Injury Lawyers New York

Attorney Profiles

Jonathan M. Goidel

Mr. Goidel is a partner in the law firm of Goidel & Siegel, LLP, which he and Andrew Siegel co-founded in 1990.

Prior to the founding of Goidel & Siegel, Mr. Goidel was associated with several prestigious international law firms. At Goidel & Siegel, he focuses on the prosecution of product liability and personal injury cases. He has tried cases to verdict in nearly every trial court in New York City, and has argued appeals in the Appellate Divisions of both the First and Second Judicial Departments.

Mr. Goidel graduated from Hamilton College in 1983. In 1986, he graduated from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a member of the Brooklyn Law Review. He has served as a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Committee on Young Lawyers and the Committee on Eastern European Affairs. He has served as an arbitrator for the New York City Civil Court, Small Claims Court. Mr. Goidel is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.

Andrew B. Siegel

Mr. Siegel is a partner in the law firm of Goidel & Siegel, LLP, which he and Jonathan Goidel co-founded in 1990.

Prior to the founding of Goidel & Siegel, Mr. Siegel was employed as a trial attorney at the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn, New York, where he concentrated on defending indigent criminal defendants. While there, he handled thousands of criminal matters and tried many of those cases to verdict. Mr. Siegel then became associated with Galett, Dreyer & Berkey, a prestigious law firm concentrating on real estate and commercial litigation, until founding Goidel & Siegel with Mr. Goidel.

Since founding Goidel & Siegel, Mr. Siegel has tried many civil cases to verdict in nearly every trial court in the City of New York and, on numerous occasions, has argued successfully before the Appellate Divisions of the First and Second Departments. Mr. Siegel participates in every aspect of the operations of Goidel & Siegel from client intake to case strategy to final resolution, whether by trial or otherwise. He is a tireless advocate for his clients and will explore every available and appropriate option to maximize his clients’ recovery or defense.

Mr. Siegel graduated with high honors from the State University of New York at Albany in 1983. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1986. During law school, Mr. Siegel participated in the pro se litigants’ program of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and trained as a trial attorney in the offices of Jay Goldberg, Esq. and Michael G. Berger, Esq., premier criminal defense and commercial law attorneys in the City of New York.

Steven E. Cohen

Mr. Cohen joined Goidel & Siegel as an associate in 1997, after working at a Long Island law firm for two years. While at that firm, he handled civil litigation cases, with an emphasis on the alarm and security industry.

At Goidel & Siegel, Mr. Cohen is involved in various segments of personal injury litigation, including motor vehicle and slip, trip, and fall accidents, product liability cases, labor accidents, hospital negligence, and dog bite cases.

Mr. Cohen is a 1991 graduate of Syracuse University. He graduated from the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in 1994.

Daniel H. Levy

Mr. Levy joined Goidel & Siegel as an associate in 2004 and focuses on the prosecution of a variety of personal injury matters.

Mr. Levy is a 2000 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. In 2004 he graduated from Fordham University Law School, where he was a member of the American Constitution Society.

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