It is with sadness that I learned about the passing of Norman Dachs.
I never had the pleasure of meeting Norman Dachs, Esq. He was a pioneer in the third-party personal injury realm, but I did not get heavily involved in that area of work until I started my practice in 2010 and never knew him in that vain. Mr. Dachs became a master arbitrator a few years ago. My review of the hundreds of decisions he wrote showed a very intellectual viewpoint. There is no other master arbitrator who would push the bounds of Petrosky as Mr. Dachs. In fact, writing a brief to him was many times more intellectually thrilling than the rote Appellate Term, Second Department responses that I am stuck writing.
For purposes of full disclosure, I would note that I was cursing his name last week as he reversed a lower arbitration victory of mine, forcing a trip to Supreme Court on a Petition. I just filed the Petition today. While I disagreed with him, I appreciated his vigor and the fact that he was not a rubber stamp to the awards of the AAA arbitrators. We need more Norman Dachs’ in the no-fault system. A good hire on the part of DFS and a true attorney. I will miss Master Dachs.
Jason Tenenbaum
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Well said Jason, well said . ….