About Michael Zisser

Michael Zisser is a Partner at Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP, an experienced litigator specializing in representing seriously injured individuals in construction accidents involving New York's Labor Law.

Zisser earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from Hofstra University School of Law. He also holds a Master of Arts in English Literature from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Boston University. He is admitted to the New York State Bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Zisser brings six years of defense-side experience from large firms, providing strategic advantages in negotiations and litigation. He has been recognized on the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list (2021-2022). His notable settlements include $6.4 million for multiple injured union concrete workers and $4.4 million for a union carpenter struck by a metal beam.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP

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

$10.7 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2008 · #16

A Queens County jury awarded $10.7 million to Candida Diego after finding that New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens failed to timely perform a CT scan on a woman who arrived with a skull fracture, allowing a brain herniation to progress until she lapsed into a coma.

Queens County Supreme Court, New York · 2008Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$4.25 millionVerdict

A teenager vacationing in Hawaii developed steroid-induced paralysis after her lupus was treated with high-dose IV pulse therapy; Philip Russotti obtained a $4.25 million retrial verdict after the original $6.15 million award was vacated on appeal.

Circuit Court, First Circuit, Honolulu, Hawaii · 2013Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Boston University
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

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2021-2022)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other New York firms

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$10.9 billion · Weitz and Luxenberg Helps Win $10.9 Billion Roundup Settlement for 125,000 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Claimants
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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.