Erb's Palsy Attorneys
Brachial Plexus lawyers
(212) 486-6060 (NY)
(201) 343-5770 (NJ)
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Erb's Palsy and Brachial Plexus Attorneys
In New York and New Jersey, serving clients across the USA

We are also very caring attorneys. Although we are known for our litigation expertise, the in-depth analysis we give all our cases, and the level of time, energy, and due diligence we invest from the very beginning of each and every case, we are also known for the level or care and personal service we give each and every client.

About Our Attorneys
Trief & Olk takes a team approach to every case we accept. Every client has at least two – and sometimes more – senior attorneys staffing the case. Associates are never given responsibility for a case without the involvement of one or more partners. Our lawyer-to-case ratio is extremely high, thus assuring the degree of personal attention and thoroughness for which our firm is known.

Our attorneys are experienced litigators that have achieved consistently impressive results in New York and New Jersey. The Trief & Olk partners are:

Ted Trief, JD 1976
Barbara E. Olk, JD 1976

Joseph Monaco III, JD (Of Counsel) 1995

Ted Trief
Ted Trief received his J.D. from Rutgers University Law School, graduating with honors in 1976. He received his B.A. in 1973 from State University of New York at New Paltz. He is a former Assistant D.A.

Practicing law for over 27 years, Mr. Trief is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association President’s Club, the NY State Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and its Committee on Mass Disasters Planning.

He was admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts and New York in January, 1977 and in New Jersey in November, 2000, and is certified to practice before these U.S. District Courts: USDC/SDNY; USDC/EDNY; USDC/NDNY; USDC/NJ; as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and the United States Supreme Court

Barbara E. Olk
Barbara Olk graduated from New York University Law School with a J.D. degree in June of 1976.

Ms. Olk completed her B.A. degree in English and Political Science at the University of Rochester in 1973, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Admitted to the Massachusetts and New York Bars in 1977, Ms. Olk is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and is admitted to practice before these U.S. District Courts: USDC/SDNY; USDC/EDNY; USDC/NDNY, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit; and the United States Supreme Court.

Joseph D. Monaco, III (Of Counsel)
Joseph D. Monaco, III received his J.D. Degree from Fordham University Law School in 1995, was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1996, and was admitted in NJ state and federal courts as of 2008.

Mr. Monaco received his B.S. degree from Fordham University with a concentration in International Finance, where he was a member of Fordham’s Honors Program as well as being a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

Mr. Monaco’s memberships include the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, as well as certification to practice in these U.S. District Courts: USDC/SDNY; USDC/EDNY; and USDC/NDNY.