The law firm of Weinstein, Chase, Messinger and Peters, P.C. , originated in 1955 as Weinstein
& Chayt, P. C., with an office in Brooklyn, New York. Since 1958, the principal
office of the firm has been located at 26 Court Street, Brooklyn, New York.
The firm is among the oldest continuous law firms in Brooklyn. In November of
1992, the firm name became Weinstein, Chase, Messinger and Peters, P.C. Members of the
firm have the highest quality rating in Martindale-Hubbell -- "AV."
The principal area of practice is civil litigation, mainly torts (personal
injury and medical malpractice) and insurance. As a result of our specialization
in this area we often act as counsel to other attorneys regarding matters of
this type. For more than 20 years, the firm has been particularly well known
in the field of medical malpractice. We have also done extensive defense work
for private litigants, particularly those who have been sued and have no insurance.
The firm has a well-established and excellent reputation with our adversaries
and in the courts. We fight hard but with fairness and integrity. Our practice
is not limited to Kings County (Brooklyn), but the firm is undoubtedly best
known in this County. We have many cases throughout the five boroughs of New
York City and also in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester.
Along with our focus area of civil litigation and trials, the firm devotes
a substantial portion of its practice to the areas of real estate, wills, trusts
and estates as well as general commercial matters such as the incorporation,
purchase and sale of businesses.
Murray Weinstein is a former member of the State Legislature, succeeded there
by his daughter, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, currently Chair of the Judiciary
Committee. Ms. Weinstein is of counsel to the firm.
Maurice Chayt has been an active bar association leader. In 1981, he was President
of the Brooklyn Bar Association. He later served as President of the Network
of Bar Leaders, an association then consisting of 25 of the leading bar associations
in the New York City metropolitan area, and as a Delegate of the New York State
Bar Association. He has written articles in the New York State Bar Journal and
in the Brooklyn Bar Association Bulletin, and currently serves as one of the
firm's leading trial attorneys. Maurice Chayt is currently a member of the Grievance
Committee and is also of counsel to the firm.
More detailed information on the partners in the firm and its legal
personnel is available in Martindale-Hubbell and in the Meet Our Attorneys section
of this website.
In the field of medical malpractice, our firm has handled some of the leading
cases the formed the body of medical malpractice and personal injury law. Among
the most significant cases handled by members of the Firm are:
- American Transit Ins. Co. v. Abdelghany, 80 NY2d 162
- Becker v. Schwartz, 46 NY2d 40l
- Countrywide Ins. Co. v. Barrios, 43 NY2d 831
- Dubin v. Evans - Bard, N.Y. Law of Medical Malpractice ('87 ed.), 26.03b(8e)
- Johnson v. N.Y.C. Health & Hospitals Corp., 49 AD2d 234
- Kallenberg v. Beth Israel Hospital, 45 AD2d 177
- Kladek v. St. Vincent's Hospital, 128 Misc.2d 985
- Kletnieks v. Brookhaven Memorial Assn., 53 AD2d 169
- Martsaris v. 73rd Corp., 105 AD2d 67
- Spadaccini v. Dolan, 63 AD2d 110
- Sullivan v. Waldbaum Inc., 89 AD2d 861(1)
- Zeleznik v. Jewish Chronic Disease Hosp., 47 AD2d 199
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