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).

Proven verdicts and settlements at Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP

These results are credited to Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$10.7 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2008 · #16

A Queens County jury awarded $10.7 million to Candida Diego after finding that New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens failed to timely perform a CT scan on a woman who arrived with a skull fracture, allowing a brain herniation to progress until she lapsed into a coma.

Queens County Supreme Court, New York · 2008Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$4.25 millionVerdict

A teenager vacationing in Hawaii developed steroid-induced paralysis after her lupus was treated with high-dose IV pulse therapy; Philip Russotti obtained a $4.25 million retrial verdict after the original $6.15 million award was vacated on appeal.

Circuit Court, First Circuit, Honolulu, Hawaii · 2013Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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

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

Weitz & Luxenberg
Weitz & Luxenberg
$10.9 billion · Weitz and Luxenberg Helps Win $10.9 Billion Roundup Settlement for 125,000 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Claimants
Levy Konigsberg LLP
Levy Konigsberg LLP
$43.1 Million Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds for Brake Mechanic's Lung Cancer From Menthol and Asbestos
Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
$265 million · The Amtrak 188 Derailment and the $265 Million Fund for Its Victims
Jacoby & Meyers, LLP
Jacoby & Meyers, LLP
$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.