About Gary Silverstein

Gary A. Silverstein has been a Partner at Rosenberg, Minc, Falkoff & Wolff since 2001, having joined the firm as an associate in 1989. He graduated with a B.S. from SUNY Oneonta in 1983 and earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1988. Over roughly 35 years at the firm, he has handled complex tort cases and recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for victims of medical malpractice, construction accidents, automobile accidents, defective products, and negligently maintained premises. A sampling of jury verdicts includes: $3.2 million against a prominent Manhattan eye surgeon; $2.4 million on behalf of a Kings County construction worker; $1.6 million for a Brooklyn grandmother in a medical malpractice action; and $1.1 million for two men assaulted at a residential apartment complex. He has also settled hundreds of millions of dollars in claims for clients injured by slip and falls, construction accidents, and traumatic brain injuries.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Rosenberg, Minc, Falkoff & Wolff

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$4.7 millionVerdict

A Bronx jury awarded motorcycle passenger Jose Cabrera $5.1 million after a New York City Transit Authority bus driver merged into his lane and forced the bike into a concrete pillar; the First Department affirmed the liability verdict and pain-and-suffering awards while reducing future medical expenses, bringing the final judgment to $4.7 million.

Supreme Court, Bronx County (aff'd 1st Dept. 2019) · 2018Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →
$775,000Verdict

Howard Menifield, 44, tripped in a hole in the paved courtyard of his Bronx apartment building in May 2011 and fractured and dislocated his right ankle. After a three-week trial in March 2018, a Bronx jury found the building's owners liable and assessed damages at $2,375,000. A high/low agreement made before the verdict set the recovery at $775,000, which Menifield received.

Bronx County Supreme Court, New York · 2018Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of Miami School of Law
J.D., 1988
State University of New York College at Oneonta
Undergraduate, 1983

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York

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$34 million · Jury Awards $34 Million After Prempro Hormone Therapy Causes Breast Cancer and Double Mastectomy

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