Disclaimer

This page lays out what nroselaw.com is, what it is not, and the limits of what reading it can do for you. It is written in plain English on purpose.

This is attorney advertising

This website advertises the legal services of the Law Offices of Nicholas Rose, PLLC. New York Rule of Professional Conduct 7.1 requires us to label it that way. Every page on the site carries the "Attorney Advertising" label.

The firm's principal office is at 102-11 Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Phone: 718.261.0546. Nicholas Rose is admitted to the New York State Bar (admitted 2003).

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome

We describe past case results on this site because they are real, they are verifiable, and they are useful information when you are trying to decide whether to call us. But every case stands on its own facts. The results we describe came out of specific accidents, specific defendants, specific injuries, and specific evidence. Yours will be different.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. New York Rule 7.1(e)(3) requires us to say it that way. We are saying it because it is true.

We cannot tell you what your case is worth from a website. We cannot tell you whether you have a case. We can only do that after we know what happened to you, who is responsible, what your injuries are, and what evidence exists. That is what the consultation is for.

This is not legal advice

Reading this site is not the same as getting legal advice. The pages explain how personal injury law generally works in New York. They are not advice for your specific situation. Your situation will turn on facts only you and your lawyer know.

Do not act on what you read here without talking to a lawyer admitted in your state about your case. We are happy to be that lawyer if your case is in New York and we agree to represent you.

No attorney-client relationship from the website

Visiting the site, reading a page, or sending us a message (form, email, voicemail, or AI receptionist if deployed) does not make you our client.

You become our client only when we send you a written engagement letter and you sign it. Until that happens, anything you send us is intake information, not privileged communication. If we decline your case, we will tell you, and you should hire a different lawyer immediately.

This is consistent with New York Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18, which protects information from prospective clients but does not create an attorney-client relationship until both sides agree.

Time limits matter (statute of limitations)

New York personal injury cases have deadlines. If you miss them, you lose the case forever, no matter how strong it would have been. The general rules:

Negligence cases (most car accidents, slip-and-fall, premises liability): three years from the date of the injury, under CPLR section 214.
Medical malpractice: two years and six months (30 months) from the date of the malpractice or last treatment for the same condition, under CPLR section 214-a.
Cases against the City of New York or its agencies (NYPD, Department of Sanitation, Department of Education, Health + Hospitals, NYC Transit): you must file a Notice of Claim within 90 days of the incident under General Municipal Law section 50-e, then file the lawsuit within one year and 90 days under General Municipal Law section 50-i. Miss the 90-day window and the case is gone.
Wrongful death: two years from the date of death.
Cases involving children: the clock may pause until the child turns 18, but rules vary by case type and the Notice of Claim deadlines for municipal defendants still apply.

These are general rules with exceptions. Some cases have shorter deadlines. Some have longer. Do not rely on this list to make a decision about whether to call. If you were hurt, call now. Waiting can cost you the case.

Information sent before you become a client

If you contact us through the website (form, email, voicemail, AI receptionist), please:

Don't send detailed medical records in your initial contact. Email and web forms are not guaranteed secure. Tell us generally what happened. We will collect medical records through a secure channel after we agree to work together.
Don't send Social Security numbers or immigration documents. We don't need them to evaluate your case at the inquiry stage.
Be aware that pre-engagement information may not be privileged. We treat what you send us as confidential within the firm, but courts do not always extend full attorney-client privilege to information sent before an engagement, especially through automated tools. The simplest protection is to keep your initial contact brief and save the details for the live consultation.

AI receptionist disclosure (when deployed)

If we deploy an AI phone-intake system, the greeting will identify itself as an AI assistant and will tell you the call is recorded. You will be able to ask to speak with a person at any time.

The AI receptionist takes intake information. It does not give legal advice. It cannot tell you what your case is worth, whether your statute of limitations has run, or whether you have a case. Those are questions for Nicholas Rose, who will call you back personally.

Calls handled by the AI receptionist are recorded for accuracy and reviewed by firm staff. We retain recordings consistent with New York Rule 7.1(k) (three-year minimum) and our malpractice retention practice (seven years).

Confidentiality limits

Email, contact forms, text messages, and chat are not perfectly secure. We use TLS encryption for everything you send us through the website. That stops casual interception. It does not protect against a sophisticated attack on the firm or a service provider, and it does not change the fact that information sent before engagement is not privileged the same way attorney-client communications are.

If your situation requires real confidentiality from the start (whistleblower issue, criminal exposure, threat from a third party), call us at 718.261.0546 and ask for an in-person or telephone consultation before sending anything in writing.

English version controls

We publish a Spanish mirror of this site at /es/ for the firm's many Spanish-speaking clients. The Spanish translation is for convenience and is reviewed for accuracy, but the English version is the operative legal text for compliance with the New York Bar's advertising rules. If a translation appears to conflict with the English, the English controls.

Out-of-state visitors

We are licensed in New York. We represent New York clients on New York cases. If you are not in New York and your case is not in New York, we cannot represent you, but we can refer you to a lawyer who can. Call us and ask.

If you read this site from a state where its content would not comply with that state's bar rules, we do not intend to advertise to you. Disregard the site as advertising and contact a lawyer in your state.

Third-party links

When we link to outside sites (court rules, statutes, news articles), we do not control those sites. We are not responsible for what is on them, and a link is not an endorsement.

How to reach a person

If anything on this site raised questions, the fastest way to get them answered is to call.

Phone: 718.261.0546 Email: nicholas@nroselaw.com Office: 102-11 Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375

Or fill out the contact form. Free consultation. No fee unless we recover compensation on your behalf. A written fee agreement will be provided before you owe anything.

Effective date: April 28, 2026

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Law Offices of Nicholas Rose, PLLC | 102-11 Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375 | 718.261.0546