John Leifert
John Leifert – Of Counsel
Email: jleifert@fullertonbeck.com
Direct: (914) 305-8639
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For three decades, John Leifert has represented his clients in medical malpractice and personal injury cases in federal, state, and municipal courts throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. He represents medical institutions and health care professionals, including doctors, nurses and nurse midwives.
John is a seasoned and versatile litigator with a passion for medicine, making medical malpractice an ideal career path. He leverages his prior experience representing plaintiffs and his thirst for medical knowledge with his current defense practice to craft effective legal strategies that result in favorable outcomes for his clients, whether through motions practice, settlement or at trial. He also has argued appeals before New York’s First and Second Judicial Departments.
Some of John’s notable case wins include:
- Summary judgment for a large hospital accused of psychiatric malpractice that allegedly caused a patient’s severe facial disfigurement and the loss of an eye.
- Summary judgment for a neurosurgeon accused of causing a patient’s devastating stroke during an angiogram.
- Summary judgment for a vascular surgeon whose care allegedly contributed to paraplegia after an automobile accident.
He has also obtained numerous discontinuances for his clients on the eve of trials, which resulted in multimillion-dollar awards against other medical defendants.
John has been recognized by Super Lawyers for Medical Malpractice Defense since 2020.
Admissions
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Connecticut
Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
District of New Jersey
District of Connecticut
Education
SUNY, University at Albany, B.S.
SUNY, University at Buffalo, J.D.
