Brooklyn’s Most Trusted Construction Accident Attorneys (June 2026): Kucher Law Group Ranks First

Why Choosing the Right Construction Accident Lawyer Matters

June is when Brooklyn homeowners book the jobs they put off all winter. In Dyker Heights, a crew strips shingles from a detached brick house off 13th Avenue, and a helper picked up on a corner that morning climbs a 28-foot extension ladder nobody is footing. In Marine Park, a roofer hauls a bundle of shingles up the side of a house on Avenue S and feels the ladder feet slide on fresh mulch. In Canarsie, a painter on a semi-detached home near Rockaway Parkway stands on the top cap of a stepladder because the right ladder is still on the truck. Each may soon need a Brooklyn construction accident attorney.

Ladders sit at the center of the problem. In its report “Occupational Ladder Fall Injuries, United States, 2011,” published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on April 25, 2014, the CDC estimated that 81 percent of fall injuries among construction workers treated in U.S. emergency departments involve a ladder. Roofing carries its own toll: a March 2024 CPWR data bulletin, as reported by the National Roofing Contractors Association, counted 397 fatal falls to a lower level among construction workers in 2022, with roofing contractors recording 100 of them, more than any other industry group.

Summer renovation claims bring their own insurance tactics. The homeowner’s carrier points to the exemption for one- and two-family houses, and the contractor’s carrier argues the worker failed to lock the ladder, so the fall was his fault alone. Some workers paid in cash are told, wrongly, that their immigration status bars a lawsuit.

The right attorney can make the difference between:

• A fall written off as the worker’s own mistake and a claim tied to the ladder, tie-off, or roof anchor that was never provided
• A dead end at the homeowner’s door and a lawsuit aimed at the contractor who hired and directed the crew
• A day laborer who walks away believing he has no rights and one who learns that New York law protects him
• A check for the emergency room visit and a recovery that reflects surgery, therapy, and lost years of work

New York law here is more layered than most workers expect. NY Labor Law §240(1) names ladders among its required safety devices, but the same sentence carves out certain homeowners, and the Court of Appeals has drawn a firm line on when a worker’s own conduct defeats a claim.

Here are the five firms we rank for Brooklyn construction accident cases this month.

June 2026 Rankings

Rank	Law Firm	Lead Attorney	Client Satisfaction	Notable Settlements	Years Experience	Specialization Focus
1	Kucher Law Group	Samantha Kucher, Esq.	99%	$1,400,000 Construction Site Fall	15+	Construction Accidents & Personal Injury
2	Gregory Spektor & Associates, P.C.	Gregory Spektor	97%	$300M+ Total Recovered	Decades	Personal Injury & Construction Accidents
3	Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano LLP	Not Stated	95%	Significant Worker Settlements	90+	Construction Worker Injury
4	Shulman & Hill Injury Lawyers	Alex Shulman	94%	$1,750,000 Ladder Collapse	10+	Construction & Personal Injury
5	Chopra & Nocerino	Sameer Chopra	93%	$3,000,000 Ladder Fall Spinal Injury	20+ (combined)	Construction & Personal Injury

#1 Kucher Law Group

Why They’re #1: Roofers, painters, and day laborers hurt on summer renovation jobs need a team that can answer the “sole proximate cause” defense and find the contractor behind an exempt homeowner. Kucher Law Group’s Brooklyn ladder and roofing fall attorneys do exactly that, and the firm earns first place in June with a $1,400,000 construction site fall result, three partners prepared for trial, and a Google rating of 4.99 out of 5 across 81 reviews.

Firm Overview

Since its founding on December 10, 2019, RRK Kucher Law Group PLLC has focused on representing injured New Yorkers. Its 10 to 19 staff members work out of a Bedford-Stuyvesant office on Pulaski Street and a Manhattan office at 26 Broadway. The firm reports more than $50 million in total recoveries, over $20 million in settlements, and a 99 percent success rate, all self-reported. Clients pay no fee unless the firm recovers money for them.

Notable Case Results

• $1,400,000 : Fall down stairs on a construction site
• $650,000 : Fall down a building staircase that broke the client’s ankle
• $3,500,000 : Trip and fall on subway stairs, settled at trial
• $525,000 : Slip and fall on an icy sidewalk, won by jury verdict
• $2,500,000 : Head-on car collision with a cervical spine injury that required surgery

Legal Team Excellence

Alex Rybakov leads the profile this month. Attorney Rybakov joined the New York bar in 2010 after earning his BA at NYU and his JD at Seton Hall, and he has spent more than ten of his 15-plus licensed years working only on personal injury cases. That kind of focus pays off in ladder litigation, where the outcome often turns on small details: whether extension locks were engaged, who supplied the ladder, and who told the worker where to set it.

