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New York Personal Injury - Plaintiff Lawyer
Overview
Richard Godosky has long been recognized by his peers and clients alike as a talented and successful trial attorney. He has over 50 years of experience in personal injury, malpractice law, commercial litigation and mass tort law. Richard Godosky is a member of the exclusive International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a Director of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and a Past-President of the American Board of Trial Advocates...
More Richard Godosky has long been recognized by his peers and clients alike as a talented and successful trial attorney. He has over 50 years of experience in personal injury, malpractice law, commercial litigation and mass tort law. Richard Godosky is a member of the exclusive International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a Director of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and a Past-President of the American Board of Trial Advocates... Richard Godosky has long been recognized by his peers and clients alike as a talented and successful trial attorney. He has over 50 years of experience in personal injury, malpractice law, commercial litigation and mass tort law. Richard Godosky is a member of the exclusive International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a Director of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and a Past-President of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Trial Lawyers Association in 2002.Richard Godosky has received the "AV" rating * under Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system, and has been listed in every edition of "The Best Lawyers in America" since it was first published, over 20 years ago.
About Richard Godosky
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury - Plaintiff
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Products Liability Law
- Ethics & Professional Responsibility
- Litigation & Appeals
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1958
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1963
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1963
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2003
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Member)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, New York City Chapter, 1996 - 1997 (President)
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member)
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- Association of Trial Lawyers of the City of New York (Governor)
- Bronx County Bar Association (Member)
- Civil Court of the City of New York, 1997 - 2000 (Member, Housing Court Advisory Committee)
- Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York (Member)
- Jewish Lawyers Guild (Member)
- Nassau County Bar Association (Member)
- New York County Lawyer's Association (Member)
- New York State Bar Association, 1976 - 1981 (Member, Ethics Committee)
- New York State Trial Lawyer's Association (Director)
- Supreme Court Historical Society (Member)
- Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First and Second Departments, 1980 - 1986 (Committee Chair)
- Inns of Court, Kings County (Member)
- American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
Classes and Seminars
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Bronx County Bar Association
- Brooklyn Bar Association
- Brooklyn Law School
- Cardozo Law School
- Cornell Law School
- Emory Law School
- Harvard Law School
- Law Journal Seminars
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy
- New York County Lawyer's Association
- New York State Bar Association
- New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
- New York University School of Law
- Practicing Law Institute
- St. John's Law School
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, 1958
LL.B. - City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York, 1955
B.A.
Office Information
Address
100 Wall StreetSuite 1702 New York, NY 10005
Phone
Fax
- 212-742-9706
Websites
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Richard Godosky
Included on the 2023 New York Metro list
Past Lists
- 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New York — Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2009 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2008 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2007 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Honors
- New York City Trial Lawyers Association, Lifetime Achievement Award 2002
- "AV" rating * under Martindale-Hubbell
- "The Best Lawyers in America"
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