Horwitz, Jim

Lawyer Overview

Since joining KK&B in 1986, Jim Horwitz has handled cases involving a wide range of conditions resulting from medical malpractice. He brings to all of his cases a careful and meticulous technique, driven by a concern for excellence for his clients.

Jim has become well known for handling cases involving medical malpractice in the fields of obstetrics, cardiology, neurology and pediatric medicine as well as a wide range of other medical specialties. He has written articles and lectured nationally about birth injuries.

Jim's competency, coupled with a direct, honest and sincere approach, has resulted in numerous multi-million dollar settlements and litigation successes. He recently won $58 million, the largest medical malpractice verdict in Connecticut history, for a Norwalk family whose son suffered a birth injury that resulted in cerebral palsy.

Jim is a member of the Medical-Legal Committee of the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association and the Membership Committee of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.

Areas of Practice

• Malpractice

West Practice Categories

Professional Malpractice Law

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1984
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1984

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Greater Bridgeport Bar Association (Member, Medical-Legal Committee)
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Membership Committee)
• Greater Bridgeport Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Raymond E. Baldwin American Inns of Court (Member)
• Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, 1993 - 1995 (Chairman, Civil Trials & Procedures Committee)

Honors and Awards

• Listed in "Best Lawyers in America"
• Martindale-Hubbell Rated AV, Highest Rating for Attorneys

Education

• Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York
  J.D.
• Colgate University
  B.A.

Published Works

• "Bystander Emotional Distress in Medical Malpractice Cases: An Update", Greater Bridgeport Bar Association , News Brief, Vol. 13, No. 5., May, 2001

Address

350 Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604

Phones

203-583-8634

Faxes

203-368-3244

Emails

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Websites

http://www.koskoff.com