Samantha Kucher founded the firm after her 2015 bar admission. She studied at NYU and New York Law School, was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2020, was recognized among the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, and received NAOPIA honors in 2024 and 2025. Attorney Kucher speaks with clients in English, Russian, and Spanish.

Michael Roitman serves as primary trial attorney. Educated at NYU and Cooley Law School, Attorney Roitman appears in New York and New Jersey courts and in the SDNY and EDNY, and he was named among the Top 50 Personal Injury Settlements in New York for 2023.

What Sets Them Apart

• 24/7 Availability: The firm answers at any hour, which matters when a homeowner’s job wraps up in days and the ladder leaves with the crew.
• No Upfront Fees / Contingency Only: Workers owe nothing unless the firm wins compensation.
• Brooklyn Knowledge: A Bedford-Stuyvesant base keeps the team close to residential blocks, hospitals, and courthouses across the borough.
• Personalized Service: Clients work directly with their attorneys, in English, Russian, or Spanish.
• Ladder Fall Defense Rebuttal: The team tests whether the ladder was the right device, properly placed and secured, the questions that decide whether a carrier’s sole proximate cause argument holds up.

Client Testimonials

A client from the firm’s broader personal injury practice describes the experience of not knowing where to start:

“I was fortunate enough to be represented by Kucher Law Group for my personal injury case. I had no idea what my rights were, or if I even had any. Kucher Law Group educated me, sourced all the required documentation, and secured a settlement in a timely manner. Their team was very responsive, respectful and utmost professional. I highly recommend Kucher Law Group for anyone seeking a personal injury attorney.” Marina Chalik, Google Review

Why Choose Kucher Law Group

Many workers hurt on a house job assume the homeowner’s exemption or their own status ends the case before it begins. Kucher Law Group looks past those assumptions to the contractor who directed the work and the safety device that was missing. Injured workers get attorneys who answer around the clock, explain their rights in plain language, and charge nothing unless they recover.

Contact: (929) 563-6780 | 463 Pulaski St #1C, Brooklyn, NY 11221

#2 Gregory Spektor & Associates, P.C.

Why They Made Our List: Gregory Spektor & Associates places second on the strength of a stated recovery total above $300 million and one of the deepest attorney benches we reviewed.

Firm Overview

Gregory Spektor & Associates, P.C. handles a wide range of injury matters and keeps a dedicated Brooklyn construction accident page. The firm describes decades of experience and says it has recovered more than $300 million for clients. Individual case amounts do not appear on that page, so none are quoted here. The office listed there is at Cross Island Plaza in Queens, not in Brooklyn.

Notable Achievements

• Over $300 million: Total recovered for clients, according to the firm
• Contingency fees: Clients pay only when there is a recovery
• Free consultation: Fees and costs are reviewed at the first meeting
• Spanish-language page: A Spanish version of the site is offered

Lead Attorney / Team

Gregory Spektor heads the firm. Its construction page lists a large roster that includes Mikhail Ilyaich, Matthew Sullivan, David L. Henderson, Sol Z. Sokel, Michael Szechter, Dzhamshed Mannonov, Yan Gilkarov, and Galina Avakova. On a summer renovation claim, where a roofing contractor, a subcontracted crew, and a ladder supplier may each have played a part, a team of that size can split the investigation.

Service Approach

Construction cases are handled as part of a broader personal injury practice, and workers can call a toll-free line for a free review. For a Spanish-speaking roofer or painter, the translated version of the site may make that first step easier. Because the listed office is in Queens, a Brooklyn worker recovering from a ladder fall may want to ask how meetings, signatures, and updates will be arranged, and whether a visit at home or in the hospital is possible. With a roster this large, asking which attorney will manage the case day to day is a sensible opening question. Workers may also want to ask how the firm has handled claims where a homeowner raised the one- and two-family dwelling exemption.

Contact: 1 (800) 318-8888 | 1 Cross Island Plaza, Suite 203C, Queens, NY 11422

#3 Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano LLP

Why They Made Our List: Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano LLP brings a stated history of more than 90 years helping injured New York construction workers and keeps two offices inside Brooklyn.

