Awards

Firm partner Andrew Levine was recently selected to the "Top 50 Lawyers" list by America’s Top 50 Lawyers, which recognizes the 50 best attorneys in each state.

Members are first nominated by peers, clients, and/or America’s Top Lawyers’ research team. Final selection is then based on a proprietary research process that includes, but is not limited to, an assessment of a lawyer’s overall achievements, years of experience, verdicts, and other noteworthy factors. Of the 1.3 million attorneys practicing in the United States less than 0.05% of attorneys receive this distinction.

American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys

Andrew Levine was recently selected as one of the “Top 10 Best Personal Injury Attorneys In New York” for his exceptional and outstanding client service. The honor's selection criteria requires (1) an attorney to be formally nominated by the institute, client and/or fellow attorney, (2) attainment of the highest degree of professional achievement in their field of law, and (3) an impeccable client satisfaction rating with no unresolved complaints. In additional, the institute considers an attorneys current associations and memberships, publications, speaking engagements and education.

Leaders in the Law is well known as one of the best legal resources for businesses and consumers in the US. Twice a year, Leaders in the Law selects some of the best law firms and lawyers in the nation in editions published and distributed in NYC, Atlanta, San Francisco, Miami, Houston, and Dallas. Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm continually appear in these publications.

Leaders In The Law also acknowledges the outstanding contributions that attorneys and law firms make in the legal industry, their community and for their clients. While verdicts and business are always significant, Leaders In The Law places particular value on work that exceeds the courtroom, including pro bono, community and charitable activities.

The National Trial Lawyers is an invitation-only elite organization composed of only a select few of superb trial lawyers from each state or region who meet stringent qualifications as civil plaintiff and criminal defense trial lawyers. One must also possess exemplary leadership skills, be held in high regard within the legal community and public standards in compliance with state bar and national Rule 4-7.

Raphaelson & Levine has been named a Tier 1 firm in New York City for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2025.

We're also proud to have 7 lawyers listed in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ in America.

Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review and employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services.

Super Lawyers is an independent rating service of exceptional lawyers which covers more than 70 practice areas. The elite Super Lawyers recognition is limited to only the top 5% of  attorneys within each practice area in each state who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The goal of creating the Super Lawyers award was to create a  listing of outstanding attorneys that could be used as a resource for other attorneys and potential clients searching for the best legal representation.

The selection process steps include peer nominations, independent research, peer evaluations, and final selection. During the research process it examines twelve criteria indicating professional achievement and peer recognition, including verdicts/settlements, honors and awards, special licenses and certifications, bar and/or professional activity, and experience among others.

Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm selected as a 2021 New York Top Rated Lawyer in New York Law Journal and New York Magazine. See our featured profile in the December's special edition print section and online.

The American Institute’s Personal Injury Division was founded in 2014 and was established to recognize lawyers that have achieved exceptional success while holding client satisfaction to the highest standards. The American Institute is an impartial third-party attorney rating organization that breaks up into 13 different law divisions. A potential client can then find the best lawyer according to each city or region and a specific law area. In order to be considered for this exclusive award, an attorney must be formally nominated, attained the highest degree of professional achievement in his or her law field, and having done so with an excellent client satisfaction rating.

Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm has been selected to the “New York Verdicts & Settlements Hall of Fame” by the prestigious New York Law Journal. Verdict Search, an associate of the New York Law Journal, has recently established the “New York Verdicts & Settlement Hall of Fame.” The Hall of Fame honors law firms who have received exceptional verdicts or settlements in the area of personal injury.

The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is one of the most elite groups of trial lawyers in the United States, fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members. With over 5000 members throughout the country membership to this prestigious group is reserved for attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements and have acted as principal counsel.

The quality of membership is extraordinary, with many members who have achieved numerous million and multi-million dollar results. Each member in the organization has demonstrated and accomplished superior results in very complex cases.

Expertise.com curates the top service professionals in over 200 industries across the U.S., including the top 35 car accident law firms in New York City based on more than 25 variables across five categories including verified professional accreditations, review data, and years of experience.

The Trial Lawyers Board Of Regents' "Litigator Award"  is the nations highest honors in trial law, recognizing only the top 1% of all lawyers. The Litigator Awards™ exemplify the highest recognition in Trial Law, and stands as the nation’s most coveted symbol of “Litigation Achievement.” Presented in up to 72 “Practice Specialty” categories, the Awards were based on real “Verdict & Settlement” dollar achievement rather than peer reputation, making them possibly the most meticulous and openly judged award ratings anywhere.

Those awarded join a distinct organization of elite Lawyers who have won Million, Multi-Million or Billion Dollar lawsuits – an achievement performed by fewer than 1% of all attorneys. Of the approximately 1.1 Million lawyers recognized, only an elite few (12 Law Firms) per State, will attain the distinction of being awarded every year in any given practice area.