled prior to trial.

• Defective stairway – $1,500,000 settlement

Settlement for a man who suffered a fractured femur after falling on a defective stairway.

• Unsafe school condition – $1,200,000 settlement

Settlement for a man who suffered a burst fracture of a lumbar vertebra due to an unsafe condition at a school.

• Premises negligence – $1,100,000 recovery

37-year-old Brooklyn resident who fell on a cracked sidewalk in front of an apartment building and required back surgery.

• Medical malpractice – $1,100,000 result

30-year-old Kings County woman who sustained loss of a child at premature birth. Result obtained after a verdict.

• Premises negligence – $990,000 settlement

42-year-old on-duty police officer who tripped over a broken sidewalk signpost in Bronx County and sustained a torn ligament in the ankle requiring surgery. Case settled prior to trial.

Required disclaimer

• The website states: "Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome."
• Any caller should understand that results depend on the specific facts and law applicable to each case, and no particular recovery can be promised or predicted in advance.

Ask anyway — the agent will say plainly that it is not published rather than guess.