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Motor Vehicle & Commercial Truck Liability

With a 35-year history of successfully representing and defending thousands of auto, motorcycle, commercial trucking and recreational vehicle accident claims for corporations, insurance companies, rental companies and self-insurers, we pride ourselves in being one of the leading automobile litigation firms in the region with hundreds of defense jury trial verdicts in both state and federal court.

Our auto liability defense attorneys are experts in motor vehicle responsibility law in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Our track record of defending insureds in a liability defense is remarkable, even when defending claims on limited tort and causation defenses. Our services include coverage analysis and opinion. We partner with auto investigators, accident re-constructionists, medical experts, and engineers for comprehensive defense strategies before, during, and post-trial.

We are trailblazing through the nuances of the law regarding the defense of uninsured and underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) matters in our respective jurisdictions. Clients tap into our expertise early in the claims process to evaluate injury claims and UM/UIM coverage issues. We regularly counsel clients in new developments in the ever-changing UM/UIM arena and we are not afraid to defend the cases that should be defended. Our client-focused uninsured/underinsured motorist practice aims to alleviate the stress inherent in the litigation process while we work to make our clients confident and secure during the pre-trial phase as well as during trial.

As part of our commitment to meet our insurance carrier clients’ educational and professional development needs, we provide presentations and seminars on claims strategy and handling so matters are resolved in a timely, reasonable, and fair manner.

We vigorously defend all levels of cases ranging from arbitrations to multifaceted catastrophic injury jury trials. Clients turn to us for complex auto and truck liability cases involving:

Bad faith
Catastrophic injuries
DUI cases
Limited tort/verbal threshold
Pedestrian accidents
PIP/MPC
Property damage
Rideshare litigation
SIU
Third-party automobile defense
Tractor-trailer/”over road” haulers
UM/UIM

Practicing Attorneys

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Lori C. Miller

Eamon C. Merrigan

Richard Castagna

Claire Neiger

Joseph W. Petka

Warren Holland

Dana M. Koos

Robert P. Stein

Harlan R. Schreiber

Jeffrey E. Tenthoff

Jillian Vukson

Lauren Glynn

Keith Bursack

Cory Bonk

Tara Gutman

Jehovenn Honculada

Lindsay Padover

Patricia L. Howlett

Benjamin Bagenski

Jessica Smeriglio

Brandon Evangelist

Brandon R. Cohen

Samantha Pullman

Christopher A. Scott

Ann Henriksen

John Spataro

Brynne Zubey

Zachary Whiting

Garrett Rigby

Crystal Taylor

Kaitlyn Barlow

Nikita Desai

Marc Mace

As Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s first female CEO, Lori Miller is one of the region’s top litigators with a distinguished career specializing in bad faith, auto and general liability cases with a specialty of health system liability defense. Her unmatched dedication has earned her the reputation as a strategic and aggressive negotiator who has an unbridled dedication in fighting to defend her client’s best interests. For 30 years, Lori has earned the respect of the legal community, including plaintiffs’ attorneys, arbitrators, and judges, for her expertise, professionalism and most importantly her unparalleled client relationships.

Partner and Chief Information Security Officer, Eamon Merrigan’s distinguished career as a trial attorney at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin is virtually unmatched throughout the region. For nearly two decades, he has practiced diligently in the defense of a broad range of exposures including many catastrophic loss and death cases. Eamon has remarkably obtained over 65 defense verdicts in jury trials throughout his tenure, many of which involved pre-trial settlement demands of over seven figures.

Rich has dedicated his career to helping his clients combat health care fraud. He counsels his clients on both routine and complex matters associated with healthcare fraud as well as those areas that parallel and intersect with this complex area of the law. He works tirelessly to assist his clients in uncovering and ending abusive and fraudulent activities, while at the same time helping to ensure that his clients avoid the legal and financial pitfalls that often accompany such complex investigations. Under Rich’s leadership, the GMR team of trial attorneys has counseled clients regarding large and complex fraud investigations in various jurisdictions including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Maryland.

Claire Neiger leads GMR’s Medical Malpractice Practice Department with over thirty years of experience representing the area’s major hospitals, physicians, nurses, dentists, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities in major medical malpractice trials. These cases have included oncology, orthopedics, wound care, general surgery, radiology, family practice, psychiatry, obstetrics, and gynecology in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and the surrounding counties.

Joseph Petka is one of the most active trial attorneys in the Philadelphia area. He specializes in general liability, assault and battery, hospital professional liability, and medical malpractice. He has tried a wide range of cases defending hospitals and companies sued for slip and falls, assaults, medical malpractice, patient falls, and pressure ulcers. He has obtained defense verdicts in jury trials throughout Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Bucks, and Montgomery counties.

Warren has litigated cases in several state and federal jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey with over 50 defense verdicts at trial. Over the course of his career, Warren has gained extensive experience in the field of insurance and healthcare fraud. He has helped his corporate clients investigate and prosecute fraud on numerous occasions, and has served as counsel in several complex insurance fraud and civil RICO cases which have resulted in substantial verdicts or settlements in his clients’ favor.

