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HomeWho is Benedict Morelli?  Benedict Morelli is a personal injury lawyer who began his career in 1973, starting out as a law clerk. In 1981, Mr. Morelli became a partner at Morelli Atlers Ratner Law Firm in New York city. He became a senior partner of the law firm in 1990. In 1998, he dissolved the law firm and created a new one called Benedict P. Morelli & Associates that would eventually become Morelli Law Firm.Education In 1971, Benedict Morelli obtained a degree from City College, NY. He went to law school at New York Law School. Working part-time as a law clerk in a personal injury law firm for a few years, he was eligible for taking the bar exam in 1977. Experience He has spent almost 45 years defending many discrimination cases including, age, racial, and sexual. Morelli also defended people who were falsely accused of crimes and people who were sexually harassed. He is often asked to assist the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. and New York courts in handing down legal decisions. Polio Case Among the many cases Benedict Morelli had won, there was a case that dated back to 1979, and it took until 2011 to settle. A woman had taken her five-month old baby daughter to the doctor's for a second dose of an oral polio vaccine. The baby's father was recovering from recent hand surgery. While diapering his daughter, he got some of the baby's stool on the back of his hand and contracted paralytic polio. The man is confined to a wheelchair. The case was not filed until 1981 with another law firm. The case went all the way to the New York Court of Appeals. After 30 years, the case ended up on the desk of Benedict Morelli. |
