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Manhattan lawyers. On the train line. In your neighborhood.

Our Manhattan office sits in East Harlem at Park Avenue and 125th Street — steps from the 4/5/6 at 125th Street and Metro-North’s Harlem–125th Street station, and a short ride for clients who live and work on the East Side. Bilingual from first call. We handle workers’ comp, SSDI, Personal Injury, and Scaffold Law construction cases for service workers, building staff, and tradespeople across the borough.

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Manhattan is many cities. We meet you in yours.

Our East Harlem office on Park Avenue is positioned for the working-class East Side: service industry workers, building staff, healthcare aides, restaurant staff, MTA workers, and construction crews on the high-rise jobs going up across the East Side.

Spanish is essential here, not optional. Caribbean and West African client populations are growing. We also handle a meaningful caseload of Scaffold Law construction matters — Manhattan generates more §240 cases than any other borough.

Neighborhoods this office serves

East HarlemUpper East SideYorkvilleHarlemWashington HeightsInwoodHell’s KitchenMidtown EastLower East SideChinatownBronx (south)Queens (LIC)
Your Legal Team

The attorneys who work Manhattan cases

Every office is served by the same attorneys — 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.

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    • 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.

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  • 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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What our clients in Manhattan say

Verified Google reviews from this region.

★★★★★

"I clean offices on the Upper East Side. Slipped, hurt my back, the building manager wanted to bury it. Their office on Park Avenue was a 15-minute train ride. They took the case and the building's insurer paid."

Esperanza V.
Workers' Comp · Manhattan
★★★★★

"Building super, 30 years, finally couldn't do the work anymore. They handled my SSDI in Spanish from start to finish. Got approved at the hearing."

Carlos T.
SSDI · Manhattan
★★★★★

"Construction accident on a high-rise on Park Avenue. They knew the Scaffold Law angle right away. The GC's insurance settled before trial."

James O.
Construction / Scaffold Law · Manhattan

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Free consultation. No fee unless we win. English or Spanish. Day or night.