Turley Hansen and Partners, LLP, is pleased to offer Zadroga Claims Info as a public resource for information on the compensation and health benefits available under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010.

Authored by a team of experienced attorneys with a long history representing 9/11 victims and first responders, this publication aims to make information and insight on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 readily available to its readers. 

Attorneys Troy G. Rosasco,  Daniel J. Hansen , and Chet Lukaszewski bring together unique skill-sets and backgrounds in offering commentary on legal developments surrounding the re-opened 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund as part of the Zadroga Act.

Rosasco and Lukaszewski have been dedicated to the 9/11 rescuer and victim cause for many years, with the pair working diligently to get the Zadroga Act passed.  Rosasco and his law firm — Turley, Redmond, Rosasco & Rosasco, LLP — represented victims and their families a week after the initial attacks, handling initial death claims on a pro-bono (free) basis.  Rosasco has also been writing on the subject for years on his own New York Disability Law Blog.

Joined by Daniel J. Hansen, an experienced Manhattan trial lawyer who obtained a record $19.6 million verdict for an injured construction worker in 2010,   the team aims to restore the public’s confidence that there are attorneys with integrity who are willing to take these claims, handle them professionally and do their clients justice.

Detailed Bio's

Turley, Redmond, Rosasco & Rosasco, LLP  is one of New York State’s most renowned and respected Workers’ Compensation and Social Security disability law firms since its inception in 1995.  With 12 attorneys and 5 offices in the tri-state area, they have handled 9/11 claims involving cancers, respiratory problems, orthopedic injuries, psychological and other injuries since almost immediately after the attacks.

Senior Partner Troy Rosasco is the author of the New York Disability Law Blog (www.disabledworkerlaw.com) and has written extensively on 9/11 claims for over the past nine years, as well as advocating passionately for the new Zadroga Act.  In addition, he has extensive experience in toxic tort claims and is currently litigating against Verizon in a "class action" medical monitoring claim for victims of radiation and other toxic exposures. See the Newsday article here about Rosasco's trial victory regarding his client who was exposed to nuclear radiation.

Daniel J. Hansen is one of New York City's top personal injury trial lawyers. With over 22 years in the trenches of the New York City trial court system, Dan knows the value of serious injuries and fights to obtain maximum awards for all his clients. 

In January 2012, Mr. Hansen obtained another million dollar verdict for a construction worker in Manhattan.  All Zadroga 9/11 Act Claims will need the type of "damages work-up" that only the best New York City trial lawyers can provide, and in this area, Mr. Hansen has few peers. 

Chet Lukaszewski, P.C. is widely regarded as one of the most skilled and knowledgeable Disability Pension firms in New York.  Mr. Lukaszewski has represented countless First Responders and other uniformed and non uniformed civil servants, within the pension systems and the courts.  His writings on the legal perils of sick responders have gained legal publication. Mr. Lukaszewski has been consulted by both Federal and State government officials, as well as numerous media outlets, as a disability pension expert.

He is a founder and former member of the Board of Directors of the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation, a not for profit group which assists police officers and their families who have been impacted by the attacks of September 11th, and has served as an advisor to the Board of Directors of the World Trade Center Rescuers Foundation, a not-for-profit organization assisting FDNY-EMS personnel affected by 9/11.  Mr. Lukaszewski has been called upon by the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Programs as an advisor in relation to post 9/11 struggles of uniformed civil servants.

He also is endorsed by the Executive Boards of Local 2507 Uniformed EMT’s  &  Paramedics and Local 3621 Uniformed EMS Officers, to their members, disability pensions from the New York City Employees’ Retirement System and for Social Security disability claims. Mr. Lukaszewski also is endorsed as a disability pension litigant by numerous Police Unions. Mr. Lukaszewki’s litigation success in disability pension matters is exemplary. During his final three years at his former firm, he successfully litigated 50(+) Accident Disability Pension Article 78's, as well as 2 Appellate Division cases. Since early 2009, when the first cases litigated by Chet Lukaszewski P.C. were decided, almost 20 more have been won by Mr. Lukaszewski, along with an Appellate Division, First Department, 'disability versus no disability' matter; the first of its kind. Chet Lukaszewski, P.C. also represents civil servants, as well as non civil servant workers, in personal injury matters.