Specialties
The Kidneigh & Kaufman difference is based on the fact that we care about all of our clients and so we treat each client like a person, not a case. We actually return phone calls and an attorney, and not just a paralegal, will be involved in handling your claim. One thing you can be sure of is that someone will always be there to help you through the process and you will always be able to talk to someone about your case.
We make it our job to try to understand what each client is going through so we can do our best to obtain the maximum recovery we can. This explains why insurance companies and corporations have paid more than $65 million in settlements and verdicts to our clients. We've successfully handled all kinds of personal injury cases and obtained the compensation necessary to help people get back on their feet financially and emotionally following an accident. We've helped people who've had surgery after a car accident, or a slip and fall at the grocery store or on ice at their apartment.
We've helped families whose lives have been turned upside down due to defective products like a heater exploding and birth injuries caused by medical malpractice. The truth is we are willing to go above and beyond for our clients, as you can read about in the three examples by clicking here...
History
Established in 1985.
In 1985, Jon Kidneigh and Steve Kaufman decided to leave their firm. so that they could form Kidneigh & Kaufman, P.C., a firm dedicated solely to helping accident victims. Within a few years, a number of attorney associates and paralegals were hired, and a worker's compensation department was added.
As the daughter of founding partner Steve Kaufman, Jennifer Crichton had worked at Kidneigh & Kaufman since she was just a teenager. In 2006, she decided to follow her father into the family business where she could work with her dad helping injury victims. Her husband, Charles Crichton joined the Kidneigh & Kaufman legal team in 2011 after almost five years in Adams County. Together, along with the rest of their staff, they have been able to attain more than $100 million in settlements and verdicts for our clients.
Meet the Business Owner: Stephen K.
In 1980, Stephen Kaufman graduated from Rutgers Law School - Camden, New Jersey and was hired by Jon Kidneigh as his law clerk. Upon passing the bar, Steve became his associate.
Although the firm engaged in a general practice, Jon and Steve limited their own cases to the Plaintiffs personal injury, product liability, and medical malpractice fields.
Together, in 1982, they had the honor of trying the first Toxic Shock Syndrome case to go to trial in the country against Procter & Gamble and its Rely tampon, obtaining a verdict in favor of a teenage girl who had almost died. By 1985, Jon and Steve decided to leave Kidneigh, Hughes, et. al. so that they could form Kidneigh & Kaufman, P.C.