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Biographical Information

Marc J. Rothenberg, Esq., joined The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP in 1997. Marc litigates significant personal injury & wrongful death cases involving injured plaintiffs in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania – including, but not limited to, Truck, Car, Bus, Commercial Vehicle & Motorcycle Accidents, SUV Rollovers, Automobile Products Liability, Construction Accidents, Premises Liability, Inadequate Security and Traumatic Brain Injury cases. Mr. Rothenberg has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts, settlements and awards for his catastrophically injured clients. Marc achieved the 3rd highest settlement in New York State as published in The New York Law Journal in 2013 and featured in New York Magazine in 2014. Marc was selected to the prestigious Super Lawyers in 2011, 2013 & 2014, and The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers in 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015. Marc is also lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a Board member and active participant in several charities, and a frequent lecturer on school campuses.

Admission Dates & Jurisdictions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania Bar
  • District of Columbia Bar
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court of New Jersey

Honors & Awards

 

The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers

The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers

The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers

The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers

Super Lawyers – New York Rising Stars

New York Super Lawyers

New York Super Lawyers

#3 NY State Personal Injury Settlement , New York Law Journal, 2013

NY’s Top 30 Verdicts & Settlements , New York Magazine 2

Lifetime Member of Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Professional Associations

  • National Trial Lawyers Association, 2012 – Present
  • Member, Attorneys Information Exchange Group
  • Member, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
  • Member, American Association for Justice
  • Member, New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • Brain Injury Litigation Network
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • Pennsylvania Bar
  • District of Columbia Bar
  • New Jersey Bar
  • New York Bar

Verdicts & Settlements

Mr. Rothenberg has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts, settlements and awards for his catastrophically injured clients, including the following:

$11.5 million for traumatic brain injury suffered in construction accident;
$10 million for complex products liability case against major auto manufacturers;
$8.6 million award for psychiatric injuries against major auto manufacturer in SUV rollover;
$6.5 million verdict against major auto manufacturer in SUV rollover roof crush wrongful death case;
$5 million for complex products liability case against major auto manufacturer;
$3.5 million for spinal injuries in trucking accident;
$3 million for back injury suffered in construction accident;
$2.25 million for back injuries in construction accident;
$1.5 million for facial fractures in bus accident;
$1.4 million for wrongful death case against major automobile manufacturer;
$1.3 million for hand injuries in motor vehicle accident;
$1.18 million for injuries in trip and fall case;
$1.12 million for pedestrian struck by bicyclist;
$1 million for pedestrian struck by car of underinsured motorist.
$925,000 for head injury at a construction site;
$898,000 for head injury in auto accident;
$800,000 for pelvic injuries to 72 year-old struck by a bus;
$775,000 for ankle injury for failure to properly secure patient in wheelchair;
$750,000 for leg fracture for pedestrian struck by SUV;
$690,000 for pelvic injury from trip & fall accident;
$510,000 for pelvic injury to 80 year-old from fall in a museum;
$500,000 verdict for wrist injury as a result of slip & fall at a bar;
$500,000 verdict for shoulder injury in auto accident;
$500,000 for ankle injury in fall due to icy conditions

Representative Cases

Alpirez v. WBB Construction, Inc., et al

Practice Area: Brain Injury

Date: Oct 18, 2012

Outcome: $11,500,000 Settlement

Description: 2012 Jury Verdicts LEXIS 17766 (S.Ct, NY Cty, 2012)

 

Auto Crash Confidential Settlement

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: $10,000,000 Settlement

Description: Settlement in complex products liability case against major auto manufacturer

 

Automobile Crash Confidential

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: $5,000,0000 Settlement

Description: Settlement in complex products liability case against major auto manufacturer

 

Brown v. Interstate Concrete Co., et al

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: $3,500,000

Description: 2010 Jury Verdicts LEXIS 41171 (S.Ct, Kings Cty, 2010)

 

Gomez v. Leewood Bridgeview Construction Corp., et al

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: $3,000,000

Description: 2007 Jury Verdicts LEXIS 40046 (S.Ct, Bronx Cty, 2007)

 

Cordeiro v. T.S. Midtown Holdings, LLC

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: $2,225,000

Description: 2012 Jury Verdicts LEXIS 18061 (S.Ct, NY Cty, 2012)

 

Griffiths v. St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: $1,000,000

Description: 2007 Jury Verdicts LEXIS 42048 (2007)

 

Mermelstein v. Abel Bus, Inc.,

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: $1,500,000

Description: 2010 Jury Verdicts LEXIS 43546 (S.Ct, Kings Cty, 2010)

 

Siegel v. New Monsey Square Trails Corp.

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: $800,000

Description: 2007 Jury Verdicts LEXIS 40795 (S.Ct, Kings Cty, 2007)

 

Wilson v. Galicia Contracting & Restoration Corp., et al

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: Verdict Affirmed by NY Court of Appeals

Description: 10 N.Y.3d 827 (NY Court of Appeals, 2009)