Brian L. Strauss, Esq., is an AV Preeminent rated attorney honored in the publication “Best Lawyers of America” who has extensive litigation and jury trial experience, representing clients in complex, multi-million dollar lawsuits involving nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, motor vehicle negligence, product liability and premises liability matters. Brian joined The Rothenberg Law Firm Accident and Injury Lawyers with over 30 years of trial experience and over a decade of litigation and jury trial expertise in obtaining successful results for people who suffered injuries due to nursing home neglect and abuse. He was lead trial attorney in the seminal case confirming corporate negligence and punitive damages in nursing home cases in Pennsylvania. Prior to joining The Rothenberg Law Firm Accident and Injury Lawyers, Brian worked as a trial attorney in several different venues including the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office where he served in the Homicide Unit, the Fraternal Order of Police for members’ civil and criminal matters, and law firms litigating serious personal injury cases.
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Brian Strauss' professional background
Education
- Loyola Law School, J.D., 1977
- Temple University, B.A., 1974
Bar Admissions
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- State of New Jersey
- State of New York
- State of West Virginia
- United States District Court, Eastern & Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court of New Jersey
- United States Northern District Court of West Virginia
Awards/Memberships
- AV Preeminent in “Best Lawyers of America” publication
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 10 Nursing Home Trial Lawyers
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- American Association of Justice
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice
- New Jersey Association for Justice
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- New Jersey Bar Association
Significant Verdicts and Settlements
- Brian’s notable verdicts, settlements and awards for his injured clients includes the following:
- $504,000 for herniated lumbar discs requiring discectomy surgery in a slip and fall on ice (New Jersey)
- $500,000 for foot and fibula fractures requiring surgery and 2nd surgery to remove hardware in a fall from work apparatus (New Jersey)
- $850,00 for head injury resulting in death in a slip and fall on ice (New Jersey)
- $465,000 for pressure ulcer wound resulting in death in a nursing home (New Jersey)
- $1,000,000 for femur fracture requiring surgery in motor vehicle crash (Pennsylvania)
- $2,585,000 for pressure ulcer wound resulting in death in elder care setting (Pennsylvania)
- $1,000,000 for fracture of left hip in a fall resulting in death in nursing home (Pennsylvania)
- $775,000 for head injury in a fall resulting in death in nursing home (New Jersey)
- $750,000 for minor suffering femur fracture and surgery in fall at school (New Jersey)
- $800,000 for head injury in a fall resulting in death in nursing home (New Jersey)
- $550,000 for improper medication resulting in death in elder care setting (Pennsylvania)
- $700,000 for rib, shoulder, hand fractures requiring surgery in motor vehicle crash (New Jersey)
- $575,000 for ankle fracture and surgery in slip and fall at retail store (New Jersey)
- $400,000 for pressure ulcer wound resulting in death in nursing home (Pennsylvania)
- $450,000 for herniated cervical discs and surgery in slip and fall (New Jersey)
- $1,000,000 for head injury in motor vehicle crash (Pennsylvania)
- $500,000 for head injury resulting in death in a nursing home (Pennsylvania)
- $925,000 for cervical herniated discs and fusion surgery in motor vehicle crash (Pennsylvania)
- $400,000 for rib fractures with no surgery in motor vehicle crash (New Jersey)