Marc Eli Freund, Esq.
Partner
Lipsig, Shapey, Moverman, Freund & Wisell, PLLC
24th Floor
40 Fulton Street
New York,NY 10038-1850
Phone – (212) 285-3300
E-mail: info@lipsig.com
Marc “Eli” Freund is a partner and senior trial attorney at Lipsig, Shapey, Moverman, Freund & Wisell, PLLC. In 2025, Marc, together with longtime partner Charles E. Wisell, assumed day-to-day management and leadership of the firm, as founding partners Tom Moverman and Alan Shapey transitioned to senior status. Both remain actively involved in major cases and continue shaping the firm’s long-term vision and success.
Since joining Lipsig in 2005, Marc has helped recover more than $500 million in verdicts and settlements for clients across a wide range of catastrophic injury cases. In 2012, he became the youngest partner in the firm’s history. He is widely recognized for his groundbreaking jury verdicts, appellate victories, and fierce client advocacy.
Marc obtained and successfully sustained the highest-ever pain and suffering verdict for a fracture injury in New York State history in Kromah v. 2265 Davidson Realty, LLC. On February 21, 2019, the New York State Appellate Court (1st Dept.) upheld a record-breaking $10.4 million verdict for Lipsig client Aminata Kromah, who suffered a trimalleolar ankle fracture after falling down a broken staircase. The award included $6.1 million for pain and suffering and $4.2 million for lost wages and medical expenses, and was featured on the cover of the New York Law Journal.
https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/02/21/first-department-upholds-record-6-1m-ankle-injury-jury-award/
In February 2025, Marc secured $9.75 million in New York County for a construction worker who was seriously injured when a fire damper collapsed on him at a Rockefeller Center jobsite.
In June 2023, he obtained a $10.5 million recovery in Queens County for an asbestos worker who fell off the side of a building while performing work at a VA Hospital.
On June 18, 2018, Marc obtained a $7.2 million verdict against Con Edison and a building owner for a client who fell into a broken gas valve and suffered severe leg fractures and nerve damage. The Bronx jury found that Con Edison had ignored federal and state safety regulations requiring inspection and repair. This was Marc’s 13th consecutive trial without defeat.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-bronx-man-awarded-7-million-20180619-story.html
On April 6, 2017, Marc secured a $13 million verdict in Bronx Supreme Court for a client injured in a stairwell fall. The jury held the defendants 100% liable and awarded $9 million for pain and suffering and $4 million for lost wages and medical costs.
http://nypost.com/2014/03/28/brutally-beaten-shelter-staffer-gets-13m/
Marc has been recognized by Super Lawyers every year from 2013 through 2025, earning the distinction for ten consecutive years. He is a certified member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, designations reserved for fewer than 1% of attorneys nationwide.
He was named one of the 10 Best Attorneys for Client Satisfaction by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys from 2015 to 2025.
Marc remains driven by a singular mission: to deliver justice for injured clients and hold negligent parties—including corporations, contractors, and public entities—accountable in court.
Awards & Recognition
Marc Freund has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star every year between 2013 and 2017. Super Lawyers takes peer nominations and reviews, along with independent research, to highlight the work of legal representatives at the top of their field. The organization’s Rising Star category recognizes exceptional attorneys under the age of 40.
- Super Lawyers Rising Star (2013 – 2017)
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum – Certified Member
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum – Certified Member
- 10 Best Attorneys – Client Satisfaction – American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys (2016)
In 2017, he was certified as a member of both the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Million Dollar Advocates Forum. This prestigious organization acknowledges the efforts of trial attorneys who have secured jury verdicts and / or settlements in excess of $1 million. Less than 1% of lawyers nationwide can call themselves certified members.
The previous year, Mr. Freund received the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys’ Client Satisfaction Award for attorneys under 40. The organization uses peer nominations and client satisfaction ratings to honor the top 10 lawyers who have achieved an exceptional level of professional achievement in their field.
Bar Admission & Education:
Bar Admissions:
- New York, 2006
Education:
- J.D., Fordham Law School, 2005
Cases of Note:
$13 Million Verdict -43-year-old homeless shelter worker who was attacked in her workplace due to inadequate security.
$7.9 Million Settlement– 37-year-old construction worker that suffered brain injuries in a fall from a ladder.
$7.5 Million Verdict– 30-year-old masonry worker who injured his foot on a scaffold.
$4.9 Million Judgment – 30-year-old busboy who was assaulted and thrown from a roof due to inadequate security at his apartment building.
$4.2 Million Settlement – 38-year-old construction worker that fell from makeshift scaffold and injured his lower back and ankle.
$4.0 Million Settlement– 49-year-old construction worker that suffered laceration injuries to his face and shoulder due to an unguarded power saw.
$3.0 Million Settlement – 57-year-old construction worker who fell from a ladder at a work site and broke several bones in his mid-foot region.
$3.0 Million Settlement – 30-year-old custodian that tripped and fell as a result of a misleveled elevator and suffered knee and ankle injuries.
$3.0 Million Verdict – 46-year-old professional mover who fell down a staircase in his apartment building and suffered a broken wrist that required multiple surgeries.
$2.95 Million Verdict– 47-year-old IT specialist who was struck by a car in the crosswalk and fractured his ankle.
$2.9 Million Settlement– 46-year-old homemaker that slipped on ice in a mall parking lot and suffered a severe elbow injury.
$640,000.00 Settlement – Client was injured while jogging at night due to a defective and dangerous sidewalk condition in front of a commercial building.
Select Media Mentions:
Daily News New York – Interview & Feature: Vincent Mosca v. NYPD
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/off-duty-stands-friend-beats-man-unconscious-article-1.3269932
The Big Story – Re Exploding E-Cigs
WPIX-TV: Reporter Jay Dow – Re: Construction Death Case
WATCH & SHARE: Construction Worker’s Widow: “The Site Bosses Failed To Keep My Husband Safe!”
Construction Accident Case – $7.5 Million Verdict in favor of a Lipsig client.
On November 13, 2014, Marc obtained a $7.5 Million dollar verdict for a 31-year-old bricklayer who fell 4-feet from an unstable scaffold and tore ligaments in his foot. The injured worker developed reflex sympathy dystrophy (RSD), forcing him to walk with a crutch and take heavy painkillers. The jury determined that the building owner violated 2 separate Labor Law sections and was 100% liable to the injured worker. The jury decided that the defendants had violated labor laws and awarded Wozny $2.25 million for future pain and suffering, $1.8 million for future medical expenses, $3.1 million for lost future earnings, and about $400,000 for past pain and suffering.
The New York Post Covered the Verdict. See the link below:
http://nypost.com/2014/11/13/worker-injured-in-scaffold-mishap-awarded-7-5m/
Negligent Security Case – $13 Million Verdict in favor of a Lipsig client.
On March 26, 2014, Marc and Tom Moverman tried a case over two months against a security company that negligently allowed a violent former resident into a shelter where she attacked and assaulted the victim, a staff worker. The security company disregarded an earlier threat against the worker by the assailant and an attack against the Director of Social Services and then allowed her into the staff office where the attack took place. The jury found that security company was negligent and that it recklessly disregarded the safety of the injured staff worker.
Our client suffered serious injuries to her spine and needed a fusion surgery of three vertebrae in her neck and then a surgical implant of a spinal cord neuro-stimulator for pain management.
Our client was unable to return to work after the fusion surgery. The jury’s decision provided our client with funds for her loss of earnings and for her future medical expenses as well as her pain and suffering.
