Howard S. Hershenhorn - New York, NY
Attorney at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf
Car Accidents Lawyers in New York, NY
80 Pine Street New York, NY 10005
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- 1 Super Lawyers®
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37
Years
Experience
New York Car Accidents Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Car Accidents
- Premises Liability
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Negligence
- Construction Accidents
- Product Liability
- Wrongful Death
- Sexual Abuse
Attorney Information
Overview
The youngest lawyer to be selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and New York Magazine's Best Lawyers in New York in the specialties of Personal Injury Litigation and Medical Malpractice, he has obtained some of the largest verdicts and settlements in New York and New Jersey. Howard Hershenhorn was also awarded the highest rating possible by his peers in the 2009 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings and he recently was recognized in the New York Times as being in the top 5% of all lawyers in the State by New York Super Lawyers.
His recent settlement of $26 million for the family of a well known Financial Analyst who was struck and killed by a truck when she was crossing Sixth Avenue in Manhatten is believed to be the largest in the State of New York for the wrongful death of one person and his multi million dollar April 2010 jury verdict in Nassau County was featured on the front cover of Newsday. His New York County jury verdict of $12.5 million in a wrongful death elevator negligence case and cash settlements of $16 million for a Brooklyn construction worker, and $10.75 million for a Manhattan nurse injured when the tires of a tractor trailer broke loose and struck her, along with recent medical malpractice settlements of $8.5 million and $6 million are all a testament to his abilities as a trial lawyer.
Howard Hershenhorn has represented victims of serious accidents and medical malpractice exclusively since 1996. Prior to joining the firm, he worked as a litigator in what is now one of the largest law firms in the world, DLA Piper, where he represented automobile manufacturers, bicycle manufacturers, pharmaceutical corporations, insurance companies, hospitals and doctors. As a result, he possesses a unique insight into how significant personal injury cases are defended and is able to leverage that knowledge for the benefit of his injured clients. He has been a prominent plaintiff's attorney from the very beginning, as his first trial as a plaintiff's attorney resulted in a $4.9 million dollar verdict. His legal skills and leadership in the field were unmistakable and he became a partner in 2000. He currently heads a team of lawyers, paralegals and support staff that handles cases from inception through trial.
Howard Hershenhorn's legal acumen has been recognized by the non-legal community as well as the legal community throughout the country. He has appeared on CNN, ABC News, CBS News, WPIX and has been interviewed and quoted by The New York Times, Daily News, Newsday and New York Post.
In May 2010 he was appointed as an Adjunct Professor at Brooklyn Law School teaching a seminar in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice to second and third year law students. He has also chaired, designed, and taught courses for the New York State Bar Association where he has been the Overall Planning Chair for the annual five-city Construction Site Accident Program. He is often requested to lecture national audiences for the American Bar Association and private Continuing Legal Education firms on the subjects of Automotive Products Liability, Premises Liability, Medical Malpractice and other topics. His numerous articles have been published by the New York Law Journal, the New York State Bar Journal and Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy.
He is a member of the Board of Directors, the Medical Malpractice Committee and the Construction Accident Committee of The New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and is on the Executive Board of the Trial Lawyers Section of The New York State Bar Association where he also serves as Chairman of the Construction Law Committee. Howard is also a director of the Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association. In 2010, he was reelected Trustee of the Village in which he resides, and also serves his community as the Park Commissioner and as an active basketball and baseball coach.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs in New York City by Best Lawyers, 2020
- Top 100 Lawyer in the New York Metropolitan Area
- The Best of the Best
- The Best Lawyers in America
- New York Magazine's Best Lawyers in New York
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating
Other Sources of Feedback About Howard S. Hershenhorn
Included on the 2026New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 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
- 2006 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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Brooklyn Law School,
Brooklyn,
New York, 1989
J.D.
Honors: Order of the Barrister
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Brooklyn Law School,
Brooklyn,
New York, 1989
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Non Legal Education
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State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1986
B.A.
