David J. Bangel, Esq. graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1990 and from Nova University Law School in 1993. Upon graduation, Mr. Bangel became associated with the law firm of Stewart, DeCurtis, Greenblatt, Manning, & Baez. During his tenure with this firm, Mr. Bangel limited his practice to handling all aspects of Workers Compensation cases. At that time, he represented insurance carriers and self-insured employers, gaining extremely valuable knowledge as to how the insurance companies and self-insured clients think about and approach cases. 1997, Mr. Bangel founded the law firm of Bangel & Cohen, LLP. In founding the firm, Mr. Bangel decided to switch to the other side of the table and represent the injured worker before the Workers Compensation Board. It was here that he found his true calling and was able to utilize all of the information he had obtained while representing insurance carriers during the early part of his career.