Attorney Profiles
Shayne, Dachs, Corker, Sauer & Dachs, LLP represents New Yorkers in all areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, and insurance law. Find out more about the firm's lawyers by clicking their names below to review their personal bios:
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Norman H. Dachs
Norman H. Dachs is a founding partner of the firm. Presently in his 55th year of practice, having graduated from Brooklyn Law School at the early age of 21, Mr. Dachs is admitted to practice before all New York state courts and the United States district courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Universally recognized as a premier authority on all aspects of personal injury, medical malpractice and insurance law, Mr. Dachs was one of the original featured columnists for the New York Law Journal, and has co-authored the "Insurance and No-Fault Law" and "Insurance Law" articles since 1973. In addition, he has been a contributing author to many books, including Schwartz, Louis E., Trial of Automobile Accident Cases (Matthew Bender, 1958); Making a Personal Injury Practice Profitable (PLI, 1972); and No-Fault and Uninsured Motorist Automobile Insurance (Matthew Bender 1984). He has also served as co-editor of several legal publications, to which he also contributed lead articles, including Course Handbook, "Art of Evaluating Personal Injury Cases" (PLI, 1972); the New York State Bar Association's "Trial Lawyers Section Digest" (1989–1993) and the New York Negligence Reporter (Matthew Bender, 1989-1993).
In 1978, Mr. Dachs was selected by the Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York to be one of the original American Arbitration Association No-Fault Master Arbitrators, a capacity in which he still serves. He has also served as a special professor of law at the Hofstra Law School.
A highly skilled appellate advocate, Mr. Dachs has been involved in some of the most well-known, important and widely-cited cases in New York's legal history, including the following:
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He has lectured extensively at the following:
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He has also lectured at judicial seminars and various individual insurance company seminars on all areas of personal injury and liability insurance law, including no-fault, and uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage.
Mr. Dachs is AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsSM, the highest rating for legal ability and ethics.
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W. Russell Corker
Russ Corker is regarded as one of the leading medical malpractice and personal injury trial attorneys in Long Island and Southern New York. With his rare intellectual depth, he understands the medical processes that are usually the province of the most specialized physicians. After graduating from Boston University School of Law in 1974, he was Assistant District Attorney of Nassau County, and then practiced in a firm that represented doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice lawsuits. In 1980, he joined Shayne, Dachs and became the principal trial attorney representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, personal injury, labor law, and products liability cases.
Mr. Corker has built a solid reputation for thoroughness, creativity, professional integrity, and consistent courtroom success. He has recently been voted as one of the Ten Leaders of Civil Trial Law, one of the Top Ten Trial Attorneys on Long Island, and has been designated a "Super Lawyer", one of the top five percent of attorneys in the New York Metro area.
He is Board Certified in Medical Professional Liability by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, and is a member of numerous legal organizations, including the following:
- American Bar Association
- American College of Legal Medicine
- New York State Bar Association
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association, former President
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Medical Jurisprudence Committee, former chair
- Grievance Committee, chair
- Supreme Court Committee, chair
- Judicial Screening and Nominating Committees, member
Mr. Corker received the Nassau County Bar Association's "President's Award" in 2005. He is a frequent lecturer at various programs on topics related to medicine, medical malpractice, trauma, trial practice, and personal injury litigation for the Nassau County Bar Association Academy of Law, the New York State Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the Practicing Law Institute, the New School for Social Research, the Hofstra University School of Law, Molloy College of Nursing, St. John's University College of Law, and the State University of New York at Stonybrook School of Medicine. He has also published articles on medical and hospital liability, medicine and the law, and trial practice, as well as chapters on demonstrative evidence in the 21st century in two recently published books, The Plaintiff's Personal Injury Action in New York State and Medical Malpractice in New York, Third Edition.
Mr. Corker is AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsSM, the highest rating for legal ability and ethics.
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Click here to view Russell Corker's professional résumé.
Brian J. Sauer
Brian J. Sauer is a magna cum laude graduate of C.W. Post College (LIU) and a graduate of New York Law School (1978). After three years at the firm of legendary attorneys F. Lee Bailey and Aaron J. Broder, he went on to practice for five years at one of Long Island's largest and most prestigious defense firms before joining Shayne, Dachs in 1984.
