WHO WE ARE
For over sixty years, Sacks & Sacks has been New York’s preeminent law firm in obtaining compensation and damages for construction workers who were injured on the job.
Our team of lawyers has secured record-shattering verdicts for our clients, including over two dozen verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million.
Our founding partners, Ira, Melvin and Stanley Sacks, wrote the amendments to the New York Labor Law that were adopted by the Legislature in 1969 to greatly expand the protections afforded to construction workers, and the firm has worked tirelessly to continue to expand those rights through landmark verdicts and appellate decisions obtained by our trial and appellate counsel.
We will continue to build on that foundation and to work tirelessly to ensure that our clients and their families’ futures are secured.
Our firm has been specializing in Union Labor accidents for over 70 years. That is 70 years of helping injured workers when they are at their most vulnerable. That is 70 years of fighting Owners and Contractors who put their financial interests ahead of the working trades. We have dealt with every type of construction accident that you can imagine. We have dealt with every Local, and every big contractor in this state. We are prepared for any situation.
We have continued to steadily set records for verdicts, settlements, and create new case law for future injured workers who will be protected in the future due to our hard work.
Our founding partners, Ira, Melvin and Stanley Sacks, literally lobbied and wrote the amendments to the New York Labor Law that were adopted by the Legislature in 1969 to greatly expand the protections afforded to construction workers, and the firm has worked tirelessly to continue to expand those rights through landmark verdicts and appellate decisions obtained by our trial and appellate counsel. Again, we wrote the laws that provide you as a worker with protection.
Experience cannot be rushed or bought. It is earned. We have earned our stripes for our clients through tirelss work. When you get injured on a job site and are seeking representation, it is a time in our life when you need to be selfish, you need to think about yorself and your family; not the company, not the foreman, not the lawyer who is your friend’s cousin, or the co-worker who thinks he is an attorney, but the lawyer and law firm that will demand the best results for you and nothing less.
We are a full service law firm. It is not just about the “case”. This is your life! This is your livelihood. We are and will be there 24/7.
To the left are examples of actual cases that went to verdict, settled during trial, or settled before trial in the last two years. Again, we are here for you and your family when needed most. RESULTS matter!
Recent Verdicts & Settlements
| 2026 | |
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| $42,500,000 | Local 580 Ironworker | |
| $18,000,000 | Local 580 Ironworker | |
| $12,000,000 | Local 40 Ironworker | |
| $9,500,000 | Local 580 Ironworker / Local 926 Carpenter | |
| $5,000,000 | Non-Union Plumber | |
| $4,750,000 | Local 46 Ironworker | |
| $3,900,000 | Local 46 Ironworker | |
| $3,650,000 | Local 361 Ironworker | |
| $3,300,000 | Local 638 Steamfitter | |
| 2025 | ||
| $12,500,000 | Local 361 Ironworker | |
| $9,000,000 | Local 361 Ironworker | |
| $9,000,000 | Local 40 Ironworker |
