David B. Golomb Esq.

Past President of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, David B. Golomb has been in practice for 39 years, for the past 27 as principal of the Law Offices of David B. Golomb in Manhattan, concentrating on complex negligence matters, including death and catastrophic injuries from medical and professional malpractice, construction incidents, highway design, automobile incidents, product liability and on behalf of sexual abuse victims and disability insurance claimants. He has been named a New York Super Lawyer every year since the program started, and for the past two years has been named one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in New York. He has secured more than three dozen million-dollar verdicts and settlements, including a recent verdict of $50.5 million on behalf of a 29-year-old scaffold worker left paralyzed from the waist down after a fall; the then highest individual personal injury pre-trial settlement ever against the City of New York ($9,500,000), for a 35-year-old hotel executive left paraplegic because of a defective highway bridge; the highest verdict ever in New York State ($20,000,000) for a victim in a flammable fabric product liability case; two of the highest recoveries ever for Brachial Plexus (Erb’s Palsy) birth-malpractice-related injuries; a recent settlement on behalf of an injured construction worker for $8,000,000; a recent settlement in Albany for $6,000,000 for a toddler left with impaired bladder and bowel function as a result of malpractice; and many others. He was one of the original founders and a member of the Board of Directors of Trial Lawyers Care, the non-profit corporation established by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) and NYSTLA to provide free attorney representation throughout the country to all victims of September 11. He served six terms on the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA) and three terms as a member of its Executive Committee. Before entering civil litigation, he was a public defender in Manhattan with the Legal Aid Society’s Criminal Defense Division; a Special Assistant Attorney General prosecuting nursing home and Medicaid fraud; and an assistant to Nicholas Scoppetta in the Office of the N.Y.C. Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice. He lectures extensively and frequently to lawyers and judges, in New York and nationally, on medical malpractice issues, construction litigation, trial strategy, modern techniques of demonstrative evidence and deposition practice.  He has sat on NYSTLA’s Executive Committee for 21 years, and is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Inns of Court; American Board of Trial Advocates; N.Y.S. Bar Association; and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.

New York 1975

Supreme Court of the United States of America 1979

United States Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 1979

U.S. District Court, Southern District of N.Y. 1976

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of N.Y. 1978

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin 2014

B.A.: Cornell University 1970

J.D.: St. John;s University School of Law

Principal, Law Offices of David B. Golomb 1987-to date

Member, Rheingold & Golomb, P.C. 1983-1987

Trial Attorney, Fuchsberg & Fuchsberg 1980-1983

N.Y.S. Special Assistant Attorney General,  N.Y.S. Office of the Deputy Attorney General for Medicaid Fraud Control 1978-1980

Deputy Assistant Criminal Justice Coordinator, Office of Hon. Nicholas Scoppetta, N.Y.C. Deputy Mayor for   Criminal Justice 1977-1978

Trial Attorney, The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, New York, NY

Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

Trial Lawyer of the Year, U.J.A. 2004

AV rating, Martindale-Hubbell 1984-to date

N.Y.S. Trial Lawyers Association

American Justice Association (formerly, Association of Trial Lawyers of America)

Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Public Justice Foundation

“The Largest Pro Bono Effort in History” http://www.superlawyers.com/new-york-metro/article/The-Largest-Pro-Bono-Effort-in-History/fec81fa8-61ae-44e0-9bf5-459b905b385a.html

Hernandez v. Lamar, et al., Suffolk County, Index No.: 16533/2011, $2,100,000 settlement for bicyclist hit by pickup truck (December 2014)

Marsh v. Anonymous Hospital Center, Supreme Court, Albany County, Index No.: 1713/2010, $6,000,000 settlement for toddler injured by malpractice (October 2013)

Savillo v. Greenpoint Landing v. All Safe Contracting, Supreme Court, N.Y. County, Index No.: 114418/2007, $50,591,036 verdict for scaffold worker paralyzed and brain-injured in fall from a height [December 2010]

Klingner v. Mashioff, Supreme Court, Queens County, Index No.: 015776/05, $1,950,000 settlement for death of 64-year-old man after kidney stone removal [November 2008]

Nunez v. Levy, Supreme Court, N.Y. County, Index No.: 114538/2003, $10,000,000 verdict for demolition laborer whose leg was crushed and later amputated; [March 2007]

Malloy v. Stellar Management, Supreme Court, New York County, Index No.: 109054/05, $3,300,000 verdict for elevator mechanic who suffered disabling back injuries as a result of an on-the-job incident [February 2008]

Tipaldo v. The City of New York, Supreme Court, Kings County, Index No.: 4209/2001, Highest personal injury pre-trial settlement ever against the City of New York, $9,500,000 on behalf of 35 year-old hotel executive left paraplegic from motor vehicle collision caused by highway design defect [March 2006]

Cantrell v. New York University, 326 F.Supp 2d 468 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) $4,000,000 settlement in federal False Claims Act qui tam action, established precedent that each invoice, grant application, progress report and financial report may support a claim under the False Claims Act

Weigl v. Quincy Specialties Co., 1 A.D.3d 132, 766 N.Y.S.2d 428 (1st Dept. 11/6/03) Unanimous affirmance of post-trial judgment in the principal amount of $7,992,084, highest judgment in New York State history in a flammable fabrics action or for burn injuries

Weigl v. Quincy Specialties Co., 190 Misc.2d 1, 735 N.Y.S.2d 729 (Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cnty, Marcy Friedman, J., 2001) Post-trial decision in product liability action resulting in $20,000,000 jury verdict in favor of burn victim, highest verdict in New York State history for a flammable fabrics action or for burn injuries

Deodato v. Sklar, Supreme Court, N.Y. County Index No.: 106456/1993, $4,500,000 settlement after two weeks of malpractice trial for 12-year-old boy whose benign brain tumor was not timely diagnosed (November 1997)

Klos v. N.Y.C. Transit Authority, 240 A.D.2d 635, 659 N.Y.S.2d 97 (2nd Dept. 1997) Wrongful death construction-site action, $4,500,000 verdict;

Campbell v. Fine, Olin & Anderson, P.C., 168 Misc.2d 305, 642 N.Y.S.2d 819 (Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cnty., David Saxe, J., 1996) $1,000,000 recovery in legal malpractice action where workers’ compensation attorney failed to advise client of all possible claims.