During these days of festivities the legal group of Ginarte, Gallardo, Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP reflects on this year’s expansion of our headquarters building in Newark and new office in NY. We also pause to take into account the blessings of these previous months as we celebrate together as a team.
“A great sacrifice.” Are the three words that come to mind for Jose Luis Diaz when describing his life after the accident he suffered in 2015. While working in a restaurant, a tray with about 30 glasses fell on his right shoulder.
There is not a single day that Pedro Meneses, a 55-year-old Ecuadorian, does not think about more than July 15, 2013. He is not only reminded of the pain he suffers in the neck, left shoulder and back, but also, the place where he no longer lives. Since having to reduce expenses, he was forced to move out of the state.
For five years, Joseph Ginarte, founder and general counsel of the Ginarte Law Firm, dreamed of this day. And finally, on September 13th it arrived, when the firm celebrated the grand opening of the new and expanded headquarters of the law firm, located at 400 Market Street, Newark. “We are very happy with the final result. We have not only doubled the space, but we have invested in the latest technology to offer our customers the best service,” explains Ginarte.
September 8th, 2018 – The Ginarte Law Firm Family Picnic was held at Surf City in Jersey City, NJ. This annual event is a great time for the attorneys, staff and family members to enjoy good food and great company. Face painting and balloon making are provided for the children to truly enjoy this wonderful family oriented event.
Count to five. Take just a moment, right? For five seconds is, on average, the time you take your eyes off the wheel when you text and that can end up costing you or someone else’s life. Reviewing your messages increases the risk of an accident by 23 times, since, according to experts in road safety, it involves visual distractions (you stop seeing the road), manuals (you take your hands off the wheel) and cognitive ones (you stop focusing your attention in driving).
Ramón Ramírez, 30 years old, fractured spine.
César Canales, 41 years old, four fractures in the head, another under the left eye and a broken disc in the neck.
Manuel Morán, 36 years old, quadriplegic.
April 2016. José Garrido was working on the roof of a house, when he slipped and fell. According to his wife, Isabel, immediately after the accident, her husband’s employer promised to continue paying her salary and assume the hospital costs if she did not sue. “At the first moment I accepted what they offered me. I was focused on his health, he was in a coma, “he recalls.
Reprinted with permission from the June 11, 2018 edition of the NEW JERSEY LAW JOURNAL. © 2018 ALM Media Properties, LLC.
When it was formed 36 years ago, Ginarte Gallardo González Winograd set out to represent litigants in underserved communities in New Jersey and elsewhere—and, of course, to achieve results. The firm hit both those marks in 2017. Aside from the Criollo matter described here, the firm won numerous verdicts, and obtained numerous settlements, on behalf of injured workers. At $1 million and $2 million, the recoveries might not always be eye-popping, but they are life-changing sums for individual clients, and the cases are typically complex, the injuries significant, and the stakes high for cli-ents and their families.
** The responses were provided by man-aging partner Michael Gallardo. **
A construction worker who suffered electrical discharge at a construction site was awarded $8.6 million in his NY Southern district suit, Daniel Rivera, Plaintiff, v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A. et al on April 11th, 2018.
