Our Expertise

Specialized Law for Business, Disputes, Immigration, Property, and Strategic Wealth Planning.

New York City - International Corporate & Dispute Resolution Hub

The NYC office delivers cutting-edge legal solutions backed by more than 40 years of combined experience in practice, teaching, and international legal advisory.

The New York City office is home to Lakinberg LLP’s international corporate practice and cross-border dispute resolution team. From the world’s financial capital, we advise multinational companies, private clients, and investor on:

  • International business structuring
  • Corporate and commercial advisory
  • Joint ventures and local content compliance
  • Cross-border transactions
  • International arbitration
  • Commercial litigation
  • Immigration strategy for executives, businesses, and global talent
  • Wills, trusts, estates & asset protection

Houston — Litigation, Energy, Aviation & Federal Defense

Houston—America’s energy capital—serves as Lakinberg LLP’s center for personal injury litigation, federal criminal defense, aviation disputes, and insurance claims.

Clients rely on the Houston team for aggressive advocacy, deep industry insight, and strategic protection in high-exposure matters.

With over 30 years of courtroom experience, Bassey Akpaffiong, Esq. leads the Houston office, offering exceptional representation in: 

  • Catastrophic personal injury
  • Aviation accidents & aircraft litigation
  • Federal criminal defense
  • Insurance disputes and coverage litigation
  • Business litigation
  • Oil & gas–related disputes
  • Commercial risk and trial strategy

Top Verdicts & Settlements

Legal support of entrepreneurial activity is the key to successful business development

$5,000,000

Spinal Cord Injury
$5,000,000 settlement for a 64 year old man who suffered a spinal cord injury and brain injury in a collision with a commercial truck.

$7,400,000

Accident Causing Amputation

$7,400,000 was obtained for a man who suffered crush injuries as a result of being struck by a front-end loader at an industrial facility.

$8,500,000

Verdict for Amputation Injury

$8,500,000 jury verdict to 37 year-old employee who lost his hand in a machine at work because his employer failed to ensure adequate safety procedures and safety guards to prevent employee injury.

$4,900,000

Medical Malpractice

$4,900,000 settlement for a patient in a case involving the misplacement of a central line into a patient’s artery instead of the vein resulting in repeated strokes that caused permanent injury.

$6,500,000

Wrongful Deaths Caused By Arson

$6,500,000 settlement for the death of ten people in an apartment arson fire due to inadequate security.

$4,875,000

Wrongful Death

$4,875,000 settlement due to the death of a 30-year-old woman who underwent an intrathecal injection and subsequently developed bacterial meningitis due to a droplet contamination.

Our Partnerships

We Work With the Best

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