I was born in the Bronx and grew up in Queens. I graduated from Great Neck North Sr. High School.
I began working at a firm whose practice was limited to medical malpractice cases when I was still in Law School and remained there for many years, managing files from intake to resolution. I gained trial experience there, initially by “second seating” the partners and trying cases myself.
I owned my own firm for 16 years after that.
In 2009 I joined another firm known for medical malpractice and was a senior trial attorney there, taking 20 cases to trial in just four years. I have taken verdicts on a minimum of 70 cases as of this writing, and have obtained numerous multimillion dollar verdicts on cases which had been marked as “no pay” by defense representatives.
In 2013 I left the firm to become trial counsel to the legal profession in significant medical malpractice and personal injury matters. I have already appeared in that time as trial counsel to a dozen different law firms including several whose partners are past presidents of the New York State Trial Lawyer’s Assoiation.
I am currently a member of the Judicial Screening Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. I spent 19 years as a volunteer attorney advisor to the Mock Trial Team from the High School in my home town of Port Washington.
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- LicenseLicensed in New York
State: New York
Acquired: 1981
Currently Registered - Honors2017 - Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers2016 - Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers2016 - Lifetime Achievement, America's Top 100 Attorneys2015 - Listed, Best Lawyers in America2015 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2014 - Listed, Best Lawyers in America2014 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2013 - Listed, Best Lawyers in America2013 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2012 - Listed, Best Lawyers in America2012 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2011 - Listed, Best Lawyers in America2011 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2010 - Listed, Best Lawyers in America2010 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2009 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2009 - Listed, Best Lawyers in America2008 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2008 - Listed, Best Lawyers in America2007 - Listed, Best Lawyers in America2007 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2006 - Listed, Best Lawyers in America2006 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2005 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2004 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2003 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2002 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2001 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell2000 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell1999 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell1998 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell1997 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell1996 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell1995 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell1994 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell1993 - Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-HubbellN/A - Pre, Martindale-Hubbell
- Work Experience2013 - Present Trial Counsel, David S. Pollack2009 - 2013 Senior Trial Attorney, Duffy & Duffy, PC1992 - 2008 Owner, David S. Pollack, P.C.1981 - 1992 Attorney, Pegalis & Wachsman, PC
- Sample of Legal CasesSalzano v. Ritter -
PLAINTIFF'S VERDICT $1.3 MILLIONStrider v. Lajam -
PLAINTIFF'S VERDICT $2.3 MILLIONPunturieri v. Winthrop University Hospital -
PLAINTIFF'S VERDICT $1.5 MILLIONMcPherson v. Wayne Center for Nursing -
PLAINTIFF'S VERDICT $1 MILLIONRose v. Conte -
PLAINTIFF'S VERDICT $880,000..00 - Associations2012 - Present
Top 100 Trial Lawyers - Member1981 - Present
Nassau County Bar Association - Member1981 - Present
American Association for Justice - Member1981 - Present
New York State Trial Lawyers Association - MemberNew York State Bar Association - MemberNassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association - MemberNew York State Trial Lawyer's Academy - MemberSuffolk County Bar Association - MemberBrooklyn Women's Bar Association - Member - Education1980 - New York Law School - JD - Juris Doctor1976 - Boston University - BA - Bachelor of Arts
- Speaking Engagements2015 - Civil Cross Examination - Advanced Trial Practice - Professor Lenore Kramer2011 - Electronic Evidence In the Courtroom - Trial Lawer's Section Summer Meeting
- Publications2017 - Medical Malpractice In New York 4th Ed. Robert Devine, Editor
Cross Examination of Defendant's Expert2013 - Lawyer's Guide to Medical Proof
Putting Defense Witness to Work for the Plaintiff: Testimony of Obstetrical Expert in Case Involving Avoidable Premature Birth2009 - Medical Malpractice in New York Third Edition, Robert Devine, Ed.
War Stories: The Oral Tradition of the Trial Bar1999 - Trial Lawyers Quarterly
A Pocket Manual for Putting Things in Evidence - LanguagesEnglish - Native / Fluent
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