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Justin Frankel Named Top NY Metro Lawyer For 2011

Garden City resident Justin C. Frankel, Esq., a partner in Frankel & Newfield, PC,  has been named by Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top New York metro area lawyers for 2011. Only 5 percent of the lawyers in the New York metro area are named by Super Lawyers.

Frankel has devoted most of his legal career to representing long-term disability insurance policyholders, and also has experience in general litigation, complex commercial cases and class action litigation. He has extensive experience representing doctors and other health care providers in medical malpractice actions.

Frankel is a regular speaker before bar associations and medical organizations regarding disability claims and he has published several articles on disability insurance in professional publications.

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He received his B.A. from Stony Brook University and his J.D. from CUNY School of Law. Frankel is admitted to practice in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern District of New York, District of Connecticut, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third and Fourth Circuits and the United States Supreme Court. 

The selections for this esteemed list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of the Thomson Reuters Legal division.

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Each year, the research team at Super Lawyers undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area and a good-standing and disciplinary check.

Super Lawyers magazine is published by Thomson Reuters in all 50 states and reaches more than 13 million readers. For more information, visit www.superlawyers.com.

Frankel & Newfield, P.C., is a law firm devoted to protecting the rights of individuals with disability claims and litigates cases throughout the country against insurance companies.  To learn more, visit www.frankelnewfield.com.

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