Michael Alan Fruhling
Gersowitz Libo & Korek, P.C. 111 Broadway Suite 1204 New York, NY 10006-3930 Practice Area(s): Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice call (212) 385-4410 fax (212) 385-4417 email MFruhling@glklaw.com visit website
Biographical Information
Michael A. Fruhling specializes in a wide variety of personal injury cases, especially medical malpractice cases in New York and New Jersey including Cerebral Palsy, Erb’s Palsy and other birth injuries. Michael also represents victims of surgical errors and misdiagnosis. He joined Gersowitz, Libo and Korek, P.C. in 1991 and became partner in 1999.
Michael sits on the Board of Governors for the New Jersey Association for Justice. In this role, he has fought to strengthen the laws to help consumers, as well as the victims of medical malpractice and personal injury in New Jersey.
Additional memberships include:
- AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Association of the Bar of New York City
- New York County Lawyers Association
- American Association for Justice
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- Awarded with a Superb 10.0 out of 10.0 rating by Avvo
Michael has been published in the New York Law Journal and has been recognized in numerous publications, including New York Magazine for his work in medical malpractice.
He has been admitted to the Bar in all Courts of the State of New York and New Jersey, as well as the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of the Federal Court of New York and the Western District of the Federal Court of New Jersey.
Education
- BA – Brandeis University
- Captain: Brandeis University Lacrosse
- JD – Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Honors & Awards
- AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Awarded with a Superb 10.0 out of 10.0 rating by Avvo
- Recognized in both Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers for his successes as a personal injury and medical malpractice attorney in New York.
Representative Cases
- Represented the family of Isel Pineda in their wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit against Oleg Davie, M.D.
- Represented the family of Michael King who died following donating a kidney to his wife at SUNY Downstate.
- Represented the family of Brendan Jordan, who died when an unsecured fold-down bench struck and killed him during an indoor recreational soccer practice.