Biography

Amos Weinberg is a New York State attorney since 1978, whose practice consists of contract and collection litigation.
A presiding judge of the Manhattan Civil Court noted in 1984 that his firm had the most cases in the court system. Admitted in both the Eastern and Southern District federal courts, he has served as a trustee in bankruptcy, and over 30 times as a civil court arbitrator. He has been quoted in numerous publications including New York Magazine. In addition to almost every kind of business, the industries he has most represented are building and construction trades, staffing and placement agencies, and health service providers.
His cases have created new rights, never before recognized in New York, for unpaid personnel and temporary agencies and no-fault insurance claimants. An associate member of NYATS (NY Assoc. of Temporary Services) in the 1990’s, and supporter of APCNY (Assoc. of Personnel Counselors of NY) since 1985, he was a frequent speaker before various APCNY and NYATS groups, since the mid-80’s, on issues of recovering and protecting fees.
He has won cases in every appellate division and appellate term, and represented at least 20 law firms in their actions to recover legal fees. He has trained dozens of attorneys working for or underneath him. He has had over 150 published decisions on his cases. He has served as an active Mentor for the Queens County Bar Association, for commercial litigation, since the 1980’s and has mentored attorneys each year under this program.
Since 1986, he has collected over $75MM for his clients. He has served as general counsel to the Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition, since 2001.