John M. Porchia 3rd has built and managed a very healthy and successful practice representing those who have sustained serious injuries through the fault of others for over 20 years. He specializes in motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, and job-site accidents. John has personally recovered tens of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts on behalf of his clients. In one year alone, he was honored with an award for having negotiated 3 of the highest 50 settlements in the entire State of New York for his clients.
Before becoming a personal injury attorney, Mr. Porchia graduated both with Honors and as the Class President of North Babylon High School in 1996.
In 2000, he graduated Cum Laude from Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance.
He then graduated Cum Laude from Touro Law School in 2003. He passed the Bar in that same year and immediately went into private practice at the Law Office of Lite & Russell, where he concentrated on representing plaintiffs who were the victims of all types of personal injuries.
Mr. Porchia is a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association and the Suffolk County Plaintiff’s Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in all the New York State Courts and in the Eastern District of the United States Federal Court system.
Mr. Porchia is married to his wife, Michelle, and they have two sons. Mr. Porchia grew up in the Township of Babylon, then lived in Massapequa for several years and now lives in Wading River on the North Fork of Eastern Long Island.
He is proud of the fact that he has built and maintained a very healthy personal injury practice, without having ever advertised. His client base has developed through personal recommendation of satisfied clients, friends, family, and other attorneys which he believes is a testament to the quality of representation he continues to provide.