Peter J. Saghir

Hired out of law school in 2004, Peter’s trial and case preparation skills have flourished under the tutelage of our firm’s senior partners.  Since joining the firm, Peter has been a fierce advocate for his clients and has achieved numerous multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts.  Many cases he has prepared, tried and co-tried have resulted in highly favora-ble verdicts, including  $41.5 million Verdict for the family of  a New York City sanitation worker who was fatally run over by a street sweeper and $27.5 million against the New York City Transit Authority in a case involving a pedestrian whose leg was amputated above the knee after she was struck and run over by a bus.  He also prepared and co-tried a complex case against the City of New York and a construction company claiming the defendants negligently failed to warn traffic on the West Side Highway of a construction site in the roadway.  This resulted in catastrophic injuries to a husband and father, whom the defendants claimed was solely responsible for his accident.  Following a lengthy and hotly contested trial, a Manhattan jury found the plaintiff completely free of fault and awarded him $7,125,000 in total compensation.  Peter prides himself on meticulously preparing every case for trial to ensure a successful verdict or, if appropriate, settlement.  One such case, involving an 80-year-old woman who suffered crush injuries to her feet, was recently settled with the New York City Transit Authority for $6,500,000.  Another case involving a boating accident in which his client suffered a cervical herniation and fusion resulted in a settlement for $1,900,000.  Recently, Peter obtained a unanimous verdict finding the driver of a car completely at fault when he struck a pedestrian as she crossed 42nd Street. The driver claimed she was running across the street outside of the crosswalk while the plaintiff maintained she was crossing within the crosswalk. Following the verdict, Peter obtained the full insurance policy and a substantial personal contribution from the driver.

Peter describes his view of the job as follows:  “I am humbled to be able to represent people who often come to me at the most difficult time in their lives.  It is both an honor and an awesome responsibility to meet them at their point of need and secure for them full and fair compensation for their injuries.”

Mr. Saghir has lectured with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and at Cardozo Law School and Hofstra University in their Advanced Trial Advocacy classes.  In addition, he assists Ben B. Rubinowitz in writing the “Trial Advocacy” column in the New York Law Journal.  For the past several years, Peter has been selected to the New York Super Lawyers list.