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Jim Reed, Attorney

New York and Penn­syl­vania Injury and Mal­prac­tice Lawyer

For more than 20 years, Jim has prac­ticed in the state and fed­eral courts of both New York and Penn­syl­vania in the areas of Per­sonal Injury, Med­ical Mal­prac­tice, and Legal Mal­prac­tice.

Jim limits his prac­tice to the rep­re­sen­ta­tion of injured per­sons only and does NOT do any insur­ance defense work.

Jim was selected for mem­ber­ship in the pres­ti­gious Multi-Million Dollar Advo­cates Forum. Forum mem­ber­ship is lim­ited to trial lawyers who have demon­strated excep­tional skill, expe­ri­ence and excel­lence in advo­cacy by achieving a trial ver­dict, award or set­tle­ment of Two Mil­lion Dol­lars or more. Jim was selected for mem­ber­ship fol­lowing his suc­cessful han­dling of a med­ical mal­prac­tice case for a little girl who suf­fered per­ma­nent brain damage due to a delay in delivery. The case set­tled for the full insur­ance limits of $2,000,000.00. In addi­tion to this case, Jim has han­dled sev­eral other Million-Plus cases including a recent set­tle­ment for $2,400,000. See more of Jim’s results here.

Jim has also been selected as a New York “Super Lawyer” in the area of per­sonal injury plain­tiff attor­neys. Lawyers are selected after a rig­orous research process based on 12 indi­ca­tors of peer recog­ni­tion and pro­fes­sional achieve­ment. Jim and his fellow Zif­fLaw partner Carl Hayden are the only plaintiff’s attor­neys in the Twin Tiers ever des­ig­nated as NY SuperLawyers.

Jim is very proud of the fact that he was selected as a member of the Fac­ulty of Solo Prac­tice Uni­ver­sity (SPU). SPU is a ground-breaking, inter­na­tional vir­tual uni­ver­sity ded­i­cated to teaching lawyers every­thing that law schools do not– how to handle a REAL case from begin­ning to end.

Given his broad expe­ri­ence as an injury attorney for more than 20 years, Jim was selected to teach: Injury Law 101– The Nuts and Bolts of Han­dling an Injury Case. Why is this a big deal? Because the SPU Fac­ulty Mem­bers have been selected from among the very best lawyers in the country and a fac­ulty member must be for­mally invited to join the SPU fac­ulty. Con­grat­u­la­tions to Jim on this great appointment.

Jim has lec­tured fre­quently on sev­eral law-related topics and has been pub­lished in the New York State Bar Journal, which is the largest and most pres­ti­gious legal pub­li­ca­tion in New York State. In 2008, Jim was selected to author a chapter in the New York State Bar Asso­ci­a­tion trea­tise: Plaintiff’s Per­sonal Injury Actions in New York.

Jim under­stands that our laws are very com­pli­cated and that it is vir­tu­ally impos­sible for folks to under­stand the laws that are impor­tant to them. That’s why he strongly believes in freely sharing legal infor­ma­tion on topics that directly impact people’s lives.

To that end, Jim has pub­lished TWO FREE BOOKS that he gives away free to res­i­dents of New York and Penn­syl­vania. Get your Free Copy by clicking here:

Jim, along with fellow Zif­fLaw injury attor­neys, Adam Gee, Christina Son­sire and Eric Johnson, pub­lishes the NYIn­jury­Law­Blog that is a great source of infor­ma­tion about many aspects of N.Y. law and answers the ques­tions that many folks have such as: What is no-fault insur­ance and what does that mean? What kind of insur­ance should I have on my motor­cycle? What should I do if I get hurt in a car crash? You can visit the blog by clicking here.

WETM-TV selected Jim as their local legal expert. Jim is fea­tured on the Noon News on Wednes­days where he responds to lis­teners’ legal ques­tions. If you have a legal ques­tion, feel free to E-mail it to Jim on our Quick Con­tact form to the left and he will be happy to address your ques­tion either via E-mail or on WETM.

In 1986, Jim became asso­ci­ated with the Ziff Law Firm and he made partner in 1989. Jim was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1986 and to the Penn­syl­vania Bar in 1987. He attended Elmira Free Academy, Hamilton Col­lege and the Dick­inson School of Law. In law school, Jim was selected for both the Trial Moot Court Board and Appel­late Moot Court Board.

Jim is a member of the Chemung County, New York State and Amer­ican Bar Asso­ci­a­tions as well as the New York State Trial Lawyers Asso­ci­a­tion, the New York Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Amer­ican Trial Lawyers Association.

Jim is very active in com­mu­nity activ­i­ties and has served as the Pres­i­dent of the Soaring Cap­ital Soccer Club and on the Board of Direc­tors for the Arnot Art Museum, the Rock­well Art Museum and the Chemung County SPCA. In 1998, Jim orga­nized the first Chemung County Mock Trial Tour­na­ment for the high school stu­dents of this county.

Jim is a life­long res­i­dent of Elmira where he lives with his wife and three chil­dren. When he’s not working, Jim can often be found on his bicycle as he is an avid bicycle racer having com­peted in races all over the country including a 508 mile team race through Death Valley (The Fur­nace Creek 508) and a 540 mile race through the Cas­cade Moun­tains of Oregon (The Race Across Oregon). For more info regarding Jim’s per­sonal exploits, you can see his per­sonal page by clicking here.

If you have been injured due to someone else’s neg­li­gence, please feel free to E-mail Jim at jreed@zifflaw.com or call him at 1–800-Zifflaw (943−3529). If you are an attorney and wish to refer a case to Zif­fLaw, you can easily do so by clicking here. If you have a legal matter that you would like to dis­cuss with a Zif­fLaw attorney you can easily do so by clicking here.

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