Andrew S. Garson
T: 212-742-8700
F: 212-742-1471
E: garson@nygdc.com
Andrew S. Garson, a founding member and senior partner of the firm, has specialized in litigation and trial practice since he began his career as a prosecutor in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office in 1978. For the past 25 years, he has practiced primarily as lead defense attorney in hundreds of complex medical malpractice trials, many involving catastrophic injury. He is a certified specialist in civil trial advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Garson has been selected for inclusion in the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, recognized for his expertise in medical malpractice litigation. Lawyers are chosen for inclusion based solely on a vote of their peers. He has also been selected to appear in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions of Super Lawyers in New York, a comprehensive guide to outstanding attorneys in specific practice areas, based upon a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Additionally, one of his recent jury trials has been selected for inclusion in the Top Defense Verdicts of 2006, published by Verdict Search of American Lawyer Media. This case involved a claim that the defendant pediatrician failed to recognize and treat in a timely way. The case centered on an infant who, over a span of nine years, experienced progressive deterioration in neurologic function due to an impaired spinal cord, which in turn led to permanent leg paralysis, bladder and bowel incontinence, and a lack of erectile and reproductive function.
Mr. Garson has been invited to lecture before a number of national and regional professional organizations on various aspects of litigation and trial practice. These have included the ATLA National College of Trial Advocacy, The National Institute of Trial Advocacy, the American Inns of Court, National Medical Malpractice ExecuSummit Insurance Conference, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, New York State Bar Association, Law Journal Seminars Press, the Society of Medical Jurisprudence, and various health care facilities and risk management seminars. Topics of these lectures have included: “Breast Cancer Symposium: The New Defense-Screening Mammography Does Not Save Lives;” “The Defense Use of Pathology in Breast Cancer Litigation;” “Trial Secrets-Preparation of the Defense in a Medical Malpractice Trial;” “Avoiding Catastrophe in the Emergency Department;” “Secrets of Jury Selection;” “Frye-Daubert Motions and Expert Witness Testimony;” “AIDS Liability;” “Failure to Diagnose-The Trial of a Breast Cancer Case;” “Litigation Skills Workshop: Taking & Defending Depositions;” “Effective Trial Advocacy for Attorneys;” “Breast Cancer: Case Studies;” “The Medical Malpractice Trial;” “Defense Strategies for the Physician in the Courtroom;” “Mock Trial of a Wrongful Death Case;” “Killer Trial Techniques-The Defense Perspective;” and “Mitigating Damages in Catastrophic Injury Cases.” Mr. Garson has also served on the editorial board of the Journal of OB-GYN Malpractice Litigation.
Education
Boston University School of Law, J.D. 1978
Clark University, B.A. (with honors), 1974
Bar Admissions
Massachusetts, 1978; New York, 1979; United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1982; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1982
