Mark Glen Sokoloff - New York, NY

Overview

NYC FELA Attorney Mark Glen Sokoloff specializes in representing railroad workers under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), as well as National Mediation Board Arbitrations, railroad wrongful termination and employment discrimination claims. Mr. Sokoloff has over 25 years of trial experience and is Designated Counsel to both the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers AFL-CIO Local Lodge 754 and the Independent Railway Supervisors Association (IRSA). In 1976, Mr. Sokoloff, representing his client, Paul Reutershaun, initiated the “Agent Orange” class action (Reutershaun v. Dow Chemical) which led to a record liability settlement of $750 million dollars. Mr. Sokoloff is currently representing permanently injured Amtrak and LIRR employees in FELA complaints filed in Washington, D.C., Essex County, New Jersey and Queens, New York. Mr. Sokoloff moreover is currently representing commuters in the Dundy County, Nebraska derailment. Admitted to bar: New York U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals 1977 Education: Brooklyn Law School, J.D. Ohio University, B.A. Results Mr. Sokoloff was involved in drafting the first New York State Agent Orange Complaint on behalf of Consolidated Rail Conductor, Paul Reutershaun, which led to an eventual $750,000,000 product liability settlement $850,000 jury verdict for a LIRR railroad worker injured in the Richmond Hill Maintenance Facility under the FELA statute $50,000 settlement for a railroad worker who lost hearing due to exposure to noise at the LIRR Hillside Facility $350,000 jury verdict for an engineer as a result of a train derailment in Jamaica, Queens, NY $250,000 settlement for a train conductor as a result of a train derailment in Oyster Bay, NY $150,000 for a conductor suffering from reflex sympathetic dystrophy/compartmental pain syndrome injured as a result of a rough track in the LIC yard $450,000 for a Metro North worker who was injured due to a derailment in Cos Cob, Connecticut Click here to read Mr. Sokoloff’s blog called RailRoad Ties.