About Ronald Gluck

Ronald E. Gluck is a founder and principal of Breakstone, White & Gluck. He has been practicing law in Boston for over 35 years and has obtained multi-million dollar awards for individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries from acts of negligence. Ron represents clients in wrongful death cases, car accidents, trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and bicycle accidents. He also handles cases involving medical device failures, transportation disasters, burn injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and medical malpractice. He represented victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, has lectured on trial tactics and trial skills for other attorneys in Massachusetts, and has served as an expert witness on behalf of the United States Justice Department.

Mr. Gluck has been consistently awarded the Massachusetts Super Lawyer distinction in personal injury from 2005 through 2022. He holds an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell and a 10.0 Superb rating on Avvo. He is a Fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, a member of the American Association for Justice, and serves on the Board of Governors of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. He is a cum laude graduate of Boston College.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Breakstone, White & Gluck

These results are credited to Breakstone, White & Gluck. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Middlesex Superior Court jury awarded $56 million on July 22, 2026 to Malcolm Carnwath, a 78-year-old retired realtor from Newburyport, Massachusetts. An Amazon delivery driver fell asleep and crossed the center line in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Nov. 16, 2024, causing a head-on crash. Mr. Carnwath suffered a cardiac arrest, multiple strokes with permanent brain injury, and a below-knee amputation of his left leg. Amazon accepted liability days before the two-day damages trial.

Middlesex Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2026Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$7.5 millionSettlement

Marc Breakstone secured a $7.5 million wrongful death settlement for the family of William 'Billy' Nichols, a 46-year-old electrician killed in a July 2010 propane explosion at a Norfolk condominium construction site, after proving that a propane distributor's deliberate under-filling of a new tank caused the safety odorant to dissipate, leaving a deadly gas leak completely undetectable.

Suffolk Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2012Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$1.5 millionVerdict

A Middlesex Superior Court jury found American Medical Response of Massachusetts negligent in May 2015 after EMTs let a stretcher tip over at a Plymouth dialysis pickup in January 2009. Barbara Grimes, 67, struck her head, suffered a brain hemorrhage and died days later. The jury awarded $1,425,000 for her conscious pain and suffering and $75,000 in wrongful death damages to her three next of kin.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2015Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law
J.D., 1980
Boston College
Undergraduate, 1977

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Boston firms

Lubin & Meyer
Lubin & Meyer
$40 Million Verdict for Family of Boy Left with Cerebral Palsy After Five-Hour Delivery Delay
Swartz & Swartz
Swartz & Swartz
$18.4 million · Federal Jury Awards $18.4 Million After Lahey Clinic Doctors Cancel HIV Test, Allowing AIDS to Develop
Sugarman & Sugarman
Sugarman & Sugarman
$30.55 Million Verdict After Traveling Nurse Failed to Monitor Fetal Heart Rate at MGH
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
$450 million sought · $450 Million Wrongful Death Suit: Eversource Ignored Gas Leak for Three Years Before Fatal Maynard Explosion
Thornton Law Firm
Thornton Law Firm
$42.6 million · Massachusetts Jury Returns $42.6 Million Verdict Against J&J in Baby Powder Mesothelioma Case

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.