CARNER & DEVITA - Key Persons
Gerard DeVita is a seasoned trial lawyer in the field of personal injury litigation, and the Managing Attorney for the negligence department of the firm. His undergraduate degree is from SUNY College at Oneonta. He earned his Juris Doctor here in Suffolk County at Touro College School of Law in 1987.
Gerard - "Jerry" to friends and clients - has been with the Sarisohn firm for almost two decades, starting as a clerk while still in law school. Since 1986, he has helped guide many clients through the often complicated and daunting process of their injury claims. During his time here, our clients have come to rely on him, as well as the whole team in our Personal Injury/Negligence department, to assure that fair compensation is recovered for their losses. Jerry has successfully fought for and recovered millions in awards for those injured by car accidents, faulty machinery, falls, construction site accidents, and medical malpractice.
Michael Carner is a trial attorney specializing in personal injury trials, medical malpractice and nursing home injury litigation. Mr. Carner is a graduate with honors of Cornell University and a graduate of Fordham Law School, where he was a member of the Fordham Law Review. Through the years he has won many large personal injury verdicts on behalf of the firm's personal injury and medical malpractice clients and has dedicated hundreds of hours of free legal work to two Long Island families who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attack. In 2004, working on a strictly volunteer basis, Mr. Carner secured verdicts on behalf of those two families exceeding $5,000,000. Mr. Carner earned Trial Advocate status with the Association of Trial Lawyers of America upon completion of the Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course at Harvard University during 2003. He is a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.