Issue 11 2019

32 Acquisition International - Issue 11 2019 Aug19438 Bronx-Based Lawyer Displays Brilliance When medical negligence and malpractice mar a life in seemingly irreparable ways, it is imperative that sufferer seek key legal advice. The senior partners at Sonin & Genis, a Bronx-based law firm, have dedicated their professional careers to helping ensure that injured persons get the justice they deserve. Discover how one half of the firm, Bob Genis, has been named the Leading Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year – New York in Acquisition International’s Leading Advisers for 2019. Company: Sonin & Genis Contact: Bob Genis Website: www.soningenis.com senior and founding partner in the law firm of Sonin & Genis, ESQS, Bob Genis has spent the entirety of his professional life dedicated to helping victims of medical malpractice and negligence. Alongside his wife Sherri Sonin and her sister Abby M. Sonin, Bob and this small family-run law firm get big results. Committed to making communities safer, Bob prides himself on holding corporations and others accountable for violating safety standards, and causing losses of valuable community members. Beginning his legal journey in 1980, Bob studied for three years at the Syracuse University College of Law where he graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in Law. Before becoming a founding partner at Sonin & Genis, Bob worked as an attorney for a number of law firms, specialising in medical malpractice, gaining valuable knowledge, experience and insight into the courtroom. In October 1988, the law firm of Sonin & Genis was born, and Bob has worked tirelessly ever since to achieve justice for all his clients. Having spent much of his life training for it, Bob is now firmly established as one of the nation’s leading personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers, specialising in seeking compensation for the families of people killed or seriously injured as a result of negligence. Recognising the devastating effect that serious injury, or even death, can have on a family, Bob and his family of lawyers help to secure fair and just monetary compensation for their clients. Enabling families to live with dignity, independence and have their needs met, the firm understand that an injury to one person often affects so many more. Throughout his career, Bob has been admitted to practice law in the State and Federal courts of New York and New Jersey, the Federal Court of Connecticut, the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, and admitted pro hac vice into a number of other jurisdictions. His extensive experience has seen him handle numerous high-profile cases that have attracted the attention of national and international press. Arguably, one of his most high-profile cases was the pro bono representation of Teron Francis, where Bob was able to change the law in New York to allow the family to decide when to terminate life support, not the hospital. More than one of the nation’s best legal minds, Bob is also helping to train and educate the next generation of leading lawyers. Lecturing at the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, lawline.com and OnlnieCLE123, Bob is determined to pass on his exemplary knowledge and help guarantee the future protection of victims. A Passing on expertise around wrongful death, personal injury, and medical malpractice litigation, Bob also teaches at a number of associations, educating lawyers at various seminars and summits for well over ten years. As the long-time director and active member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Bob has experienced unprecedented success, and exclusive memberships to a wide variety of other committees and groups across the city. His bar association memberships include the New Jersey Association for Justice, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Association for Justice. Ultimately, it is Bob’s level of care and desire to see communities cared for, coupled with his unparalleled legal excellence, that has culminated in his ongoing success. Should the very worst happen, residents of New York City can rest easy that this Bronx-based lawyer is always ready to fight for their rights. “...it is Bob’s level of care and desire to see communities cared for, coupled with his unparalleled legal excellence, that has culminated in his ongoing success.”