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Overview

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Established more than 50 years ago, the law firm of Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool has successfully represented seriously injured clients in personal injury and medical malpractice cases throughout the State of New York. The firm’s lawyers are highly regarded in the profession for their excellence in the courtroom and at the negotiating table. Over the years, our firm has won verdicts and settlements of over $1 billion for our clients.

Experienced Personal Injury Attorneys

Six of our attorneys have achieved AV Preeminent status with Martindale-Hubbell representing the highest ranking for ethical standards and legal ability. Five of our attorneys have been featured as Super Lawyers in the New York Metropolitan Area as published in the Magazine Section of the New York Times. Our firm is ranked among the Best Lawyers in the State of New York and is ranked among the Best Law Firms in the New York Metro area by US News & World Report in the field of medical malpractice law.

Qualifications

Our partners have received individual accolades throughout the years that rank them among the best in the profession. Barry Washor has been selected by his peers as a Super Lawyer every year since 2007 and included in The Best Lawyers in America in Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs every year since 2010. Jonny Kool has been selected to Super Lawyers every year since 2009. Dallin Fuchs has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2010. Matthew Maiorana and Christopher L. Sallay have been selected as Super Lawyers every year since 2013. In 2016, Christopher L. Sallay was selected by Super Lawyers as a Top 100 Lawyer in the New York Metropolitan Area. He has also been included in The Best Lawyers in America in Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs(since 2016) and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs(2017).

Injury Lawyers For You

Many of the cases handled by the firm are referred by other lawyers who know of the firm’s reputation for winning significant monetary awards in complex and very serious personal injury cases in New York CIty and throughout the State. Because of the firm’s winning record, comprehensive understanding of the law, attention to detail, and tenacity in the courtroom, the attorneys at Queller Fisher are widely regarded by their peers as the “attorney’s attorneys.”

Selective Case Handling

A key factor to the firm’s success is selectivity in the cases it takes. The partners limit the practice to serious personal injury and medical malpractice cases in New York and New Jersey. This means that each case is given the complete personal attention of the partners, unequaled trial preparation, and access to the vast financial and technological resources of the firm.

Rankings

Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool and The Law Office of William A. Gallina, LLP is metro ranked in 3 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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Metro Rankings

New York City
Tier 1 for Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Tier 3 for Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

About Our Clients

We represent the newborn, the young, the middle and the aged. We address and faithfully document the full magnitude of each client’s physical, mental and emotional injuries so that the same can be forcefully and poignantly communicated to a jury. We use our advocacy, our skills and our resources to touch the lives of others so that they, as judges, are ultimately willing and able to sense a client’s loss—what he or she has been forced to endure—and, compensate them fully. The message is at once simple and powerful: building compassion through purpose, strength and resolve; working harder, longer, and better to achieve litigation success; treating clients as individuals not commodities.; using technology with old-fashioned sense to reach the desired outcome.

Rankings

Regional Rankings

New York City
Tier 1 for Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Tier 3 for Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
  • Appellate Practice
  • Construction Law
  • Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®

Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool and The Law Office of William A. Gallina, LLP has 3 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool and The Law Office of William A. Gallina, LLP eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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Awards

Awards are self-reported by firms and are not verified by the Best Law Firms rankings.
  • Best Lawyers - Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Best Lawyers - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Best Lawyers - Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs

Main Location

New York, NY
The Woolworth Building, Suite 1800
233 Broadway
New York, NY 10279
United States
212-406-1700 Call our New York, NY location at 212-406-1700 Get Directions Get directions to our New York, NY location

Management and Personnel

Contacts

Significant Matters

Below are matters chosen by the firm to highlight.
Medical Malpractice $46 Million

Due to a failure of timely intubation, a 24 year old college student went into respiratory arrest resulting in hypoxic brain injury. His family called Queller Fisher Washor Fuchs & Kool and our firm obtained a $46.6 million verdict.

Municipal Liability $14.5 Million

After two police detectives from Queens were shot and killed as a result of municipal negligence, a top New York personal injury attorney was able achieve a jury verdict of $14.5 million.

Medical Malpractice $13.2 Million

As a result of medical negligence , a mother died during childbirth. Her family called our firm and we were able to achieve a $13.2 million verdict, and $8 million settlement.

Construction Accident $10.5 Million

A Queens worker was struck by 20-foot pipe that fell in a trench. He was caused to be paralyzed, and during the trial while the jury was deliberating, top attorneys at our firm were able to attain a $10.5 million settlement.

Medical Malpractice $8.1 Million

New York City woman died after a medication overdose in a hospital. Her case settlement was $8.1 million.

Car Accident $5.5 Million

A Bronx woman lost her arm and fractured her back as a result of a car accident. Her case settled for $5.5 million.

Bus Accident/Wrongful Death $5.05 Million

A Queens woman died after being struck and dragged by a bus. A plaintiff attorney at Queller Fisher Washor Fuchs & Kool obtained a $5.05 Million jury verdict.

Car Accident $3.2 Million

A Bronx man suffered brain damage as a result of a car accident. His case was handled by the attorneys at Queller Fisher Washor Fuchs & Kool and the case resulted in a $3.2 million jury verdict.

Construction Accident $2.7 Million

Construction material fell on a laborer's knee at a construction site. The laborer underwent multiple knee surgeries. The experienced personal injury attorneys at our firm obtained a $2.7 million settlement during trial just before closing arguments.

Construction Accident $2.49 Million

While working on the George Washington Bridge, a bridge painter fell 40 feet, suffering significant injuries. An expert attorney handled the case and the laborer obtained a $2.49 Million jury verdict.

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