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Firm news, plain-English explainers, and updates on New York disability and injury law. For step-by-step guides and answers to specific questions, the resource library is the better starting point.

Your Legal Team

The attorneys who work your case

Not a call centre. The lawyer who signs you is the lawyer who shows up.

  • Brian M. Mittman, Esq.

    Brian M. Mittman, Esq.

    Managing Partner · Markhoff & Mittman, P.C.

    Call 866-205-2415 Schedule with Brian
    • Admitted in New York
    • 30+ years in practice
    • Attends Board hearings personally

    Brian has personally handled New York workers' compensation, SSDI, and personal-injury cases for over three decades. Your case is never handed off to a paralegal.

    Full bio & credentials →

  • Randy Jacobs, Esq.

    Randy Jacobs, Esq.

    Attorney · Markhoff & Mittman, P.C.

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    • Admitted in New York and New Jersey
    • Pace University School of Law, J.D.
    • Litigates before the Workers' Compensation Board

    Randy has litigated every type of claim before the Workers' Compensation Board on behalf of hundreds of claimants.

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  • Benai Lifshitz, Esq.

    Benai Lifshitz, Esq.

    Attorney · Markhoff & Mittman, P.C.

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    • Admitted in New York, 2008
    • New York Law School, J.D. 2007
    • With The Disability Guys since 2013

    Benai has spent more than a decade fighting for injured workers before the Workers' Compensation Board and the New York State Employees' Retirement Board.

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  • Emily Grajales, Esq.

    Emily Grajales, Esq.

    Attorney · Markhoff & Mittman, P.C.

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    • Admitted in New York, 2007
    • 20 years in practice
    • Fluent in Spanish

    Emily has spent two decades on New York workers' compensation and Social Security Disability matters, including service as an Agency Attorney and Hearing Officer for NYC Transit and the MTA.

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  • Lauren Jurgens, Esq.

    Lauren Jurgens, Esq.

    Attorney · Markhoff & Mittman, P.C.

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    • Admitted in New York, 2023
    • Albany Law School, J.D. 2022
    • Handles Third Department appeals

    Lauren represents injured workers in Workers' Compensation matters and handles appeals before the Appellate Division, Third Department.

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