About David Hoffman

David Hoffman is a Partner at Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP, specializing in personal injury litigation with expertise in construction and labor law, motor vehicle accidents, and premises liability.

Hoffman earned his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School and his Bachelor of Arts from SUNY Binghamton. He is admitted to the State Bars of New York and New Jersey, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

With over 32 years of experience, Hoffman joined WRSMH as a trial attorney in 2016 after 18 years as a partner at another prominent personal injury firm. He has been selected to Super Lawyers (2019-2022) and chairs the NYC Bar Association's Tort Litigation Committee. His notable verdicts include $10 million for a worker injured by falling debris and $6.5 million for a carpenter injured in a jobsite fall (2019).

Practice areas

Education

Binghamton University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York
State Bar of New Jersey
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Jewish Lawyer's Guild
NYC Bar Association - Tort Litigation Committee (Chairman)

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (2019-2022)
Top 10 Settlements for 2019
Top 50 Settlements for 2018

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other New York firms

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
Rosenbaum Personal Injury Lawyers
Rosenbaum Personal Injury Lawyers
$14.1 million · $14.1 Million Jury Verdict for New York Pedestrian With Traumatic Brain Injury
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