About Brian Strauss

Brian L. Strauss, Esq. is an AV Preeminent-rated trial attorney with over 30 years of litigation experience at The Rothenberg Law Firm. He specializes in nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, motor vehicle negligence, product liability, and premises liability matters. He was lead trial attorney in a seminal Pennsylvania case confirming corporate negligence and punitive damages in nursing home cases. Prior roles include trial attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Homicide Unit and civil counsel for the Fraternal Order of Police.

Practice areas

Education

Loyola Law School
J.D., 1977
Temple University
Undergraduate, 1974

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Pennsylvania
State Bar of New Jersey
State Bar of New York
State Bar of West Virginia
State Bar of U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
State Bar of U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
State Bar of U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
State Bar of U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia
American Association for Justice
Pennsylvania Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association

Awards & recognition

AV Preeminent (Martindale-Hubbell)
Best Lawyers of America
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
National Trial Lawyers Top 10 Nursing Home Trial Lawyers
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other New York firms

Levy Konigsberg LLP
Levy Konigsberg LLP
$325 million verdict ($25 million compensatory plus $300 million punitive; reduced to $120 million by the trial court in November 2020; reversed and judgment entered for Johnson & Johnson in July 2022) · $325 Million Talc Mesothelioma Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson, Cut to $120 Million and Then Reversed on Causation
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf
$272.5 million · $272.5 Million for the Victims of the Tribeca Crane Collapse
Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
$172 million · $172 Million Bronx Verdict After EMTs Arrived Without Oxygen or Defibrillator and Told Family to Wait
Weitz & Luxenberg
Weitz & Luxenberg
$10.9 billion · Weitz and Luxenberg Helps Win $10.9 Billion Roundup Settlement for 125,000 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Claimants
The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.
The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.
$9.9 million · Union Laborer's Ten-Foot Fall From a Rolling Scaffold Settles for $9.9 Million