Steven Benvenisti

Steven Benvenisti is a lawyer certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, a distinction held by less than two percent of all of New Jersey’s licensed lawyers. As a firm Partner with over thirty years of experience as a personal injury lawyer, Steven Benvenisti is responsible for handling all kinds of negligence matters, including motor vehicle collisions and injuries caused by unsafe property conditions. Steven heads the firm’s Traumatic Brain Injury Section and the Drunk Driver Accident Litigation Section that sues drunk drivers, bars that overserve customers, and social hosts whose negligence causes car accidents and injuries to others. As a 21-year-old college student, Steven suffered a catastrophic near-death experience, caused by a repeat drunk driver while crossing a street as a pedestrian. His injuries caused him to be hospitalized for over six months while he recovered from multiple fractures, fifteen surgeries, as well as a traumatic brain injury. From that experience, Steven gained a powerful perspective. After making a full recovery from the accident, he committed both his career and personal life to helping people injured by negligence, causing traumatic brain injuries, spinal and orthopedic injuries, fractures, severe lacerations, burns, and wrongful deaths. Steven Benvenisti has shared his journey from accident victim to injury attorney, authoring his biography “Spring Break, A Story of Hope and Determination” 2012 as well as lecturing internationally about his medical and legal journey. He has often said, “I understand the physical and emotional challenges my clients and their families face because I lived them firsthand, even before I was a law student. I learned how much it matters to have an attorney who truly cares in your corner and won’t back down from what you deserve.”