About Evan

Evan Goldberg is a respected and successful personal injury trial attorney in New York and past President of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He has represented thousands of accident victims and achieved numerous multi-million-dollar recoveries. He lectures to other attorneys, has authored numerous legal publications, and has given his expert legal commentary on network television and radio.

Mr. Goldberg handles many complicated accident cases including car accidents, slip/trip and falls, construction accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, defective machinery, landlord liability, lead paint poisoning, assault and wrongful death.

Some of his recent verdicts include the following:

  • $14.7 million jury verdict for child injured by obstetrical malpractice during childbirth
  • $4.1 million jury verdict for tenant assaulted in building due to improper security
  • $7 million jury verdict for worker who lost arm due to dangerous machinery
  • $2.5 million jury verdict for tenant who slipped in her kitchen injuring her wrist
  • $2.3 million jury verdict for patient prematurely discharged from hospital with a hip infection
  • $1.25 million jury verdict for driver of car struck by another car on the roadway
  • $1.5 million jury verdict for patient internally injured during appendectomy
  • $1.3 million jury verdict for child cognitively injured by lead poisoning in apartment building
  • $1.25 million jury verdict for construction laborer who fell off ladder
  • $1.2 million jury verdict for airport worker who stepped into hazardous equipment and fractured his knee


Evan Goldberg was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the State University in Albany, New York and received his Doctorate in Law from Brooklyn Law School. As a third-generation attorney, his grandfather having been a lawyer and his father a Supreme Court Justice, Mr. Goldberg has continued his family’s tradition of service during his exclusive representation of negligence victims over the past 30 years.

If you have been injured, there is no fee for a consultation with Mr. Goldberg. You will not be asked to pay in advance for any of the expenses or fees associated with the lawsuit. During the case, Mr. Goldberg will aggressively prosecute your claim to obtain maximum recovery for your pain, suffering, lost wages and economic loss. He will handle problems with medical bills, process insurance claims and arrange for immediate payment of wages, if available. In the event there is no recovery, there is no fee owed.

Leadership and Organizations:

  • Past President, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
  • Super Lawyer, National Rating Election For Legal Profession, selected annually, 2011-present
  • Chair, Legislative Committee of the New York State Bar Association
  • Past Chair, Trial Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar Association
  • Executive Committee member of New York State Bar Association
  • Task Force Member of NYSBA-Emergency Task force on COVID-19;
  • Special Committee/task force member, NYSBA: Rapid Response Group; Standards for Pleadings in Federal Litigation, New York State Bar Examination
  • Board Member, SOMOS New York-supporting NYS Hispanic Legislative Task Force
  • Member, Legislative Committee of the NYS Trial Lawyers Association
  • Past Chair of Deans, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
  • Fellow, New York Bar Foundation
  • Member, Committee on the Tort System, New York State Bar Association
  • Member, Judicial Screening Panels
  • Delegate, NYSBA House of Delegates
  • Past Chair, Medical Malpractice Committee and Membership Committee, NYSBA Trial Lawyers
  • District Representative, 9th Judicial District, NYSBA, Trial Lawyers Section
  • Advisor, Children’s Arts and Science Workshops, NYC
  • Past District Leader, Westchester County Democratic Committee
  • Barrister, Kings County Inns of Court
  • Member, New York County Lawyers Association
  • Member, Brooklyn Bar Association
  • Member, Orange County Bar Association
  • Member, Rockland County Bar Association

Teaching

  • Chair, Weekend With the Stars Seminar, American Association for Justice
  • Chair, Decisions Seminar, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
  • Chair, Premises Liability, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
  • Chair, Municipal & Transit Liability, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
  • Chair, A Practical and Comprehensive Review of Mass Tort Litigation, Trial Lawyers Section, Annual Meeting of the NYSBA
  • Chair, Boot Camp for the Civil Litigator; Ethics, Updates and Critical Issues, Trial Lawyers Section Program at the Annual Meeting of the NYSBA
  • Chair,, How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, NYSBA
  • Chair, Basic Civil Practice, The Trial, NYSBA
  • Chair, Technology and Demonstrative Evidence in the Courtroom, NYSBA
  • Speaker, Incivility, From Intake through Trial, Kings County Inns of Court
  • Speaker, Jury Selection Considerations, NYSTLA
  • Speaker, How to Try a Labor Law Case, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
  • Speaker, Decisions Seminar-Premises Liability-New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
  • Speaker, Decisions Seminar – Damages – New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
  • Panelist, New York City Bar Association; Roundtable Discussion For Rules Changes in Court
  • Speaker, Evaluating, Negotiating and Settling a Civil Lawsuit, New York State Bar Association
  • Speaker, Discovery & Trial Issues in Auto and Premises Cases – New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
  • Speaker, Distribution of Proceeds in Wrongful Death Cases, Kings County Inns of Court
  • Speaker, Summary Jury Trials, Kings Country Inns of Court Presentation
  • Speaker, An Evidentiary Review, Kings County Inns of Court Presentation
  • Speaker, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, Decisions Seminar
  • Speaker, D’Agostino – Greenberg Lecture in Law and Public Policy, City College of New York,
  • Speaker, Proving and Defending Damages at Trial, NYSBA
  • Speaker, Keeping Pace: A Guide for the Up to Date Litigator, NYSBA

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
  • Lincoln, Mandela & Gandhi walk into a Courtroom, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Products Liability, Decisional Law update; New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
  • Legal Malpractice, Decisional Law update; New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
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