Robert Fallarino
Attorney | Pegalis Law Group, LLC
Robert Fallarino is a medical malpractice, construction accidents and product liability trial lawyer and attorney at Pegalis Law Group, LLC in Lake Success, New York. Admitted in New York and North Carolina; J.D., St. John's University School of Law.
Meet Robert
Robert V. Fallarino is a trial attorney with Pegalis Law Group, LLC in Lake Success, New York, with more than 35 years of experience. He concentrates on medical malpractice litigation and also handles complex labor law and product defect cases for people who have suffered catastrophic, life-altering injuries.
In 2012 he obtained the fourth-highest medical negligence verdict in New York State, which also ranked among the state’s top 10 verdicts overall that year. He has resolved numerous million-dollar medical negligence cases across New York, from Buffalo to Riverhead, and in other states including North Carolina, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Idaho.
Fallarino has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America every year since 2017 and was named Best Lawyers’ Long Island Lawyer of the Year for plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation in 2025 and for plaintiffs’ medical malpractice law in 2023. He has been selected to New York Metro Super Lawyers every year since 2012. He earned his law degree from St. John’s University School of Law, where he was a Thomas More Scholar, after graduating magna cum laude from St. John’s University. He has served as vice president of the East Williston Union Free School District Board of Education and previously worked as a prosecuting attorney for the Village of Floral Park.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Admitted in New York
- Admitted in North Carolina
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- J.D., St. John's University School of Law (Thomas More Scholar)
- Bachelor's degree in government and politics, magna cum laude, St. John's University
Practice Areas
- New York State Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation, Long Island (2025)
- Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Plaintiffs Medical Malpractice Law, Long Island (2023)
- The Best Lawyers in America (2017-present)
- New York Metro Super Lawyers (2012-present)
- Top 10 Verdict (2012): Obtained the fourth-highest medical negligence verdict in New York State in 2012, also a top 10 verdict overall that year.
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