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State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1986
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Past Positions
- DLA Piper, Litigator
Classes and Seminars
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Lecturer, 2011 Motor Vehicle Accident Litigation-The Road Less Travelled: Summary Judgment for The Plaintiff
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Lecturer, American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section-Emerging Issues In Premises Liability Litigation St. Petersburg Florida
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Overall Planning Chair, NYC Chair and Lecturer: "Construction Site Accidents", New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section
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Lecturer: "Emerging Issues In Premises Liability Litigation", American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
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Overall Planning Chair, NYC Chair and Lecturer: "Construction Site Accidents: The Trial of a Labor Law Case, New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section
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Panelist, "Litigation Strategies in Personal Injury Cases - Plaintiff's Point of View", Queens County Bar Association
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Overall Planning Chair, NYC Chair and Lecturer: "Auto Insurance: Uninsured, Underinsured and Accident Litigation", Lorman Education Services
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Lecturer and Panelist: "Sources of Evidence: All That You Leave Behind", Third Annual BNA Litigation Forum, "Electronic Discovery & Document Retention 2003", The Princeton Club
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Lecturer and Panelist with Arthur Miller: "Discovery & Depositions", New York Law Journal & The National Law Journal, Litigation Summit & Exposition
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NYC Local Chair and Lecturer: "How to Try Damages", New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section
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Lecturer and NYC Panelist: "Discovery: More Than Just a Boilerplate Demand", "Practical Skills: Basic Tort and Insurance Law Practice", New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section
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Lecturer and Panelist: "Practical Skills Basic Tort and Insurance Law Practice", New York State Bar Association
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Overall Planning Co-Chair and NYC Co-Chair: "Do or Die: The Vital Aspects of Your Case", New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section
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Co-Chair and Lecturer: "Sweating the Small Stuff: The Basics on Motions, Objections and Discovery", New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section
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Lecturer and Panelist: "What they continue to do Wrong: The Mistakes Repeatedly Made by Plaintiffs' and Defendants' Counsel", Emerging issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation, American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Scottsdale, Arizona
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Lecturer: "Preparing Plaintiff's Expert in the Post Kumho Era", "Products Liability Post-Kumbo Tire: Strategy and Practice" New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section
- Lecturer: "Products Liability", New York State Bar Association
Published Works
Articles
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Contributing Author with Anthony H. Gair: "Recalcitrant Worker and Sole Proximate Cause-The Current State of Labor Law Section 240", New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section Digest
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Contributing Author: "Construction Site Accidents: The Law and the Trial," New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section Digest
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Contributing Author: "Auto Insurance: Uninsured, Underinsured and Accident Litigation", Lorman Education Services
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Co-Author with Anthony Gair: "Presentation of Damages-The Law and the Trial", NYSBA
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Contributing Author: "Winning Trial Strategies for the Plaintiff", "How to Try Damages", New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section Digest
- Contributing Author: "Discovery: More Than Just a Boilerplate Demand", "Practical Skills: Basic Tort and Insurance Law Practice", New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section Digest
- Co-Author with Anthony Gair: "Combat Culpable Conduct Defense By The Defendant's Design Engineer", Leader's Product Liability Law & Strategy
- Co-Author with Anthony H. Gair: "Preparing Plaintiff's Expert in the Post Kumho Era", "Products Liability Post-Kumho Tire: Strategy and Practice" New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section Digest
- Author: "Pointers for Practitioners Picking Potential Fen-Phen Plaintiffs", Fen-Phen Litigation Strategist
- Author: "Picking Fen-Phen Plaintiffs", Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy
- Author: "Fen-Phen: Discovery from the Manufacture and Evaluation of the Potential Plaintiff's Case", "Fen-Phen: Medical Aspects & Potential Liability", Law Journal Seminars-Press
- Co-Author with Robert Conason: "Pending National Tobacco Settlement: A Smoke Screen?", New York Law Journal
- Book Chapter Co-Author with Loren H. Brown: "Motions in Limine in New York Products Liability Litigation", Products Liability in New York, New York State Bar Association
- Co-Author with Anthony Gair: "New Frontier In Products Liability", New York Law Journal
- Author: Recent Trends in Products Liability: A Review of the Significant 1995 Decisions", NYSBA TICL Law Section Journal
- Author: Recent Trends in Products Liability: A Review of the Most Recent Decisions", NYSBA TICL Law Journal
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1989
- New Jersey, 1989
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1989
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1990
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1992
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1992
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1994
- District of Columbia, 1991
Other Affiliations
- New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section (Member)
- New York State Bar Association, Construction Law Committee (Chair)
- New York State Bar Association, Executive Committee of the Trial Lawyers Section (Member)
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors (Member)
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Malpractice Committee and Construction Law Committee (Member)
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
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