About Fejir Ugurlu

Fejir Ugurlu is an Associate at Meirowitz & Wasserberg who represents seriously injured victims in personal injury matters. She is licensed to practice in both New York and Turkey, and brings an international perspective to her work, having previously held roles at United Nations headquarters and Turkey's Permanent Mission to the U.N.

Fejir studied law in Germany and Turkey before earning a master's degree from Brooklyn Law School, where she received numerous scholarships. Outside of her legal practice, she is an advocate for women's rights and a professional chess player.

She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Turkish and Istanbul Bar Associations.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Meirowitz & Wasserberg, LLP

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

A Richland County jury unanimously awarded $32 million, including $10 million in punitive damages against Kraft Heinz, after finding that secondhand asbestos fibers carried home on work clothes caused Kathy Weist's fatal mesothelioma diagnosis.

South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, 5th Judicial Circuit, Richland County (No. 2020-CP-40-02597) · 2021Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$23.6 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #14

A Boston jury found on Sept. 13, 2024 that Cimbar Performance Minerals misrepresented the safety of its Elite Talc 2000 and that its negligence helped cause a Utah man's mesothelioma, which was diagnosed seven years after he received talc during a 2014 pleurodesis. It is the first known verdict on that theory. The jury awarded about $39.1 million, and the trial judge later cut the future pain and suffering item from $21.5 million to $6 million. About $23.6 million stood.

Massachusetts Superior Court, Boston · 2024Product LiabilityRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Brooklyn Law School (LL.M.)
LL.M.

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of NY
State Bar of Turkey
New York State Bar Association
New York City Bar Association
American Bar Association
Turkish Bar Association
Istanbul Bar Association

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