Our Practice

Founded in 2012 by Principal Attorney Richard M. Sands, the Law Offices of Richard M. Sands, P.C. is a litigation defense firm that specializes in defending commercial and personal automobile negligence claims, as well as other claims of personal injury. 

Mr. Sands has spent the majority of his forty-year legal career defending the interests of some of the largest national insurance carriers in the country. 

Mr. Sands has created a culture of aggressively defending claims in order to achieve the best results for our clients. Whether it be through pretrial settlement, alternative dispute resolution or trial, our team of experienced trial attorneys will tirelessly work to ensure a winning outcome.

Over the course of his forty-year legal career, Richard M. Sands has become an expert in utilizing the biomechanical defense to obtain favorable verdicts in trials throughout the five boroughs of New York City and the metro New York area, including Long Island and Westchester. Mr. Sands has written several published articles in the New York Law Journal regarding the biomechanical defense and has given numerous lectures on the topic for the New York State Bar Association.