Mr. Sauer has been an arbitrator with the Nassau County Supreme Court Early Neutral Evaluation System, Nassau County District Court system, and the American Arbitration Association. He is a member of the Bar Association of Nassau County, the New York State and American Bar Associations, the Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association (chairman 2001–2002), and a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. He has also lectured extensively for the New York State and Nassau County Bar Associations on civil lawsuits in general and labor law actions specifically, as well as on radio, TV, and before legal and civic groups and local high schools on various topics including "Insurance—What You Should Know," "How to Choose an Attorney," "How to Handle a Personal Injury Lawsuit—Discovery Through Trial," and such additional topics as evidence and damages in personal injury lawsuits.
Mr. Sauer has also been a moot court judge and member of the mentor program for the Nassau County Bar Association. He was a member of the Trial Advocacy Institute Program at Touro Law School. He has also qualified as an expert witness in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in jury trials involving questions of labor law and the Civil Practice Law and Rules. He is also counsel to the Cold Spring Hills and Heights Civic Association and a Park Steward in the Town of Huntington, NY.
Mr. Sauer is AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsSM, the highest rating for legal ability and ethics.
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Click here to view Brian Sauer's professional résumé.
Jonathan A. Dachs
Jonathan A. Dachs is considered one of the leading authorities on insurance law and appellate practice (among other areas) in New York. A graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University (1980) and the New York University Law School (1983), he is admitted to practice before all New York state courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States district courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He joined Shayne, Dachs in 1987, after spending the initial three years of his legal career at the distinguished New York City firm of Chadbourne & Parke.
Mr. Dachs is a member of the Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He was the 1995 recipient of the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award from the New York State Bar Association's Tort Insurance & Compensation Law Section.
He has lectured frequently on such topics as uninsured and underinsured motorists insurance, dram shop liability, legal writing, civil practice, and appellate practice before such groups as the following:
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Mr. Dachs has taught seminars on uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance to Supreme Court and civil court judges from all parts of the state at judicial seminars and conferences, and has prepared the written training materials on that topic for judicial seminars for appellate term judges.
A prolific writer, he is co-author of a regular column in the New York Law Journal on insurance and no-fault law and the author of a chapter entitled "Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Protection," which appears in New York Insurance Law (LexisNexis/Matthew Bender & Co., Inc.), supplemented annually. He has also authored a chapter entitled "Uninsured Motorist (UM), Underinsured Motorist (UIM), and Supplementary Uninsured Motorist (SUM) Coverage in New York—Pre and Post-Regulation 35-D," which appears in Weitz on Automobile Litigation & The No-Fault Handbook (NYSTLI). From November 1989 to November 1992, he served as co-editor-in-chief of the New York Negligence Reporter, published by Matthew Bender, and he has for the past several years been a regular contributor to the New York State Bar Association's Trial Lawyers Section Digest.
In addition to the extensive collection of articles he has co-authored in the New York Law Journal, Mr. Dachs has authored many other published articles, including annual reviews of uninsured, underinsured and supplementary uninsured motorist case law in the New York State Bar Journal since 1994, as well as numerous articles that have appeared in the New York Negligence Reporter, Trial Lawyers Quarterly, and Trial Lawyers Section Digest.
Mr. Dachs' colleagues and clients have recently said the following about him:
- "Jonathan is the most knowledgeable attorney I know regarding personal injury matters and insurance coverage in New York State. His knowledge of the law, ability to analyze a situation and develop an approach to it with that knowledge, and articulate it in an expert fashion before a court is second to none."
- "Jonathan Dachs ranks among the very elite of insurance coverage lawyers in New York State. He is a respected scholar, a trend-setter and a visionary. Jonathan has earned a well-deserved reputation as a prolific writer, an insightful commentator, an enormously successful practitioner, an articulate advocate and a phenomenally successful appellate lawyer."
- "Jonathan is a super-lawyer. He has a command of legal procedure and practical considerations. In addition, he pays attention to small details which very often means the difference between winning and losing a case. He always acts in a professional manner, possessing integrity and care in his endeavors and will greatly assist you in reaching your objectives."
- "Very intelligent, thorough and well-informed"
- "A 'heavy hitter'"
- "His expertise and knowledge is only surpassed by his dedication and hard work."
- "A highly skilled appellate attorney with a proven track record"
- "A true appellate genius and one of the great legal minds on the New York legal scene"
Jonathan Dachs is AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsSM, the highest rating for legal ability and ethics.
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Click here to view Jonathan Dachs's professional résumé.
