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In January 2008, after four years with Jeffrey L. Goldberg’s office serving as an Accident Disability Pension and Social Security Disability litigator (plus three years working at that firm as a law clerk during law school), and over three years as an insurance defense litigator, Chet Lukaszewski formed Chet Lukaszewski, P.C. The mission of the firm is to use the extensive experience and knowledge base gained by Mr. Lukaszewski thus far in his career, and to parlay an exemplary level of litigation success, into an aggressive and highly personal level of representation for a client base that will never exceed the firm’s capabilities. Mr. Lukaszewski has learned the value of client contact and interaction and refuses to compromise the firm’s ability to ensure its clients the utmost in personal service. At Chet Lukaszewski, P.C., Mr. Lukaszewski himself will return your call, write your legal papers, and appear with or for you in Court or elsewhere, if need be.
During his final three years at his former firm, Chet Lukaszewski successfully litigated (wrote legal papers and argued before the Court) 50(+) Accident Disability Pension Article 78’s, as well as 2 Appellate Division cases.* To the firm’s knowledge, no other law office or individual had as much success in this area of law during this time. |
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While working at both the Long Island and New York City offices of the top insurance defense firm, Ahmuty, Demers & McManus, Mr. Lukaszewski worked under the firm’s highest level of partners, including well renowned attorneys such as Mr. William Ahmuty, Mr. Fred Simpson and Mr. James Edwards. During this time he handled a variety of cases, including auto accident, premises liability, construction site litigation and insurance coverage matters. This experience allows Chet Lukaszewski, P.C. to provide top rate representation to its personal injury clients. In addition, for the firm’s personal injury work, Mr. Lukaszewski has enlisted the assistance of renowned veteran New York trial lawyer Harvey Lockhart, Esq., as special litigation counsel. Mr. Lockhart’s 40 years of experience, including 600(+) trials, provides clients with a level of experience and expertise that is rare and invaluable.
Mr. Lukaszewski has handled Social Security Disability matters all across lower New York State, and possesses a Social Security Disability record which exceeds the average national success rate. During his final two years with his former firm, Mr. Lukaszewski appeared at the majority of the office’s Social Security hearings. In addition, Mr. Lukaszewski has experience in Agency Disqualification, and will continue to handle such cases.
It is Mr. Lukaszewski’s intent to utilize his diverse and extensive litigation background and experience, in all areas of his practice. He believes his disability pension clients will greatly benefit from his pension litigation success. It is the firm’s opinion, that without proven Court success, a ‘3/4’s pension lawyer’ is essentially only a pension consultant. It is Mr. Lukaszewski’s belief that based on his proven litigation track record, the City and the Pension Funds will be more hesitant to force his clients into the Courts, thereby presenting them with the greatest chance of success within the pension system. Note also, Mr. Lukaszewski’s pension and agency disqualification billing rates are not set flat fees like most competitors; but instead charge on a work performed basis. He feels this is just one more way to provide clients with the most fair and equitable representation possible.
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RECENT ITEMS
June 2009 - The Court found the NYPD Pension Fund Board of Trustees had not adequately explained their legal basis for refusing to allow a retired Detective who suffered a heart attack 13 months after taking his service retirement, to amend his still pending disability application to include his disabling heart condition which his doctors indicated was unquestionably caused by his 20 years in the Police Department; including his time in the Emergency Services Unit, and particularly his near 1,000 hours of World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up efforts, as well as his time spent at the Hurricane Katrina disaster site. The Detective had argued that his application ought to have been amended under the Heart Bill and/or the World Trade Center Disability Law, based on the purpose and intent of each law. It was the Court’s ruling that the Board of Trustees had not adequately discussed or refuted the Detective’s attorney’s arguments in refusing the amendment to the Pension application to add the heart condition.
June 2009 - The Court found the NYPD Pension Fund had acted improperly in a harshly worded Decision remanding the application of a Detective found to be psychologically disabled by his World Trade Center efforts by the Police Pension Fund Medical Board, but retired on a non line of duty Ordinary Disability Retirement pension for the fact that the NYPD and the Police Pension Fund, claimed to be unable to locate their own employment records showing the Commands and locations to which the Detective was assigned during the World Trade Center disaster and clean-up; and thus refused to grant him a line of duty World Trade Center Disability retirement pension. The Court stated that the Board of Trustees had breached its duties by inexplicably searching for the Detective’s work records in locations to which he was not assigned, despite evidence presented by the Detective and letters written by his attorney, specifying his work locations, and the Court also criticized the Board of Trustees for continually, for 9 straight months, refusing to discuss the case on the record so that the errors could be discovered. The Court ordered the Board of Trustees to re-evaluate the case and for the re-evaluation to include all records submitted by the Detective and his attorney indicating to where the Detective was assigned and working on and after September 11, 2001.
June 2, 2009 – The Chief Leader newspaper publishes story on lawsuit filed by Chet Lukaszewski, P.C., relating to his client Police Officer Patrick Triola, and several other NYPD clients of the firm, who are all being denied line of duty disability pensions for a variety of World Trade Center related ailments, while being found disabled by sleep apnea, which the Police Pension Fund claims has no connection to ‘9/11’, despite medical evidence to the contrary and a number of cases which seem to demonstrate a clear link. (click photo for full story; or click this link to paper’s website)
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May 2009 - Settlement reached in personal injury suit versus popular Long Island bar/restaurant, where plaintiff was assaulted by group of four patrons in front of premises, where security staff had ejected patron by holding his arms behind his back, while simultaneously escorting a group of four men whom had confronted plaintiff inside the premises, out the front entrance, wherein plaintiff was attacked by the four the moment he was released from the grasp of the security personnel, resulting in a broken leg and jaw.
March 31, 2009 - Chet Lukaszewski is successful in first Article 78 Petition commenced by and litigated via Chet Lukaszewski PC. Case involves NYPD officer denied a line of duty disability pension for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. (For additional case details, see Pension Litigation page. As explained therein, gap in Mr. Lukaszewski’s litigation history created by formation of own firm.)
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* Disclaimer as per disciplinary rules : "prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome."
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