Arkady Frekhtman - Founder / Attorney

Arkady Frekhtman is the owner and founder of the firm. Arkady graduated from law school in 1997 and worked for a solo practitioner in Austin, Texas before coming back to his native New York City in 1999.

In the year 2000, he started his own solo practice firm in Brooklyn and still remembers his first settlement: a $12,000.00 settlement for a Queens mother who sued a large life insurance company alleging fraud. Those funds helped the firm hire just one paralegal starting the growth of F&A Injury Lawyers.

Since that time, Arkady has handled thousands of personal injury cases from soft tissue car accident matters to severe brain injury litigation, mass tort litigation, burn injury, construction site accidents, and many others.

Languages: Russian.

Profile

Having sat for and passed both the New York and Texas bars, Arkady began his career as an associate for a prestigious plaintiff’s personal injury law firm in Manhattan where he prepared motions, conducted discovery, made daily court appearances, and managed a sizeable caseload.

The firm has grown from a firm of just 1 attorney to a large thriving New York City personal injury trial firm with 25 people including attorneys, paralegals, investigators, and file clerks with offices in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens.

Despite its growth, the firm has never lost sight of its original goal: to provide quality representation to seriously injured individuals and to help people.

Arkady handles all aspects of work in the firm including case preparation, motions & appeals, depositions, client interaction, mediations, and trials.

Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation, Automobile Accidents, Premises Liability, Medical Malpractice, Cerebral Palsy, Erb’s Palsy, Birth Injuries, Brain Injury, Construction Accidents.

Member: New York State Trial Lawyer’s Association (NYSTLA), NYS Academy Of Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association (ABA), New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA). Languages: English & Russian.

Representative Decisions:
Treile v. Brooklyn Tillary - Appellate Division Second Judicial Department
http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2014/2014_06197.htm
Scott v. City of New York - Appellate Division Second Judicial Department
http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/ad2/calendar/webcal/decisions/2011/D32689.pdf

Education

Vassar College – Bachelor of Arts in History

Juris Doctorate from University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

Admission

New York State Courts

United States District Federal Court – Eastern District of New York

United States District Federal Court – Southern District of New York

Texas State Courts

Awards

American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys: Ten Best Attorneys 2016-2017

The National Top 100 Trial Lawyers

AVVO Top Contributor

AVVO 9.9 Rating

Verdicts & Settlements

$4,000,000.00 damages inquest award in a construction site accident case in Supreme Court Kings County

$2,800,000.00 verdict in a construction accident falling object case in Supreme Court Kings County

$2,800,000.00 settlement in a construction site accident case, Neurauter v. City of New York, Supreme Court Queens County

$2,400,000.00 mediated settlement in a tractor trailer accident case Supreme Court Bronx County

$1,700,000.00 mediated settlement in a ceiling collapse accident case, Sindia Jean Philippe v. Renaissance Equity Holding, Supreme Court Kings County

$1,500,000.00 settlement after jury selection in a medical malpractice case in Supreme Court Kings County, Jeune v. City of New York

$1,400,000.00 mediated settlement in a staircase accident case Supreme Court Kings County

$1,000,000.00 settlement in a car accident case in Supreme Court Kings County,

$575,000.00 car accident settlement in Supreme Court Kings County, Auerbach v. Epic Mechanical, et al.

$537,000.00 verdict in a car accident case in Supreme Court New York County, Au v. Barbarise, et al.

$500,000.00 car accident settlement in Supreme Court Bronx, Burgos v. Budget

$500,000.00 brain injury settlement in a pedestrian knockdown case in Supreme Court New York County.

Thousands of cases handled from 1999 – the present with multiple six figure verdicts and settlements from $100,000 to $1,000,000 and more.

Member : New York State Trial Lawyer’s Association (NYSTLA), American Bar Association (ABA), New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA). Languages: Russian.