About Nicholas Gerson

Nicholas I. Gerson is a Partner at Gerson & Schwartz, P.A. in Miami, Florida. He is a second-generation trial lawyer dedicated exclusively to representing victims and their families in serious injury and wrongful death claims.

His practice focuses on auto, truck, and motor vehicle accidents, cruise ship and maritime injuries, negligent security, premises liability, crime victims, and other complex personal injury litigation.

He earned his Juris Doctorate from St. Thomas University School of Law and served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Henry H. Harnage in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.

He was admitted to practice in 2005 and is admitted to the Florida Bar.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Gerson and Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Gerson and Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

~$24.8 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2002 · #4

A Miami jury awarded $37.5 million in gross compensatory damages to John Lukacs, a 76-year-old attorney who developed bladder and oral cancer after three decades of heavy smoking. The trial court later entered a reduced judgment of about $24.8 million, which the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court (11th Judicial Circuit); affirmed 3rd DCA 2010 · 2002Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$3 millionVerdict

A Miami-Dade jury awarded $5 million in January 2023 to the family of Robert Hoffman, who died of lung cancer at 46 after smoking Marlboro cigarettes as a teenager and quitting before age 30, with Philip Morris held 60 percent at fault.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court (11th Judicial Circuit, Dade County) · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$2.18 millionVerdict

A Lee County jury awarded $2,180,044 to John Kenneth Anderson after The Bottom Line nightclub in Fort Myers served alcohol to a 19-year-old patron who then attacked Anderson in the parking lot, causing a traumatic brain injury with permanent memory loss and partial hearing loss.

Lee County, Florida · 2018Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

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

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Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida, admitted 2005

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$95 Million Verdict After Drunk Driver Overserved at Miami Bar Killed a Woman and Injured Her Brother
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$1.02 billion · Champlain Towers Collapse: $1.021 Billion for 98 Victims in Under a Year
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$56 million · Billion-Dollar Tobacco Verdict Upheld at $56 Million After SJC Review
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$43 Million Broward Verdict for Couple Left in Comas by Drunk Driver
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$3 Million Verdict for Handyman Who Lost Use of Dominant Hand After Tripping Over Hidden Wire Mesh

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