About Arkady Frekhtman
Arkady Frekhtman is the owner and founder of the firm. Arkady graduated from law school in 1997 and worked for a solo practitioner in Austin, Texas before coming back to his native New York City in 1999.In the year 2000, he started his own solo practice firm in Brooklyn and still remembers his first settlement: a $12,000.00 settlement for a Queens mother who sued a large life insurance company alleging fraud. Those funds helped the firm hire just one paralegal starting the growth of F&A Injury Lawyers.Since that time, Arkady has handled thousands of personal injury cases from soft tissue car accident matters to severe brain injury litigation, mass tort litigation, burn injury,... Read More
Education
Vassar College – Bachelor of Arts in History
Juris Doctorate from University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
Awards
American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys: Ten Best Attorneys 2016-2017
The National Top 100 Trial Lawyers
AVVO Top Contributor
AVVO 9.9 Rating
Verdicts & Settlements
$4,000,000.00 damages inquest award in a construction site accident case in Supreme Court Kings County
$2,800,000.00 verdict in a construction accident falling object case in Supreme Court Kings County
$2,800,000.00 settlement in a construction site accident case, Neurauter v. City of New York, Supreme Court Queens County
$2,400,000.00 mediated settlement in a tractor trailer accident case Supreme Court Bronx County
$1,700,000.00 mediated settlement in a ceiling collapse accident case, Sindia Jean Philippe v. Renaissance Equity Holding, Supreme Court Kings County
$1,500,000.00 settlement after jury selection in a medical malpractice case in Supreme Court Kings County, Jeune v. City of New York
$1,400,000.00 mediated settlement in a staircase accident case Supreme Court Kings County
$1,000,000.00 settlement in a car accident case in Supreme Court Kings County,
$575,000.00 car accident settlement in Supreme Court Kings County, Auerbach v. Epic Mechanical, et al.
$537,000.00 verdict in a car accident case in Supreme Court New York County, Au v. Barbarise, et al.
$500,000.00 car accident settlement in Supreme Court Bronx, Burgos v. Budget
$500,000.00 brain injury settlement in a pedestrian knockdown case in Supreme Court New York County.
Thousands of cases handled from 1999 – the present with multiple six figure verdicts and settlements from $100,000 to $1,000,000 and more.
Bar Admissions
New York State Courts
United States District Federal Court – Eastern District of New York
United States District Federal Court – Southern District of New York
Texas State Courts
Languages
English Russian
