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Michael Stewart Frankel is the founder of the firm and his practice concentrates on complex personal injury and commercial litigation. Having earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1973 and his Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law in 1976, he has actively practiced law in New York since 1977 and is highly experienced in numerous areas of civil practice, including lead poisoning litigation, vehicular accidents, age and racial discrimination, police misconduct, brain injury cases, defective products, elevator accidents, insurance, complex commercial litigation, and nursing home abuse and neglect. He is admitted to practice before the state courts of New York as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Michael has tried and argued cases before New York trial and appellate courts. In childhood lead poisoning litigation, he served as counsel for the plaintiffs in Juarez v. Wavecrest Management Team Ltd., 88 N.Y.2d 628 (1996), the New York Court of Appeals decision that set landlord liability rules for lead-based paint in New York City. His practice in this area also covers issues addressed in reported Appellate Division decisions, including prenatal lead exposure (Munoz v. Puretz, 301 A.D.2d 382), notice of a child under Local Law 1 (Zaman v. Patwary, 295 A.D.2d 424), and the collateral estoppel effect of Department of Health lead paint violations (Perez v. New York City Housing Authority, 304 A.D.2d 736). Over his career, he has obtained millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients. He has taught law and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.