Bruce Kaye

Biography

Bruce Kaye is a Senior Partner at Barasch & McGarry managing firefighter litigation and various practices related to 9/11 Victim Compensation and complex personal injury cases.

Mr. Kaye entered private practice after six years as an Assistant District Attorney and is one of the firm’s senior trial lawyers with over 25 years of experience trying civil and criminal cases in every borough of New York City and the surrounding counties. Mr. Kaye’s primary areas of practice are firefighter litigation, World Trade Center advocacy, Wills & Estates, criminal litigation in State and Federal Courts, and the trial of personal injury cases on behalf of our firm’s most severely injured clients.

Mr. Kaye approaches each case and each client with uncompromising effort and he is recognized by colleagues and judges as an experienced and successful trial lawyer with the highest of ethical standards.

• Education

  • Antioch School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1987
  • City College of the City University of New York, B.A., Urban Legal Studies, 1984

• Admitted To Practice

  • New York, 1988
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2003
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1992
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1992

• Notable Results

  • Wrongful death of FDNY Lieutenant, Supreme Court, New York County;
  • Personal injuries of seven FDNY Firefighters at the Father’s Day fire, Supreme Court, Queens County;
  • Two FDNY Firefighters sustained career-ending injuries at the crash site of American Airlines Flight 587, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York;
  • FDNY Battalion Commander sustained career-ending knee injuries falling through defective step, Supreme Court, Kings County;
  • FDNY Firefighter sustained career-ending wrist injuries stepping off rig onto defective sidewalk, Supreme Court, Kings County;
  • FDNY Lieutenant sustained career-ending traumatic loss of vision while operating in a hardware store fire, Supreme Court, Queens County;
  • Dismissal of homicide charges, Supreme Court, New York County;
  • Dismissal of narcotics charges, Supreme Court, Bronx County;
  • Dismissal of domestic violence charges, Criminal Court, Bronx County;
  • Dismissal of fraud charges, Supreme Court, New York County;
  • Acquittal on weapons possession charges, Supreme Court, New York County;
  • Acquittal of sex offense charges, Supreme Court, New York County;
  • Acquittal of narcotics charges, Supreme Court, Bronx County;
  • Acquittal of attempted murder charges, Supreme Court, Queens County;
  • Representation of numerous clients charged with a variety of federal offenses in Federal District Court, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, District of New Jersey

• Presentations/Lectures

  • 8-23-19 Gothamist interview concerning improperly maintained NYC elevators
  • 7-29-2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle coverage of Mr. Kaye’s Personal Injury trial in Supreme Court, Kings County
  • 6-28-16 NY Daily News coverage of Mr. Kaye’s criminal trial in Supreme Court, Bronx County
  • 8-4-2017 Greenfield-Recorder coverage of Mr. Kaye’s representation of a criminal client in Supreme Court, Queens County
  • 8-17-2017 NY Post coverage of Mr. Kaye’s criminal trial in District Court, SDNY
  • 8-29-14 Claimsjournal.com coverage of Mr. Kaye’s representation of former NYPD Sergeant in a criminal matter
  • 12-7-10 NY Times coverage of Mr. Kaye’s representation of criminal client in District Court, SDNY

• Professional Memberships

  • Board of Directors, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
  • Criminal Justice Act Panel of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • American Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
  • New York County Lawyers’ Association
  • Bronx County Bar Association
  • Criminal Justice Act Panel of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • Homicide Panel of the Assigned Counsel Plan of the City of New York