FOUNDING PARTNER · NEW YORK TRIAL LAWYER

Brett R. Leitner, Esq.

Trial practice: Med Mal · Nursing Home · Labor Law · Catastrophic

Catastrophic injury counsel for complex cases.

Brett Leitner is a trial attorney representing victims of medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, construction accidents, and catastrophic injury across New York. A founder of Leitner Warywoda, he builds his cases for trial from intake, not after mediation fails.

His practice is consistently recognized among New York's leading plaintiff trial lawyers by New York Metro Super Lawyers, the National Trial Lawyers, and The New York Times.

Select Verdicts & Settlements

$12.9M — Municipal Accident: catastrophic injury
$8.5M — Medical Malpractice: products liability, fatal surgery verdict (Queens County)
$7.8M — Municipal Liability: civil rights verdict (E.D.N.Y.)
$6.9M — Labor Law: construction accident
$3.3M — Labor Law: construction accident
$3.0M — Labor Law: union ironworker accident
$2.6M — Labor Law: construction accident
$2.5M — Medical Malpractice: failure to diagnose cancer
$1.9M — Medical Malpractice: post-operative infection
$1.3M — Nursing Home: fall accident

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Certain matters handled with co-counsel.

Recognition & Honors

Top-Rated Medical Malpractice Attorney — Super Lawyers · 2016–2026
Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer — Nat'l Trial Lawyers
Top 25 Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyer — Nat'l Trial Lawyers
Top 25 Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyer — Nat'l Trial Lawyers
Top Attorney, Metro New York — The New York Times
Best Lawyers in America — Selected

Bar Admissions

New York State
U.S. District Court, E.D.N.Y.
U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y.

Associations

American Association for Justice (AAJ) — Member