About The Firm

CAESAR & NAPOLI
Attorneys At Law

350 Broadway • New York, New York 10013-3911
Telephone: (212) 226-2100 • Fax: (212) 226-3224

Caesar & Napoli has been affiliated for over twenty years and has established a reputation as an outstanding and aggressive law firm that provides top quality legal services in the field of personal injury. Caesar & Napoli primarily represents individuals and businesses in the immigrant Chinese community. Over the years, we have served our clients who have suffered severe injuries due to medical negligence, defective products, construction accidents, automobile accidents and injuries at work or home. We also provide representation and counseling in immigration, insurance coverage disputes, and business litigation.

Caesar & Napoli’s strong foundation in the Chinese community is based upon loyal service and true accountability for the legal and counseling services we provide. We are fully sensitive to the needs of our clientele and we are always ready and able to assist clients in any way possible. We are noted for achieving the highest recovery possible for our clients in personal injury matters. We pride ourselves in establishing a “partnership” with our clients so that we are in constant communication and fully accessible to our clients. We understand the goals of our clients and our clients are fully informed as to the methods we use to achieve those goals. We have a number of attorneys and support personnel who are fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Taosin, and Fukanese.

Caesar & Napoli is conveniently located at 350 Broadway, New York, New York, adjacent to New York City’s “China- town.” Caesar & Napoli occupies the tenth floor and our offices are strategically located near all New York County court- houses.

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury Litigation

Caesar & Napoli specializes in cases involving catastrophic injury or death resulting from automobile accidents, construction accidents, medical negligence, defective products and premises incidents. Caesar & Napoli has successfully obtained numerous million dollar recoveries for clients in personal injury cases. Due to our extensive knowledge and rich litigation experience in the field of personal injury, we have established an excellent reputation in the Chinese community. Numerous articles in newspapers have documented the success the firm has had over the years representing Chinese workers and immigrants who suffered catastrophic injuries.

Representing Injured Persons

We strive to represent our clients professionally, individually, and personally. Our lawyers keep our clients informed of the progress of their cases. You can speak with a lawyer if you call. If he or she is unavailable, your call will promptly be returned. Attorneys who refer cases to us are kept fully informed.

We put the time and money necessary into the full preparation of a case, but at the same time we try to avoid unnecessary expenses. We do not charge secretarial or overtime expenses to the clients. We work on the contingent fee system which is explained below.

We have found that we can achieve the best settlements for our clients by not trying to work with the insurance company on a claims basis. Rather, generally, we place your case into suit and press it on for trial. We have found that the best settlement arises when your case is coming up for trial and it has been fully prepared. The insurance company or defendant can then see that you have the proof necessary to win and can see the exposure presented. We are also not hesitant about going to trial, if that is what you want and if doing so is likely to achieve a better result than any settlement which has been offered. On the other hand, we do not try cases that should be settled just to add to our reputation, since that practice puts the client at risk to lose everything.

Fees & Investigation

Almost all law firms, ours included, handle personal injury cases on a "contingent fee" basis, meaning that we only get paid at the end of the case (in the form of either a settlement or a verdict). We get a percentage of your recovery, normally one-third. You are not liable for our time, however, if we do not achieve a recovery for you. As examples, if we investigate your case and then decide not to proceed with it, or if we try your case and lose, you do not owe us for our time. The fee we earn is contingent on a successful outcome, which is why this type of payment is called "contingency fee."

Our firm also routinely advances expenses incurred in the preparation and trial of a case. In most instances, we do not ask for the deposit of money to cover expenses. If there is a successful outcome, we deduct the expenses off the top of the recovery, and apply the percentages to the net sum. (In that way, we share part of the expenses). If there is no recovery, although we are technically obligated by state rules to request reimbursement for expenses, we generally do not pursue collection beyond merely making the request.

Because there is a considerable amount of time and expense involved in handling a personal injury case, we are of course cautious in accepting cases. We do a thorough investigation of the merits of a case before we accept it. This often involves:

• Interviewing the client
• Gathering pertinent records, including medical records
• Having investigators speak to witnesses, visit the scene, obtain accident reports, or anything else required to understand the case
• Having our experienced staff and, when appropriate, an outside expert (physician, engineer or whatever is required) review the case and give us an analysis.

If your case is similar to others also pending, we can spread the costs of preparation across all of the cases. This greatly reduces the amounts chargeable to one particular case. Further, on occasion, our fees are reduced by judicial order or paid by the defendant.

At some early stage in your relationship with us, you will be asked to sign a retainer. This is a written form which is a contract between you and the law firm. Its primary purpose is to set forth the fee arrangement so that there will be no disputes later about what you and the law firm agreed to. You should read it carefully and feel free to ask questions.

Immigration

Caesar & Napoli represents various corporate, commercial, family, and employment-based United States parties in immigration and non-immigration matters. We have extensive experience in representing corporate clients on international inter-company transfers (L-1 visa), which may eventually lead to permanent residence status, and individual clients who are qualified to perform services in specialty occupations (H-1B). Caesar & Napoli also specializes in cases of labor certificate exemption for individuals with an advanced degree or exceptional ability in science, arts, and business (EB-2); first employment-based preference for “priority workers” who are managers and executives, outstanding professors and researchers, or aliens of extraordinary ability in science, arts, business, and athletics (EB-1); investment immigrant visas (E1 &E2) and political asylum cases. Our rate of success in immigration matters is approximately ninety-eight percent.

Insurance Coverage Litigation

Caesar & Napoli handles insurance coverage issues relating to losses to individuals, businesses and home due to bodily injury, fire, water and/or theft. We also handle insurance defense and coverage issues relating to general liability policies, automobile insurance and professional liability insurance.

Complex Commercial Litigations

Caesar & Napoli provides legal representation in commercial and corporate disputes. We meet and plan a strategy with our clients that will enable our clients to reach their goal of dispute resolution in the most direct and economical manner.