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Evan Goldberg

Bio

Evan Goldberg is the elected Chair of the Trial Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar Association, representing thousands of attorneys throughout the state. As a Bar Leader he actively lobbies the Legislature and the Governor's office with respect to proposed legislation affecting the rights of victims. He frequently lectures to attorneys, has authored numerous legal publications, and has given his expert legal commentary on network television and radio.

Press

Photo Gallery

Videos

Recent Cases

Mr. Goldberg handles many complicated accident cases including medical malpractice, construction accidents, car accidents, defective machinery, slip/trip and falls, landlord liability, lead paint poisoning, assault and wrongful death. Some of his recent verdicts include the following:

$14.7 million for boy injured by obstetrical malpractice during childbirth
$4.07 million for tenant assaulted in building due to inadequate security
$1.3 million for child injured by lead poisoning in apartment building
$1.25 million for driver of car struck by another car on the roadway

Public Action

Mr. Goldberg is a 1989 graduate of Brooklyn Law School and is admitted to practice in New York, Connecticut and various federal courts. In addition to serving on the NYSBA's House of Delegates, he also founded and chaired a Medical Malpractice Committee for the Association. He is an elected District Leader for the Westchester County Democratic Committee and is also a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the Brooklyn Bar Association, the Kings County Inns of Court, the New Rochelle Bar Association and the Richmond County Bar Association.

Education

Brooklyn Law School, JD 1989
SUNY Albany, BA 1986

Positions/Committees

Chair — New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Trial Lawyers Section, 2008-Present
Delegate — NYSBA House of Delegates, 2008 — Present
Chair — Medical Malpractice Committee of New York State Bar Association's Trial Lawyers Section, 1993-1997
District Representative — 9th Judicial District (Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Putnam and Orange Counties) — NYSBA Trial Lawyers Section
Chair — Membership Committee of NYSBA's Trial Lawyers Section — 2007 to present
District Leader — Westchester Country Democratic Committee, 1996 — Present
Treasurer — Executive Committee of NYSBA's Trial Lawyer Section, 2005
Secretary — Executive Committee of New York State Bar Association's Trial Lawyers Section, 2006
Vice Chair — Executive Committee of NYSBA's Trial Lawyers Section, 2007
Vice President- Northfield Neighborhood Association, New Rochelle, NY, 2005 — Present
Founding Member — Brooklyn Law School Democrats, 1989

Professional Organizations & Associations

New York State Bar Association
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Brooklyn Bar Association
Kings County Inns of Court
Westchester Country Democratic Committee
Northfield Neighborhood Association
New Rochelle Bar Association
Richmond County Bar Association

Speaking Engagements/Conferences

Speaker — Keeping Pace: A Guide for the Up to Date Litigator, NYSBA Seminar, Spring, 1998
Chair/Speaker — Basic Civil Practice — The Trial; NYSBA Seminar, Fall 1998
Chair/Speaker — How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit; NYSBA Seminar — Fall, 1999
Chair/Speaker — How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit; NYSBA Seminar — Fall 2001
Chair/Speaker — How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit; NYSBA Seminar — Spring 2003
Chair/Speaker — Premises Liability; New York State Trial Lawyers Institute (NYSTLI) — April 2003
Chair — Bootcamp for the Civil Litigator; Ethics, Updates and Critical Issues — Trial Lawyers Section Program at the Annual Meeting of the NYSBA — January 2004
Co-Chair — Incivility, From Intake through Trial — Kings County Inns of Court Presentation — June 2004
Speaker — New York State Trial Lawyers Institute — Decisions Seminar 2004
Chair — Technology and Demonstrative Evidence in the Courtroom — Trial Lawyers Section Program at the Annual Meeting of the NYSBA — January 2005
Speaker — Proving and Defending Damages at Trial — NYSBA Seminar — Spring 2005
Participating Speaker at D'Agostino — Greenberg Lecture in Law and Public Policy, City College of New York, 2005
Chair — Practical Skills — How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit; NYSBA Seminar — Spring 2005
Speaker — New York State Trial Lawyers Institute — Decisions Seminar - 2005
Chair — A Practical and Comprehensive Review of Mass Tort and Litigation Trial Lawyers Section Program at the Annual Meeting of the NYSBA — January 2006
Speaker — An Evidentiary Review — Kings County Inns of Court Presentation — 2006
Chair — Municipal & transit Liability — New York State Trial Lawyers Institute - 2007
Speak — Summary Jury Trials — Kings Country Inns of Court Presentation, 2008

Publications

Personal Injury Treatise, Premises Liability Chapter, New York Sate Bar Association Publications
Life of A Trial Lawyer Can be Noble and Exciting – State Bar News
Combating the Development Delay Defense for Children; New York Law Journal; Outside Counsel
Using an Economist; Goals, Issues and Considerations – NYSBA Publications
Suing Municipalities, NYSBA Publications
New York’s Summary Judgment Procedure; Trial Lawyers Digest
Continuing the “Message from the Chair” column appearing in Trial Lawyers Digest
Products Liability; New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
Legal Malpractice; New York State Trial Lawyers Institute

Television & Radio Appearances

WRNN
WNBC
WINS
T47

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