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Weitz & Luxenberg: The Largest Mass Tort and Personal Injury Firm in New York, With $17 Billion Won

Weitz & Luxenberg describes itself as the largest mass tort and personal injury litigation firm in New York — and backs the scale claim with a number: over $17 billion in verdicts and settlements won for clients from all 50 states.

Origin and Background

Weitz & Luxenberg practices from its New York City headquarters, confirmed through the firm’s own site and Best Law Firms directory coverage. The firm built its national reputation in asbestos and mass tort litigation and has grown into one of the country’s most successful plaintiffs’ practices, while continuing to handle individual personal injury cases for New Yorkers.

Practice Concentration

The firm’s practice spans mass torts — asbestos and mesothelioma, defective drugs and medical devices, environmental contamination — alongside individual personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death matters. Its stated client-service model asks clients to articulate their goals and concerns first, with legal strategy then formulated around those objectives. See this New York Personal Injury directory for how this national-scale mass tort practice compares to individual-case trial boutiques serving the five boroughs.

Notable Work / Track Record

The firm’s headline figure — over $17 billion in verdicts and settlements for clients from all 50 states — is the firm’s own reported total across its litigation history, reflecting its position among the nation’s most successful plaintiffs’ firms. Past results do not guarantee similar outcomes, and mass tort recoveries are distributed across very large client populations.

Client Voice

As one of the most heavily advertised plaintiffs’ firms in the country, Weitz & Luxenberg carries a large and mixed public review footprint typical of high-volume national practices; individual experiences vary with case type and volume, a reality Awesome Attorneys notes directly rather than smoothing over.

Beyond the Courtroom

The firm’s environmental and toxic tort litigation — including high-profile contamination cases — has shaped public-health outcomes beyond individual client recoveries, a characteristic of mass tort practice at this scale.

Recognition for This New York Personal Injury Firm

The firm holds rankings in Best Law Firms for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in New York, an editorially compiled recognition distinct from paid marketing placements. New York State does not operate a state-run attorney specialization certification program, so Awesome Attorneys does not apply “specialist” language to any New York profile on a state-certification basis.

New York Legal Backdrop

Toxic exposure claims in New York benefit from CPLR 214-c, which starts the three-year limitations clock at discovery of the injury rather than the date of exposure — a rule critical to asbestos and contamination cases where disease surfaces decades later. Most other New York injury claims run three years from the date of injury under CPLR 214(5), with pure comparative negligence under CPLR 1411. None of this is legal advice; a specific exposure or injury claim should be evaluated by a licensed New York attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Weitz & Luxenberg’s clearest differentiator is sheer litigation scale: the largest mass tort and personal injury operation in New York, with a $17 billion cumulative recovery figure few firms anywhere can approach. The honest trade-off is the mirror of that scale — a client with an individual injury case joins a very large docket, and the boutique experience of direct, continuous partner attention is structurally harder to deliver at this size than at a ten-lawyer trial firm. For a mesothelioma, defective drug or device, or environmental exposure claim — where mass tort infrastructure, scientific resources, and negotiating leverage decide outcomes — the firm’s scale is precisely the advantage that matters.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Weitz & Luxenberg’s own site and its Best Law Firms profile for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in New York.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Weitz & Luxenberg prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.