About John Piro

John M. Piro is a Senior Trial Attorney at Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C., concentrating his practice on personal injury cases, automotive negligence, and premises liability including slip-and-fall claims. He is certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, an honor held by fewer than 2% of all New Jersey lawyers. He graduated Cum Laude from Fordham University and earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, where he served as an Associate Editor of the Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal. Piro is admitted to practice before the state courts of New Jersey and New York, as well as the U.S. District Court of New Jersey and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Davis Saperstein & Salomon

These results are credited to Davis Saperstein & Salomon. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$28 millionSettlementTop 20 in New Jersey · #9

Carlos Gomez was burned over 60 percent of his body when an electrical panel exploded while he worked in a Newark office building in 2019. His suit against IDT Corp. and other defendants settled for $28 million, approved by the Essex County Superior Court in February 2023 and ranked by the New Jersey Law Journal as the largest reported New Jersey personal injury settlement of the court's 2022-2023 term.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County · 2023Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$15 millionSettlement

A 10-year-old girl lost two toes and underwent 22 surgeries after her foot was pulled into a decades-old, poorly maintained Macy's escalator at Garden State Plaza in Paramus; three years later, Macy's and ThyssenKrupp Elevator settled for $15 million.

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · 2016Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$9.5 millionVerdict

A Bergen County jury awarded $9.5 million to sisters Gina and Jamie Franzino after a 31-foot Boston Whaler collided with their small skiff in the Manasquan Inlet on Memorial Day weekend 2009, killing a third passenger and leaving both women with severe injuries.

Bergen County Superior Court, NJ · 2016Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$5.3 millionSettlement

A woman who slipped on grease in a common area shared by her employer and LAVO, a nightclub-restaurant then owned by a Madison Square Garden Entertainment subsidiary, suffered neck and back injuries requiring multiple surgeries and settled her case for $5.3 million in 2023.

New York (settlement) · 2023Slip & FallRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Fordham University School of Law
J.D.
Fordham University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Jersey
State Bar of New York

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.