Fellows Hymowitz Rice

Overview

<p>Fellows Hymowitz Rice, established in New City, New York in 1981, limits its practice exclusively to plaintiff personal injury work in New York and New Jersey. From offices in New City (Rockland County), the Bronx, White Plains, Manhattan, and Oradell, New Jersey, the firm handles motor vehicle collisions, construction site accidents, medical malpractice, birth injuries, premises liability, wrongful death, and products liability.</p><p>The firm's three named partners — Robert L. Fellows, Steven R. Hymowitz, and Matthew F. Rice — are each admitted in New York. Fellows, who has practiced for more than four decades, served as President of the Rockland County Bar Association for the 2022–2024 term. Rice holds a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law and an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business, and carries federal court admission in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Hymowitz is a member of the American Association for Justice.</p><p>All three partners hold current selections to the New York Metro Super Lawyers&reg; list — Fellows continuously since 2013, Hymowitz since 2014, and Rice since 2023. Fellows and Rice additionally carry AV Preeminent&reg; ratings from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest tier in that organization's peer-review system; Fellows was further recognized with a Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Gold designation for 2026. Rice holds membership in America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys&reg; and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum&reg;, and the firm is a member of Public Justice.</p><p>The firm's reported case results include an $8,365,000 settlement against the City of New York in a municipal liability matter in which a young woman suffered partial paralysis following a collision on a negligently maintained roadway on the Van Wyck Expressway (as reported on pilaw.com), an $8,000,000 settlement in a birth injury case involving obstetrical errors, and a $4,000,000 settlement in a separate birth injury matter involving Erb's palsy. A surgical-error matter produced a reported settlement of $2,885,000, and a fatal construction accident case resolved for $2,500,000. Each outcome reflects facts unique to that case; past results do not guarantee future recovery.</p><p>Rice's early career included work on high-profile mass-disaster litigation — among them the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund, the East 51st Street crane collapse, the Staten Island Ferry crash, and the Con-Ed steam pipe explosion. Fellows Hymowitz Rice operates on a contingency-fee basis across all its personal injury practice areas.</p>

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Peer recognition

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent source ›
• Super Lawyers (multiple attorneys) source ›