Jim Horwitz
Since joining KK&B in 1986, Jim Horwitz has handled cases involving a wide range of conditions resulting from medical malpractice. He brings to all of his cases a careful and meticulous technique, driven by a concern for excellence for his clients.
Jim has become well known for handling cases involving medical malpractice in the fields of obstetrics, cardiology, neurology and pediatric medicine as well as a wide range of other medical specialties. He has written articles and lectured nationally about birth injuries.
Jim's competency, coupled with a direct, honest and sincere approach, has resulted in numerous multi-million dollar settlements and litigation successes. He recently won $58 million, the largest medical malpractice verdict in Connecticut history, for a Norwalk family whose son suffered a birth injury that resulted in cerebral palsy.
Jim is a member of the Medical-Legal Committee of the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association and the Membership Committee of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.
Areas of Practice
- Malpractice
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1984
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1984
Education
- Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York
- J.D.
- Colgate University
- B.A.
Published Works
- "Bystander Emotional Distress in Medical Malpractice Cases: An Update", Greater Bridgeport Bar Association , News Brief, Vol. 13, No. 5., May, 2001
Honors and Awards
- Listed in "Best Lawyers in America"
- Martindale-Hubbell Rated AV, Highest Rating for Attorneys
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Member, Medical-Legal Committee
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Membership Committee
- Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association , Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Raymond E. Baldwin American Inns of Court , Member
- Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Chairman, Civil Trials & Procedures Committee, 1993 - 1995