Kenneth J. Landau
Kenneth J. Landau is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science (1973), Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY) (1977) and Buffalo Law School (1980), and has been with Shayne, Dachs, Corker, Sauer & Dachs, LLP since 1982. A member of the Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations, he has served as past dean of the Nassau Academy of Law, overseeing continuing legal education programs for lawyers associated with the Nassau County Bar Association, the largest suburban bar association in the country. He has also moderated, chaired, and lectured at various programs on professional ethics, negligence law, and law office management, and is a two-time recipient of the President's Award for outstanding contributions to the Bar Association. In addition, he is a frequent lecturer to community and professional organizations on such topics as "Anatomy of A Lawsuit," "Choosing and Using A Lawyer," "Protecting Yourself If You Have An Accident," and "Give Yourself An Insurance Checkup." Mr. Landau is also a past president of the Jewish Lawyers Association of Nassau County, Inc.
Mr. Landau is also a frequent contributor and author of a series of articles entitled "Negligence Corner" in The Nassau Lawyer, and is the host of a weekly radio show called "Law You Should Know" (WHPC 90.3 FM), broadcast every Monday at 4:00 pm, Tuesday at 12:00 pm, Sunday at 7:00 am, or at itunes.ncc.edu.
Mr. Landau is AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsSM, the highest rating for legal ability and ethics.
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Click here to view Kenneth Landau's professional résumé.
Neil T. Shayne
(1932–1998)
Neil T. Shayne, a founding partner of the firm and a beloved leader of the plaintiff's bar in Nassau County and New York State, graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1954. He served the public as chair of the Nassau County Democratic Judicial Screening Committee, and served the profession as dean of the Nassau Academy of Law, a member of the Board of Directors and chair of the Committee on Professional Ethics of the Nassau County Bar Association, a member of the Committee on Character and Fitness for the Second Judicial Department, chair of the Board of Editors of the Trial Diplomacy Journal, and a long-time columnist for the New York Law Journal ("Economics and the Law" and "Insurance and No-Fault Law").
In addition, Mr. Shayne was a long-standing and valued leader of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, serving as council member and chair of the Trial Techniques Committee, a was a valued member of the Professionalism Committee, the Plaintiff's Involvement Ask Force, and the Long Range Planning Committee.
Mr. Shayne was recognized as a frequent, informative, and highly entertaining lecturer, and a prolific writer, who gave his time freely as a mentor to younger lawyers, and who promoted opportunities for women, minorities and plaintiffs' attorneys within the bar associations, politics, and the judiciary.
He taught many courses for various lawyer groups, including the American Bar Association, Practicing Law Institute, American Management Association, and the Bar Association of Nassau County, and was an adjunct faculty member of the New York School for Social Research. He was chairman of the Board of Editors of the Trial Diplomacy Journal and is listed in Who's Who in the World and Who's Who in America. He authored many articles on personal injury, medical malpractice trial techniques, law office management and ethics and lectured in more than 30 states.
So beloved was Neil T. Shayne that after his death, the Lawyers Lounge in the Nassau County Supreme Court was named after him. He is greatly missed, but will always be remembered.
Moe Levine
(1908–1974)
Moe Levine is considered one of the finest trial lawyers of his generation—incomparable in technique and unmatched in style. Educated at the College of the City of New York and Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University, he was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1929. He continued to practice until his death in 1974. One of the original members of the Inner Circle of Advocates, he was also a fellow of the International Academy of Law and Sciences, and served for over ten years as a director of the New York State Association of Trial Lawyers.
One of the most successful trial lawyers of his day in America and one of the most sought-after lecturers of his time on trial techniques, Moe Levine possessed a gift of unequaled oratory skills and was a master of rhetorical devices. He had the unique ability to mesmerize juries, judges and trial lawyers alike. His love of medicine, wide readings in religion, philosophy and literature, and his deep and profound understanding of the human condition all came through in his speeches and writings, with awesome effect. Thousands of trial lawyers have listened to, or read, and learned from his model summations and lectures over the years, and continue to do so even now, 35 years after his death. Indeed, it has been said, "A trial lawyer who has not read Moe Levine is like a poet who has not read Shakespeare." Many of Moe's most famous lectures and summations have been preserved and published in a new book, entitled Moe Levine on Advocacy (Trial Guides, LLC, 2009). His work continues to inspire and educate today's trial lawyers.
