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D. Carl Lustig, III is a member of the Manhattan law firm of Arye, Lustig & Sassower, P.C., and concentrates in handling the trials and appeals of major personal injury cases on behalf of plaintiffs.  His primary area of concentration is construction accident litigation under the New York State Labor Law.

Mr. Lustig has written law review articles that have appeared in the New York State Trial Lawyers Institute publication, The Trial Lawyers Quarterly, and other legal periodicals.  He has lectured extensively for the New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, The Practicing Law Institute, St. John's Law School and Yale University and has served as co-chairperson of various lecture series for continuing legal education in the area of personal injury trial practice.  He has also lectured for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy at the Hofstra University School of Law, and lectured at St. John's University School of Law on Alternate Dispute Resolution Mediation on a Personal Injury case as well as was an invited speaker at the New York State Judicial Conferences in 1999 and 2000.

Mr. Lustig is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and has been elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He is also a member of the American Association for Justice, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and is a Fellow in the Roscoe Pound Institute.

Areas of Practice

• Construction Accident Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Products Liability

Representative Cases

• Callan Structure Tone, Inc., 52 A.D. 3d. 334 (1st Dept. 2008)
• Urbina v. 26 Court Street Assocs., LLC., 46 A.D. 3d 268 (1st Dept. 2007)
• Brandl v. Ram Builders, Inc., 7 A.D.3d 655 (2nd Dept. 2004)
• Arce v. 1133 Bldg. Corp., 257 A.D.2d 515 (1st Dept. 1999)
• Yu Xiu Deng v. A.J. Contracting Co., Inc., 255 A.D.2d 202 (1st Dept. 1998)
• Guillory v. Nautilus Real Estate, Inc., 208 A.D.2d 336 (1st Dept. 1995)
• Costello by Hines v. Marchese, 524 N.Y.S.2d 232 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1988)
• Smith v. Spinoccia, 501 N.Y.S.2d 99 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1986)

West Practice Categories

Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1979
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1979
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1979
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1981 - Present
• American Association for Justice, 1983 - Present
• New York County Lawyers Association, 1979 - Present

Education

• Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York, 1978
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1975
  B.S., Bachelor of Science
  Honors: magna cum laude

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