Shelly K. Werbel
Managing Partner
Shelly Werbel, along with her partners Paul Fino and Matthew Toker, have founded the law firm of Fino Werbel & Toker, LLP, after having been the managing partner of White Werbel & Fino, LLP and Of Counsel to its predecessor firm of White Fleischner & Fino, LLP, where she began working with her current partners in 2013. Prior to joining them, Shelly was a partner and senior managing attorney of her own firm and she has almost 30 years of litigation experience. A number of those years were spent as a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney, so she comes to the defense side with a unique perspective that often allows her to anticipate an opposing counsel’s arguments or strategy. She has exclusively handled personal injury and medical malpractice actions that have run the gamut from motor vehicle accidents to assorted premises liability actions, nursing home negligence and bed sore cases, workplace injuries, construction site accidents, labor law cases and cases that involved municipal liability and wrongful death actions. Shelly oversees the office’s caseload, and until the Covid-19 shut downs she was a frequent well-known presence in the NYC metropolitan area’s courthouses. Additionally, she handles many of the firm’s mediations and arbitrations.
Shelly is on the Board of Governors of the New York City Trial Lawyers Alliance, having served as their Board Chairman, President, Vice-President and Treasurer for a number of years. NYCTLA is a unique bar association that is comprised of both plaintiff and defense counsel, whose goal is to foster positive and productive working relationships between the bars and the judiciary for the advancement of our clients and the legal profession. She has also served as an Arbitrator for the Civil Court of the City of New York, Small Claims Division for many years. In addition, she has been on the Editorial Board and has been a contributor to "The Brooklyn Barrister."
Practice Areas
Insurance Defense
Personal Injury & Property Damage
Labor Law & Medical Malpractice
Memberships
New York City Trial Lawyers Alliance : Past President and Member of Board of Governors since 2007
New York State Bar Association
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
Brooklyn Bar Association
Brooklyn Women's Bar Association
New York Supreme Court, Tort Advisory Committee for NY County
Bar Admissions
New York 1989
New Jersey 1990
U.S.D.C., S.D.N.Y.
U.S.D.C., E.D.N.Y.
U.S.D.C., D.N.J.
Education
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
J.D., cum laude
Pratt Institute
B.A., with honors
Honors
Shelly has been named as Top Lawyer, North America in Who’s Who Directories for consecutive years since 2019. She has also been named as a Super Lawyer in the NYS Metro Edition and Super Lawyers Woman’s Edition since 2020. Additionally she received the Lawyer of Integrity award in 2014.
Shelly is on the Board of Governors of the New York City Trial Lawyers Alliance, having served as their Board Chairman, President, Vice-President and Treasurer for a number of years. NYCTLA is a unique bar association that is comprised of both plaintiff and defense counsel, whose goal is to foster positive and productive working relationships between the bars and the judiciary for the advancement of our clients and the legal profession. She has also served as an Arbitrator for the Civil Court of the City of New York, Small Claims Division for many years. In addition, she has been on the Editorial Board and has been a contributor to "The Brooklyn Barrister."
Practice Areas
Insurance Defense
Personal Injury & Property Damage
Labor Law & Medical Malpractice
Memberships
New York City Trial Lawyers Alliance : Past President and Member of Board of Governors since 2007
New York State Bar Association
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
Brooklyn Bar Association
Brooklyn Women's Bar Association
New York Supreme Court, Tort Advisory Committee for NY County
Bar Admissions
New York 1989
New Jersey 1990
U.S.D.C., S.D.N.Y.
U.S.D.C., E.D.N.Y.
U.S.D.C., D.N.J.
Education
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
J.D., cum laude
Pratt Institute
B.A., with honors
Honors
Shelly has been named as Top Lawyer, North America in Who’s Who Directories for consecutive years since 2019. She has also been named as a Super Lawyer in the NYS Metro Edition and Super Lawyers Woman’s Edition since 2020. Additionally she received the Lawyer of Integrity award in 2014.