Marc Becker

I chose this area of law for a simple reason: to help people who have been harmed. In practice, that almost always means standing up for the underdog against a gigantic insurance company, such as a person who was hurt through no fault of their own, up against an adjuster whose job is to pay them as little as possible. That fight is the heart of my work, and it is one I take personally.

I have been a personal injury attorney with Jacoby & Meyers for over a decade, and today I am a Partner working primarily out of our Long Island office. Over that time, I have learned that winning these cases comes down to two things: doing the work other lawyers might cut corners on, and never letting a client feel like they are facing any of it alone. If you are looking for a lawyer, you will not find a harder-working or more dedicated attorney to handle your case.

My Role at Jacoby & Meyers

As a partner based on Long Island, I handle personal injury cases from start to finish — and I mean that literally. I am the attorney my clients deal with directly, from the first phone call through the resolution of their case, whether that comes through a settlement or a jury verdict. I am not the kind of lawyer who signs a client up and then hands the file off to be managed by someone they never speak to.

That hands-on approach is deliberate. Insurance companies count on injured people not knowing their rights, not having the resources to push back, and giving up when a case gets difficult. My job is to take that leverage away: to build each case thoroughly, to be ready to try it, and to make sure the other side understands that a lowball offer will not make me go away. When a case needs to go to trial to get my client what they deserve, I am prepared to take it there.

The Cases I Handle

My practice is focused on the everyday accidents that upend ordinary people’s lives, including:

• Motor vehicle crashes, including collisions caused by distracted, careless, and reckless drivers;
• Slip-and-fall and other premises cases, where a property owner — private or public — failed to keep people safe; and
• Dog bite injuries, which can be far more serious and lasting than people expect.

These may not always make headlines, but to the person living through one, the injury, the medical bills, the missed work, and the uncertainty are overwhelming. I treat every one of these cases as what it is: the most important thing happening in my client’s life right now.

How I Work with My Clients

My clients receive constant communication from me. That is not a slogan; it is how I run every case. I want my clients to hear from me regularly, to always know where their case stands, and to be able to reach me when they have a question or a worry.

The way I see it, my client and I are partners throughout this journey. They know things about their injury, their treatment, and their life that are essential to the case, and I know how to turn that into a claim the other side has to take seriously. Neither of us can do it alone.

When a client understands what is happening and why, they can make good decisions, and they can face a stressful process with confidence instead of dread. Keeping that partnership strong through steady, honest communication is something I consider part of my job, not an extra.

Experience and Representative Work

Two recent cases capture how I approach this work.

Case #1

In one, I represented a client who suffered serious injuries in a car crash caused by a distracted driver. The insurance company’s first move was to offer a nominal settlement, the kind of number designed to make a case disappear cheaply.

Instead of accepting it, I took the defendant’s deposition and completed discovery, building out the full picture of what happened and what it cost my client. Once the insurer saw that the case was fully prepared, it offered the entire available policy.

Case #2

In another, I represented a client who was injured at a Town facility. The Town refused to make any settlement offer at all, so the case went to trial. Both the Town’s attorney and the judge were openly confident the Town would win.

The jury saw it differently: after hearing the evidence, they found the Town 100% negligent. It is a case I am especially proud of, because it is exactly the kind of fight against a well-defended government entity that assumed it would prevail that I got into this work to take on.

(Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different, and results depend on the specific facts involved.)

Why I Do This Work

I fight for the underdog. Injured people are so often at a disadvantage in dealing with pain, lost income, and fear about the future, all while a large insurance company with unlimited resources works to minimize their claim. I chose this practice to help even that fight, and I get real satisfaction from knowing that my work can restore a client’s stability and give them a genuine sense of justice.

Away from the office, I stay connected to my community in a smaller but meaningful way: I volunteer as a basketball coach for sixth graders. It is a good reminder that showing up, preparing, and giving people your full effort matters just as much off the clock as it does in the courtroom.