Peter Rigelhaupt

Background

Peter D. Rigelhaupt is a senior trial and appellate attorney at The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C. in midtown Manhattan, where he leads the firm's motion and appellate practice. With more than three decades as a New York litigator, he concentrates on personal injury, wrongful death, construction accidents, and civil rights cases — including representing victims of police brutality and wrongful arrests. He regularly appears before the First and Second Departments of the Appellate Division and has argued before the New York Court of Appeals, with more than 75 reported decisions in state and federal courts. Since joining the firm in 2009, he has secured numerous seven-figure recoveries for injured workers and accident victims.

Notable cases

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  $5.5 million resolution for a union carpenter

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  $5,275,000 settlement for a construction worker who partially fell through an improperly covered worksite opening

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  $3.75 million recovery for a laborer who suffered an ankle fracture while hoisting a heavy object from a basement

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  $1,850,000 settlement for a client struck by construction material falling off a pallet

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  Member of the team that obtained leave to appeal from the New York Court of Appeals for a woman incarcerated four years on a coerced murder confession

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