About Christopher Cellante

Christopher Cellante is a Partner at Hach & Rose, LLP in New York City who represents the men and women of New York, and their families, against large insurance companies at trial. He focuses on motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, construction accidents, and wrongful death, typically representing clients who have sustained serious, catastrophic injuries. Prior to joining Hach & Rose, he defended the City of New York and its agencies in civil litigation as an Assistant Corporation Counsel with the New York City Law Department, and also represented injured workers before the New York Workers' Compensation Board in high-exposure cases involving spinal injuries, brain injuries, and quadriplegia.

Practice areas

Education

University of Notre Dame Law School
Juris Doctor, cum laude
University of Maryland, College Park
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers NY Metro Rising Star (2024, 2025)
Division Chief Award, New York City Law Department

Other attorneys at Hach & Rose, LLP

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other New York firms

Weitz & Luxenberg
Weitz & Luxenberg
$10.9 billion · Weitz and Luxenberg Helps Win $10.9 Billion Roundup Settlement for 125,000 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Claimants
Levy Konigsberg LLP
Levy Konigsberg LLP
$43.1 Million Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds for Brake Mechanic's Lung Cancer From Menthol and Asbestos
Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
$265 million · The Amtrak 188 Derailment and the $265 Million Fund for Its Victims
Jacoby & Meyers, LLP
Jacoby & Meyers, LLP
$34 million · Jury Awards $34 Million After Prempro Hormone Therapy Causes Breast Cancer and Double Mastectomy

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