Ross Rothenberg, Esq., joined The Rothenberg Law Firm Accident and Injury Lawyers in 2001. Ross represents catastrophic injury victims and focuses his practice areas on Wrongful Death, Truck, Car, Bus & Motorcycle Accidents, Construction Accidents, Premises Liability and Traumatic Brain Injury cases. During his tenure with The Rothenberg Law Firm Accident and Injury Lawyers, Ross has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients and was featured in The New York Law Journal’s Top Verdicts and Settlements of 2008 and in The New Jersey Law Journal after obtaining the third highest Personal Injury Award in the State of New Jersey in 2010.
An AV-rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell, Ross has previously been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in both New York and New Jersey from 2013-2015, has been selected as a New York Super Lawyer since 2016, a New Jersey Super Lawyer, the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers and is a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
In addition to his successful legal career, Ross is a Board member and active participant in several charities and volunteers his time as a coach for youth travel baseball teams.
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Ross Rothenberg's professional background
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2001
- Yeshiva University, B.A., 1999
Bar Admissions
- State of New York
- State of New Jersey
- State of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey
Awards/Memberships
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- American Association for Justice
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
- New Jersey Association for Justice
- New York Super Lawyers 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023
- New York Super Lawyers Rising Star
- New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Star
- Top 100 Lawyer – The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 40 Under 40 – The National Trial Lawyers
Significant Cases
Mr. Rothenberg was featured in The New York Law Journal’s Top Verdicts and Settlements of 2008 after obtaining a $2,600,000 verdict on behalf of a pedestrian who suffered elbow injuries after he was struck while standing at a bus stop. Mr. Rothenberg was also featured in The New Jersey Law Journal after obtaining an $18.56 million dollar verdict, the third highest Personal Injury Award in the State of New Jersey in 2010, on behalf of his client (who received $5,558,481.64) and two other plaintiffs who were represented by co-counsel.
- $18.56 million verdict for a construction accident resulting in back and knee injuries
- $13.75 million in a wrongful death case
- $2.6 million verdict for a pedestrian who sustained elbow injuries after being struck by a car
- $1.5 million for the wrongful death of a pedestrian
- $1.5 million for a car accident resulting in head injuries
- $1 million for bicyclist struck by van
- $900,000 for an EMS worker who injured his leg while transporting a patient during a trip-and-fall accident
- $550,000 for an automobile accident resulting in a back injury
- $540,000 for a truck accident resulting in a leg injury
- $500,000 for a shoulder injury sustained by a pedestrian
- $500,000 for a photographer injured on the job
- $450,000 for a 92-year-old pedestrian in an accident
- $450,000 for a pedestrian accident