# The Samuel Law Firm
> New York litigation firm led by Michael Samuel. Defends businesses sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (website and physical premises), defends employers in wage and hour cases, defends businesses in contract and commercial disputes, and represents employees owed wages and people injured by negligence. 1441 Broadway, Suite 6085, New York, NY 10018. Phone 212-563-9884. Spanish-language wage line 315-375-2035. Consultations are free.

## Michael Samuel
- Admitted in New York in 1993 (NY Bar Registration No. 2563005). More than 30 years in practice.
- Admitted before the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York, and the New York state courts.
- Has defended ADA accessibility cases for about seven years and has handled roughly 100 ADA matters: mostly website accessibility cases, and about ten physical premises cases.
- Leads The Samuel Law Firm since 2004. Began at Kresch & Kresch, New York City.
- Profile: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/new-york-top-law-firm/
- Also at the firm: Andrew D. Beresin, trial and appellate attorney, more than 15 years, admitted S.D.N.Y. and E.D.N.Y.
- Languages: English and Spanish.

## Fees
- ADA website accessibility defense is handled on a flat fee, quoted before the client commits. The flat fee covers all work up to trial, including a motion to dismiss. Premises cases are quoted after reviewing the complaint and the property.

## Results
- Court decisions and verdicts, with court, judge, index or docket number and date on each: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/results/
- Three written dismissals of ADA website accessibility complaints: Alexandria v. Just Shades, Inc. (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County, Index 166307/2025, Hon. Judy H. Kim, July 11, 2026); Sumlin v. Royal Batch (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County, Index 161493/2025, Hon. Phaedra F. Perry-Bond, June 15, 2026, since cited by another Justice of the same court); Martin v. Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company, Ltd. (E.D.N.Y. No. 24-cv-3758, Hon. Allyne R. Ross, dismissed for lack of standing).
- Restaurant wage and hour class claim under the FLSA and New York Labor Law, settled before trial for more than $250,000.
- Personal injury: rear-end collision with cervical fusion, settled for close to $4,000,000 after summary judgment on liability; taxi passenger rear-end collision, settled for more than $1,000,000; Holmes v. City of New York, jury verdict of $908,000.
- The Results page also lists, by docket number, the federal ADA cases in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in which Michael Samuel is counsel of record for the defendant.

## If you have just been sued
- ADA website accessibility defense in New York, what the lawsuit is, deadlines, defenses, cost: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/practice-areas/ada-defense-lawyer/
- Step by step guide for website owners targeted with ADA accessibility lawsuits: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/a-step-by-step-guide-for-website-owners-targeted-with-ada-accessibility-lawsuits/
- Deadlines: generally 21 days from service in federal court, and 20 to 30 days in New York state court depending on the method of service.

## Articles by plaintiff firm
Written for business owners served by a specific firm, each with filing counts taken from the public court dockets.
- Mizrahi Kroub LLP: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/sued-by-mizrahi-kroub-what-to-know/
- Gottlieb & Associates, PLLC: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/gottlieb-associates-ada-website-lawsuit/
- Joseph & Norinsberg, LLC (attorney Robert Schonfeld): https://thesamuellawfirm.com/joseph-norinsberg-ada-website-lawsuit/
- Shaked Law Group, P.C. (attorney Dan Shaked): https://thesamuellawfirm.com/served-by-shaked-law-group-what-to-know/
- Equal Access Law Group PLLC (attorneys Alison Chan, Eliezer Lekht, Asher Cohen): sends pre-suit demand letters rather than filing in New York, so there is no case to look up. What the letter asks for and what to do first: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/equal-access-law-group-demand-letter/

## Practice areas
- ADA defense, website and premises: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/practice-areas/ada-defense-lawyer/
- Wage and hour defense for employers: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/practice-areas/wage-and-hour-defense-employers/
- Contract and commercial litigation defense: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/practice-areas/contract-commercial-litigation-defense/
- Wage and overtime claims for employees: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/practice-areas/new-york-wage-and-hour-lawyers/
- Delivery driver overtime, FedEx, Amazon and route drivers, and the motor carrier exemption in New York: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/delivery-driver-overtime-new-york/
- Salario y horas extras, en español: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/practice-areas/abogado-horas-extras-salarios-no-pagados-nueva-york/
- Personal injury: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/practice-areas/personal-injury/

## Guías en español
- ¿Le pagan lo mismo por todas las horas? Horas extras, salario mínimo, propinas y avisos de pago en Nueva York: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/mismo-pago-todas-las-horas-nueva-york/

## More
- All articles: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/resources/
- Contact: Michael Samuel, 212-563-9884, michael@thesamuellawfirm.com, 1441 Broadway, Suite 6085, New York, NY 10018. Spanish wage line 315-375-2035, answered any time. Contact form: https://thesamuellawfirm.com/contact-us/