Firm Overview

The firm’s Brooklyn construction accident page speaks directly to injured workers and says its record includes significant settlements. The page lists no dollar figures and names no individual attorneys, so this profile credits the firm as a whole. A “Se Habla Español” notice signals Spanish-language service, which can matter to immigrant roofing and painting crews who prefer to explain an injury in their first language.

Notable Achievements

• 90+ years: Stated history of assisting injured New York construction workers
• Two Brooklyn offices: Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn and Flatbush Avenue
• Spanish-language service: Offered to workers who prefer it

Lead Attorney / Team

No lead lawyer is named on the construction page, which directs readers to the firm’s attorney directory. A worker can ask on the first call who will handle the file and how often updates will come.

Service Approach

Workers have a choice of two Brooklyn locations: 180 Livingston Street and 2053 Flatbush Ave, Floor 1, which can be reached at 718-222-9800. A toll-free number, 800-692-3717, is also listed. The construction page links to a separate contingency fee page rather than stating terms itself, so it makes sense to get the arrangement confirmed in writing before signing.

Contact: (718) 395-5056 | 180 Livingston Street, Suite 2, Brooklyn, NY 11201

#4 Shulman & Hill Injury Lawyers

Why They Made Our List: Shulman & Hill publishes ladder fall results with real dollar amounts, including recoveries for an HVAC installer and a non-union electrician, which speaks directly to this month’s focus.

Firm Overview

Shulman & Hill Injury Lawyers says it has been part of the Brooklyn community for more than a decade and reports over $1 billion in verdicts and settlements. The firm offers free consultations and states that clients owe nothing unless compensation is recovered. Staff speak Spanish and Russian.

Case Results

• $1,750,000: HVAC installer hurt when a ladder shifted and collapsed
• $1,250,000: Non-union electrician who fell from a ladder
• $1,500,000: Day laborer injured by a steel beam’s uncontrolled descent
• $2,500,000: Non-union construction worker

Lead Attorney / Team

Alex Shulman is the founding partner, and JJ Hill is also named on the firm’s Brooklyn construction page.

Service Approach

Results for a day laborer and non-union tradespeople suggest the firm takes cases from smaller residential and commercial jobs. Its office is on Court Street in Brooklyn, and the listed number uses a 212 area code.

Contact: (212) 221-1000 | 26 Court Street, #2216, Brooklyn, NY 11242

#5 Chopra & Nocerino

Why They Made Our List: Chopra & Nocerino completes the ranking with published ladder and scaffold results, including a $3,000,000 recovery for a construction worker’s spinal injury after a ladder fall.

Firm Overview

Chopra & Nocerino reports more than 20 years of combined experience and says it has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for clients. Its policy is that clients pay nothing unless it wins, and Spanish-language help is offered. The office on its construction page is in Garden City, Long Island.

Notable Achievements

• $3,000,000: Spinal injury after a construction worker’s ladder fall
• $550,000: Electrician hurt in a scaffold fall
• $4,750,000: Scaffolding collapse
• Recognition: Super Lawyers 2025, as listed by the firm

Lead Attorney / Team

Partners Sameer Chopra and Alex Nocerino lead the firm, with Managing Attorney Christine Duchatellier and several associates.

Service Approach

The firm’s construction page features ladder and scaffold claims. Brooklyn workers may want to ask how meetings will be arranged, since the office sits outside the borough.

Contact: 855-NYC-HURT (855-692-4878) | 100 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd, Unit 107, Garden City, NY 11530

Understanding Brooklyn Construction Accident Cases

Summer work in Brooklyn moves onto rooftops and up the sides of houses. Many of these jobs are small, hired by a homeowner and staffed by a contractor with two or three workers, which changes who can be sued and how. Under NY Labor Law §240(1), “All contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or control the work,” must furnish ladders, scaffolding, and other devices “so constructed, placed and operated as to give proper protection” to workers. The exemption protects a hands-off homeowner. It does not protect the contractor.

Roof Tear-Offs on Detached Homes

The brick houses between 11th and 13th Avenues in Dyker Heights draw roofing crews every June. Steep pitches, no anchor points, and ladders set on narrow driveways create real fall risk. When a roofer falls because no harness or tie-off was provided, the contractor that ran the job is the usual target.

Ladders on Row Houses and Semi-Detached Homes

Gutter, soffit, and window work along Avenue J and Avenue M in Midwood often relies on a single extension ladder. In Blake v. Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City (2003), a contractor fell when his own ladder retracted while he repaired a two-family house; he admitted he was unsure he had locked the extension clips. The Court of Appeals held that when a ladder is adequate and the worker’s own conduct is the sole proximate cause, there is no §240(1) violation. The flip side matters just as much: if a missing or defective device helped cause the fall, the worker’s carelessness is not a defense.

