Mr. Kaye entered private practice after six years as an Assistant District Attorney and is one of the firm’s senior trial lawyers with 25 years of experience trying civil and criminal cases in every borough of New York City and the surrounding counties. Mr. Kaye’s primary areas of practice are firefighter litigation, criminal litigation in State and Federal Courts and the trial of personal injury cases on behalf of our firm’s most severely injured clients. Mr. Kaye approaches each case and each client with uncompromising effort and he is recognized by colleagues and judges as an experienced and successful trial lawyer with high ethical standards.
Representative cases
- Wrongful death of FDNY Lieutenant, Supreme Court, New York County;
- Personal injuries of seven FDNY Firefighters at the Father’s Day fire, Supreme Court, Queens County;
- Two FDNY Firefighters sustained career-ending injuries at the crash site of American Airlines Flight 587, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York;
- FDNY Battalion Commander sustained career-ending knee injuries falling through defective step, Supreme Court, Kings County;
- FDNY Firefighter sustained career-ending wrist injuries stepping off rig onto defective sidewalk, Supreme Court, Kings County;
- FDNY Lieutenant sustained career-ending traumatic loss of vision while operating in a hardware store fire, Supreme Court, Queens County;
- Dismissal of homicide charges, Supreme Court, New York County;
- Dismissal of narcotics charges, Supreme Court, Bronx County;
- Dismissal of domestic violence charges, Criminal Court, Bronx County;
- Dismissal of fraud charges, Supreme Court, New York County;
- Acquittal on weapons possession charges, Supreme Court, New York County;
- Acquittal of sex offense charges, Supreme Court, New York County;
- Acquittal of narcotics charges, Supreme Court, Bronx County;
- Acquittal of attempted murder charges, Supreme Court, Queens County;
- Representation of numerous clients charged with a variety of federal offenses in Federal District Court, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, District of New Jersey
Admitted to practice
- New York, 1988
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2003
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1992
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1992
Past or Present Professional memberships
- Board of Directors, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- Criminal Justice Act Panel of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- American Trial Lawyers Association
- American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
- New York County Lawyers’ Association
- Bronx County Bar Association
- Criminal Justice Act Panel of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- Homicide Panel of the Assigned Counsel Plan of the City of New York
Contact us
For a free consultation with Bruce Kaye, call 888.351.9421 or contact us online.
