Joseph P. Awad of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C. is a highly experienced trial and appellate lawyer whose particular legal concentration lies in representing workers who have been injured in construction site accidents or persons that have sustained injuries relating to medical malpractice, and it is the latter of these offerings that has resulted in Joseph being bestowed with the title of Leading Medical Malpractice Attorney of the Year – New York. At the heart of his exemplary approach is a learned knowledge of which experts are the best to consult across any given situation, with Joseph leveraging this ability to solve the legal concerns of his clients effectively, all contributing to his carving out of a stellar reputation for successful recovery. Joseph himself tells us more about his distinguished career and the like-minded triumphs of his firm.
Experienced, achieved, and recognized by multiple peer reviews and institutions as one of the top trial and appellate lawyers in not only New York City, but also the wider New York State and the entirety of the United States of America, Joseph P. Awad has experienced a storied career that spans more than four decades of exemplary practice. During this time, Joseph has administered the successful prosecution of more than 1000 personal injury cases from medical malpractice and construction site injury through to car accidents, wrongful death, and unsafe buildings, in the process garnering outstanding achievements such as record settlements and jury verdicts.
Celebrated for his prowess in the industry through his featuring in lists inclusive of the Best Lawyers in New York, New York Super Lawyers, and Best Lawyers in America, Joseph also operates bolstered by the highest possible rating, AV, from Martindale-Hubbell, celebrating his legal ability as well as his ethical standards of practice. Moreover, in more than 140 separate cases, Joseph has attained million-dollar recoveries, this in addition to achieving the highest jury and appellate award within a single year. Aside from his practice, Joseph is an expert in legal education, teaching advanced classes to lawyers across New York regarding trial skills, evidence, civil procedure, and proof of damage.
Joseph P. Awad’s distinction in the field goes back to the beginning of his legal journey, which can be traced to his graduating from Binghamton University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts, as well as being bestowed with its Outstanding Academic Achievement Award and also Departmental Honors in the area of foreign policy. From here, Joseph then spent three years at Albany Law School on a full-tuition merit scholarship, graduating in 1981 with his J.D. (Juris Doctor). Before entering law school, Joseph worked for several years in a furniture factory, a steel factory, and raising and harvesting fruits and vegetables on an 80-acre family farm. He credits these years of work between undergraduate studies and law school with giving him the values of hard work, human insight, and awareness of the thinking and goals of the average American citizen.
Describing his professional devotion to his clients, Joseph tells us, “We work as a team on all client cases. The team includes me as lead trial lawyer with the co-counsel of very experienced trial lawyers, exceptionally skilled in written and oral argument, record and document analysis, and attitudes of hard work and unlimited time devoted to winning the best result for a client.” He continues, “The paraprofessional members of my team each have more than 20 years’ experience, know all the ‘ins and outs’ of court rules and protocols, are empathetic to our clients’ hardships, and are always available to answer questions.”
Joseph is driven to go above and beyond for his clients, telling us of his principles: “My core values are always [to do] what is best and most time-efficient for my clients, always striving to meet standards of excellence in trial strategy and technique. Clients’ needs always determine my legal work.” With this ethos in tow, it is no surprise then that Joseph boasts dozens of multi-million-dollar recoveries and has succeeded in securing record jury verdicts as recently as 2022 and 2023, something that has been aided immeasurably by his more than 30 years of experience in the realm of legal representation before appellate and trial courts and juries from the local communities, with his victories ultimately serving to set future legal precedents.
Other distinctions similarly follow suit, and over the course of his career, Joseph has earned the right to receive appointments from the likes of the Governor of the State of New York and the Governor’s Medical Malpractice Task Force, appointed by two Chief Judges of the State of New York to Judicial Screening Committees, was elected President of the New York State Trial Lawyers, as well as having served on the board of directors across a series of national trial lawyer associations. In a career filled with highlights and tremendous accolades, one particularly notable one for Joseph is his receiving of “national recognition and commendation for all the pro bono work I devoted to the surviving families and loved ones killed in the 9/11 attack in 2001”.
This list of accolades serves as but a choice few of the multitude of accomplishments achieved by Joseph P. Awad over the course of his tenure as a lawyer, with this consistent success being possible thanks to the meticulous combination of an unrivalled insight into the field and the necessary contacts to get the job done right. Joseph tells us, “I consult and retain the very best medical, scientific, engineering, economic, and life care planners to explain and demonstrate the losses and financial and human impacts caused by the injuries to my clients. I know who to ask for the very best and ethical forensic support in prosecuting a client’s lawsuit.”
In addition to these true, tried, and tested methods, Joseph and the team also remain acutely aware of the importance of adopting the latest technologies across their services, ensuring that their clients receive solutions of the highest caliber that are sure to lead to demonstrable results and increased chances of successful outcomes across their cases. Instrumental in this has been the adopting of the very best software and pioneering A.I. for use in managing client’s cases, ensuring that the firm is able to remain on top of things, something aided further by the internal setting of goals/dates for progress updates, so that a client is kept in the loop and receives communication of any developments.
Expounding further on this software, Joseph tells us that in the coming years, the firm’s online databases will effectively undertake a meticulous and comprehensive review and analysis for evidence and proof of a client’s case from thousands of pages of documents that span medical/hospital records, meta data, contracts, engineering blueprints, and business records – facts that will prove successful to securing a just and fair result for clients across claims relating to construction site injury and medical malpractice. His team remains steadfast in their unwavering commitment to developing new persuasion methods, streamlining effectiveness regarding accountability for those who have wronged clients.
Ultimately, from surgical and medication malpractice to birth injuries, cancer, heart attack, and stroke misdiagnosis, and a host of other serious personal injuries caused by car crashes and unsafe buildings, Joseph P. Awad and team have proven themselves to be members of a firm that a client can trust, anchored in more than 40 years of experience, a history of winning cases, and a reputation for excellence. On the back of such successes, it is our privilege to name Joseph P. Awad as Leading Medical Malpractice Attorney of the Year – New York, a title well deserved as he continues to serve as a beacon for exemplary practice in New York’s legal sphere.
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