Our Experienced Attorneys Have Collected Over $100 Million for Children Who Were Lead-Poisoned

Levy Konigsberg, LLP ("LK") is a law firm headquartered in New York City that specializes in advocating for children who have been harmed from lead exposure. For more than 25 years, the attorneys at LK have successfully represented children in cases against property owners, property management companies, public housing agencies and others responsible for exposing children to lead-based paint in their own homes and apartments. LK has obtained numerous multi-million dollar jury verdicts in New York City in lead poisoning cases. The firm is a national leader in lead poisoning litigation, representing children in New York, New Jersey as well as hundreds of children lead-poisoned as the result of contaminated water in Flint, Michigan.

The purpose of our LeadNYC.com website is to educate parents of children in New York City about the harmful effects of lead poisoning and provide important information about the legal rights of children injured be lead.

The effects of lead poisoning are serious and permanent. Children exposed at six years old and younger are especially vulnerable, because their growing bodies absorb lead more quickly than adults do. The effects of lead exposure leave a lasting impact on a child's ability to perform as expected in school and to obtain employment later in life. Children exposed to lead typically go on to earn less than their peers who had no exposure, and they usually have difficulty holding a job.

You may have recently read or heard about child lead exposure from national news reports about drinking water, particularly in Flint, Michigan and the public schools in Newark, New Jersey. But many children are also exposed to lead from old and deteriorated lead-based paint that was used in homes. When lead paint is deteriorated or chips off, children can ingest paint chips and paint dust and suffer lead poisoning. Exposure to lead can occur from water when lead pipes carrying the water corrode and leach lead into the water.

Lead exposure in New York City is governed by a law known as "Local Law 1" that presumes that the property owner knows that lead is present in the building and that children live there.

The attorneys at LK have decades of experience and knowledge in the area of child lead poisoning occurring throughout New York City. The firm has obtained more than 100 million dollars for children poisoned by lead, and gives individualized care to each case. If you or a loved one has been exposed to lead-based paint, contact our lead poisoning lawyers at 1-800-414-9330 or by filling out the form on this website.