Jeremy C. Virgil concentrates his practice in the areas of plaintiff’s personal injury, malpractice and workers’ compensation. He also handles employment and commercial litigation.
Mr. Virgil’s personal injury practice involves wrongful death, serious and significant personal injuries, general negligence cases, such as car accidents, truck crashes, construction injuries, railroad accidents, defective and dangerous products, slip and falls, assaults, sexual assaults, toxic torts, hit and run collisions, uninsured drivers, underinsured drivers. He has pursued class action lawsuits on behalf of the victims of defective products and unscrupulous retailers. Mr. Virgil has also sued multiple insurance companies directly for their misconduct and bad faith behavior in the handling and processing of personal injury lawsuits and claims.
Mr. Virgil represents the victims of medical malpractice and professional negligence. He has obtained favorable verdicts or settlements for clients who were the victims of medical negligence involving reproductive and fertility medicine, tissue banking and cryopreservation, gastroenterology, neurosurgery, internal medicine, physical therapy and nursing care amongst others.
Mr. Virgil’s workers’ compensation practice involves the representation of seriously injured workers and complex claims. He has represented union and non-union workers, police officers, paid and volunteer fire fighters, correction officers, truck drivers, delivery drivers, factor workers, administrative assistants, laboratory technicians, medical record keepers, teachers and professional athletes amongst others. Mr. Virgil has obtained workers’ compensation benefits for clients suffering back injuries, neck injuries, paralysis, heart attacks and heart conditions (myocardial infarction (MI), atrial fibrillation (afib), hypertension, aortic dissection), concussions, comas, ringing in the ears, shoulder injuries, knee injuries, foot and ankle injuries, elbow injuries, hernias, carpal tunnel, burns, PTSD, exposure to MRSA, exposure to HIV, infections, and death.
Mr. Virgil’s labor and employment practice involves representing individuals and companies before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, industry regulatory bodies, and private arbitrators. Mr. Virgil handles sexual harassment, age discrimination, sex discrimination, race discrimination, employment contracts, whistleblower claims, FMLA violations, and wrongful discharge.
Mr. Virgil earned his B.A. and M.A. from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York in 2001 and 2002, and his J.D. from The University of Connecticut School of Law in 2005. While at the University of Connecticut, Mr. Virgil received the CALI award for excellence in trial practice.
Mr. Virgil is also active in the community and has helped to raise thousands of dollars for local charities. In 2006 Mr. Virgil raised $3,200 for St. Vincent Hospital’s cancer prevention, education and assistance program Swim Across Sound by solo swimming and winning, in record setting time, the over 16 mile race from Port Jefferson, Long Island to Captain’s Cove in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Each year from 2007 through 2013, Mr. Virgil has participated in relay swims across Long Island Sound and raised over $7,000. Over the month of January, every year from 2009 through the present, Mr. Virgil swam approximately 125 miles each year as part of the “January Jam – MS Plunge for Parcells” to raise money for patients and families through the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation to help with expenses not covered by insurance as they undergo treatment for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). In 2007 Mr. Virgil and his relay team, won the 28.5 mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (MIMS), which benefits children 1-14 who can participate for free in the New York City Parks Department’s Learn to Swim program.
