Jeffrey Fishkin is a partner at Walsworth who focuses his practice on general liability matters. He has represented multiple Fortune 500 companies and has extensive experience defending the interests of clients in catastrophic injury, wrongful death, personal injury, and products liability matters in state and federal court. He handles all aspects of litigation, including managing case strategy, pleadings, discovery, depositions, law and motion, mediations and settlement negotiations, drafting and arguing pre-trial motions, and presenting matters at trial.
Jeff focuses on developing a cogent case handling and trial strategy in a constant effort to resolve matters in an efficient and cost-effective manner for his clients. Jeff leverages his broad and deep background and experiences to provide counsel to his clients that will both assist in the pending matter as well as position them for their long-term goals.
- Obtained dismissals of matters by plaintiffs or victories by way of Motion for Summary Judgment in matters involving his freight broker clients.
- Negotiated an extremely favorable settlement in a truck vs. motorcycle leg amputation matter involving an Olympic athlete.
- Secured favorable evidence through early discovery to support a dismissal on behalf of a client in a multi-party catastrophic injury products liability case involving a bus roll-over.
- Reached a settlement for less than one-third of the demand on the eve of trial in a wrongful death matter involving a truck vs. motorcycle accident.