Evan M. Goldberg is the Past President (2015-2016) of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He has also served as the elected Chair of the Trial Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar Association, representing thousands of trial attorneys throughout the state. Mr. Goldberg has also been elected to and serves on the State Bar’s Executive Committee, which governs the 75,000 attorney member organization. As a Bar Leader he actively lobbies the State Legislature, the Governor’s office and the United States Congress 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. His multi-million dollar verdicts have been the subject of extensive media coverage.
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 verdict for boy who was brain damaged by obstetrical malpractice during childbirth
$7 million verdict for amputation injury caused by unsafe machinery in factory
$4.07 million verdict for tenant assaulted and nerve damaged in building due to inadequate security
$2.5 million verdict for construction worker who fell from ladder and fractured his ankle
$2.5 million verdict for tenant who slipped in her kitchen and developed reflex sympathetic dystrophy in wrist
$2.3 million verdict for patient prematurely discharged from hospital with a hip infection, resulting in a total hip replacement
$1.5 million verdict for patient internally injured during appendectomy
$1.3 million verdict for child cognitively injured by lead poisoning in apartment building
$1.25 million verdict for driver of car struck by another car on the roadway resulting in facial and leg fractures
$1.2 million verdict for airport worker who stepped into hazardous equipment and fractured his knee
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 Executive Committee and House of Delegates, he also founded and chaired a Medical Malpractice Committee for the Association. He is an elected Fellow of the New York Bar Foundation, an elected District Leader for the Westchester County Democratic Committee, the President of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and a member of the Brooklyn Bar Association, the Kings County Inns of Court, the New Rochelle Bar Association, the Orange County Bar Association and Rockland County Bar Association. Evan has established his own practice and is Of counsel to the firm.
PUBLISHED WORKS
The Plaintiff Personal Injury Action in New York State, Premises Liability Chapter, New York State 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
Using an Economist; Goals, Issues and Considerations, NYSBA Publications
Suing Municipalities, NYSBA Publications
New York’s Summary Judgment Procedure, Trial Lawyers Digest
“Message from the Chair” columns, Trial Lawyers Digest
Lincoln, Mandela & Gandhi walk into a Courtroom, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Bill of Particulars
Products Liability, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
Legal Malpractice, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
CLASSES/SEMINARS
Speaker, Jury Selection Considerations, NYSTLA, 2015
Speaker, How to Try a Labor Law Case, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 4/14
Speaker, Decisions Seminar-Premises Liability-New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 9/13
Speaker, Decisions Seminar – Damages – New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 11/12
Panelist, New York City Bar Association; Roundtable Discussion For Rules Changes in Court, 6/12
Speaker, Evaluating, Negotiating and Settling a Civil Lawsuit, New York State Bar Association, 6/12
Speaker, Discovery & Trial Issues in Auto and Premises Cases – New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 4/12
Speaker, Distribution of Proceeds in Wrongful Death Cases, Kings County Inns of Court, 2010
Speaker, Summary Jury Trials, Kings Country Inns of Court Presentation, 2008
Chair, Municipal & Transit Liability, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 2007
Speaker, An Evidentiary Review, Kings County Inns of Court Presentation, 2006
Chair, A Practical and Comprehensive Review of Mass Tort Litigation, Trial Lawyers Section Program, Annual Meeting of the NYSBA, 2006
Speaker, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, Decisions Seminar, 2005
Chair, Practical Skills – How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, NYSBA Seminar, 2005
Participating Speaker, D’Agostino – Greenberg Lecture in Law and Public Policy, City College of New York, 2005
Speaker, Proving and Defending Damages at Trial, NYSBA Seminar, 2005
Chair, Technology and Demonstrative Evidence in the Courtroom, Trial Lawyers Section Program at the Annual Meeting of the NYSBA, 2005
Speaker, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, Decisions Seminar, 2004
Co-Chair, Incivility, From Intake through Trial, Kings County Inns of Court Presentation, 2004
Chair, Boot Camp for the Civil Litigator; Ethics, Updates and Critical Issues, Trial Lawyers Section Program at the Annual Meeting of the NYSBA, 2004
Chair/Speaker, Premises Liability, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute (NYSTLI), 2003
Chair/Speaker, How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, NYSBA Seminar, 2003
Chair/Speaker, How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, NYSBA Seminar, 2001
Chair/Speaker, How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, NYSBA Seminar, 1999
Chair/Speaker, Basic Civil Practice, The Trial, NYSBA Seminar, 1998
Speaker, Keeping Pace: A Guide for the Up to Date Litigator, NYSBA Seminar, 1998
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
President, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, from 2015
President-Elect, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, from 2014-2015
Chair of Deans, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 2015-2016
Super Lawyer, National Rating Election For Legal Profession, 2011, 2012 and 2013
Officer and Director, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 2011-2014 (Parliamentarian, Deputy Treasurer and Treasurer)
Dean, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 2013-present
Member, Executive Committee of New York State Bar Association, 2013 – Present
Member, Medical Malpractice Task Force and Legislative Committees, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 2012 – Present
Chair, Finance Committee, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 2013 – 2014
Chair, Practice Bill Committee, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 2014-present
Fellow, New York Bar Foundation, 2010 – Present
Executive Committee Liaison, NYSBA General Practice Section, 2013-2014
Executive Committee Liaison, NYSBA Committee on Immigrant Representation, 2013-present
Member, Committee on the Tort System, New York State Bar Association, 2010 – Present
Member, Independent Judicial Screening Panel, New York County Democratic Committee, 2010
Chair, NYSBA Trial Practice Committee of the Trial Lawyers Section, 2009 – Present
Member, NYSBA Committee of Federal Legislative Priorities, 2009 – Present
Chair, New York State Bar Association Trial Lawyers Section, 2008 – 2009
Delegate, NYSBA House of Delegates, 2008 – Present
Chair, Medical Malpractice Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Trial Lawyers Section, 1993 – 1997
District Representative, 9th Judicial District, NYSBA, Trial Lawyers Section, 1996 – 2004; 2010 – Present
Chair, Membership Committee of the NYSBA Trial Lawyers Section, 2007 – Present
District Leader, Westchester County Democratic Committee, 1996 – Present
Officer, NYSBA Trial Lawyers Section, (Treasurer, Secretary, Vice Chair and Chair) 2005 – 2009
Vice President, Northfield Neighborhood Association, Westchester, NY, 2005 – Present
Founding Member, Brooklyn Law School Democrats, 1989
Barrister, Kings County Inns of Court; 2003 – Present
Member, New York County Lawyers Association
Member, Brooklyn Bar Association
Member, New Rochelle Bar Association
Member, Orange County Bar Association
Member, Rockland County Bar Association