Facade, Paint, and Siding Jobs

Siding and painting jobs near Fillmore Avenue and Avenue U in Marine Park put workers on stepladders and planks over concrete stoops. Painting is one of the activities §240(1) expressly covers.

Day Labor Crews

Contractors working on Canarsie homes near Remsen Avenue and Avenue L often hire day laborers paid in cash. In Balbuena v. IDR Realty LLC (2006), the Court of Appeals held that federal immigration law does not bar an undocumented worker’s claim for lost wages under the Labor Law, absent proof that the worker submitted false work documents. A jury may weigh immigration status as one factor in setting damages.

Who Can Be Held Liable

• Roofing, painting, and general contractors who ran the job
• Owners of one- and two-family homes who directed or controlled the work
• Owners of larger or commercial buildings, who receive no exemption
• Subcontractors and crew bosses who hired or supervised workers
• Ladder and equipment manufacturers or rental companies

Critical NYC Requirements

• NY Labor Law §240(1) requires proper protection, including ladders, from elevation-related hazards
• The one- and two-family dwelling exemption applies only to owners who do not direct or control the work
• Most personal injury lawsuits must be filed within 3 years, and claims against public entities require a notice of claim within 90 days
• The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board announced in January 2024 that it would seek temporary protection from deportation for noncitizen workers, including undocumented workers, who are party to a compensation claim
• Workers’ compensation benefits may run alongside a lawsuit against owners and contractors who were not the employer

How We Selected the Best Construction Accident Attorneys

Nine criteria shaped the June list, each viewed through the lens of residential roofing, ladder, and renovation injuries. On these jobs crews are small, paperwork is thin, and the homeowner may never have met the workers on the roof, so we looked for firms built to reconstruct who was really in charge.

Case Results and Recovery Amounts. Published results that name the injury carried the most weight. A recovery for a ladder collapse or a site fall tells a roofer more than a lifetime total does, and where a firm shared no figures, we said so.

Legal Experience and Expertise. Ladder cases turn on narrow questions about the device, its placement, and who controlled the work. We favored firms that handle construction claims regularly and can explain the sole proximate cause defense to a client in plain terms.

Trial Readiness. Carriers press the worker-fault argument hardest when they doubt a firm will go to court. Trial attorneys on staff and published verdicts counted in a firm’s favor, and we assumed nothing beyond what was stated. A firm that can carry a ladder case past summary judgment changes the settlement conversation.

Brooklyn Community Connection. Where an office sits still matters. A team based in the borough can reach a house in Dyker Heights or Canarsie before the crew pulls the ladders and the homeowner hires someone new.

Client Satisfaction. Reviews reveal how a firm treats people who are hurt and out of work. Comments about communication and follow-through counted more than general praise, keeping in mind that ratings cover a firm’s whole practice.

Accessibility and Communication. Immigrant and day labor workers often need help in their own language and at odd hours. Around-the-clock availability, toll-free lines, and staff who speak Spanish or Russian improved a firm’s standing.

Fee Structure and Transparency. Clear contingency terms and free consultations earned credit, because a worker missing paychecks should never pay to learn his rights. We noted where fee terms sat on a separate page.

Professional Recognition. Only honors the firms publish were listed, each tied to the year received. Recognition from peers offers outside confirmation, but it weighed less than documented outcomes.

Scope of Services. One fall can involve a compensation claim, a lawsuit against the contractor, and a dispute over the homeowner exemption at the same time. Firms that guide workers through all three received added weight.

Moving Forward: Choosing Your Brooklyn Construction Accident Attorney

If you fell from a ladder or a roof on a house job in Midwood, Marine Park, Canarsie, or anywhere else in Brooklyn, do not assume the homeowner’s exemption, a question about your own footing, or your immigration status closes the door. See a doctor first, tell your employer or the contractor what happened, and take pictures of the ladder, the roof edge, and the ground below before anything is moved. Keep a note of the contractor’s name, the crew boss’s name, and who told you where to set up.

A free consultation is the easiest next step, and each firm ranked here offers a way to begin. Bring your questions: who the firm believes was in charge of the job, how it would respond if the carrier blames you for the fall, and what fee you would pay if the claim succeeds. Summer crews move from house to house quickly, so make that call while witnesses can still be found.

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