Dana is a partner with Goldberg, Miller & Rubin, P.C., managing our New York City office since 2013. Dana oversees the daily operations of all New York litigation for the firm and counsels associates in the defense of automotive negligence and other personal injury matters. Her expertise in third-party and first-party no-fault litigation has been a contributing factor in her victories in countless arbitrations and at trial.

Robert brings extensive trial experience and a diverse background built on blended experience in the legal and business world. While he is a successful and aggressive litigator, it is his understanding of how complex issues impact business which allows him to make smart decisions for his clients based on sound and progressive rationales.

Harlan is a partner with Goldberg, Miller & Rubin, P.C. in our New York City office. Harlan focuses his practice primarily on first-party coverage, claim investigations, and no-fault litigation and arbitration. For the past 15 years, he has developed an expertise in affirmative litigation, proactively enforcing valid insurer disclaimers of coverage.

Jeffrey E. Tenthoff, a partner of the firm, is a seasoned defense attorney and has successfully obtained defense verdicts in a variety of cases, including general negligence, premise liability, and motor vehicle accident cases, in Philadelphia, and Chester County.

Jillian is a Goldberg, Miller & Rubin partner. Jillian's practice concentrates on automotive and premises liability defense. She focuses on third party actions, as well as UIM and UM matters both at the state and federal levels. In her many years of practice, she has accumulated an extraordinary amount of litigation experience resulting in numerous trials and over 100 arbitrations to verdict, to date.

Lauren Glynn is a partner with many years of experience as a trial attorney. Lauren concentrates her practice on automobile negligence defense, uninsured/underinsured motorist claims, and law enforcement defense. Lauren handles cases through all phases of litigation, from pre-suit to the arbitration or trial level. She has successfully obtained defense verdicts in third-party automobile, as well as first-party uninsured/underinsured motor vehicle cases.

Keith is a Senior Counsel in Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s Northern New Jersey office. His practice primarily focuses on automobile negligence. Keith has exclusively handled insurance defense matters for the past fourteen years for major insurance carriers such as Allstate, Nationwide, GEICO and National General. He has tried over 70 jury trials to verdict and led a team as a Supervising Attorney at GEICO. In 2017, he earned the distinction of being a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Courts.

Cory Bonk is a Senior Counsel in Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s Northern New Jersey office. His practice focuses primarily on automotive negligence and general liability claims.

Tara Gutman is Senior Counsel with Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s New York office. Her practice focuses on insurance coverage matters, including first-party coverage, claim investigation, and no-fault litigation and arbitration. For the past 15 years, she has developed an expertise in litigation and has successfully argued countless motions and arbitration matters. She has also taken numerous examinations under oath and first-party depositions relating to injuries sustained in automobile accidents. Most recently, Tara has appeared for hundreds of cases throughout New York’s Capital Region.

Jehovenn A. Honculada is a Senior Counsel in Goldberg Miller & Rubin's New York office. He is admitted to practice in New York, the Eastern and Southern Districts of NY, and the United States Supreme Court. Before joining GMR, Jev, as he is known amongst friends, worked at the staff counsel office of a Fortune 100 insurance company in NYC for over 20 years. He has successfully handled hundreds of personal injury cases from inception to conclusion, involving jury, summary jury and non-jury trials; UM/SUM litigation; PIP or no-fault cases; and SIU claims.

Lindsay Padover is a Senior Counsel in Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s New York City office. Her practice focuses on insurance coverage matters, including first-party coverage, claim investigation, and No-Fault litigation, emphasizing litigating declaratory actions.

Patricia L. Howlett has over ten years’ experience in personal injury law and focuses her practice on automobile insurance defense. Before becoming associated with GMR, she handled auto insurance claims as Staff Counsel for GEICO and Allstate for four years. In this role, she successfully tried several cases to completion and managed Uber litigation. She also has experience handling PIP arbitrations for medical providers and handling claims for petitioners in the Division of Workers Compensation.

Benjamin Bagenski is an associate attorney at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin's New York office. His practice focuses on insurance coverage matters, including first-party coverage, claim investigation, and no-fault litigation and arbitration.

Jessica Smeriglio concentrates her practice on general liability cases and medical malpractice cases, representing the region’s top healthcare systems and hospitals, construction companies and major universities. She has defended numerous cases involving construction site accidents, motor vehicle accidents, slip trip and fall accidents, assault and battery, and medical negligence claims in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

As a senior associate with Goldberg, Miller & Rubin, Brandon Evangelist focuses his practice on defending clients in general liability, automotive negligence, premises liability and medical malpractice matters. He concentrates on all phases of litigation and takes pride in being a zealous and resourceful advocate for his clients.

Brandon Cohen is an associate at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s Philadelphia office who focuses his work primarily on the defense of clients in general liability, automotive negligence, uninsured/underinsured motorist, and premises liability cases.

Samantha is a senior associate in Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s New York office. She concentrates her practice on defending automotive negligence and other personal injury claims and also assists with insurance and healthcare fraud claims. Samantha is known as a zealous advocate and concentrates on all phases of litigation, both inside and outside of the courtroom.

Christopher is an associate in Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s Northern New Jersey office who centers his practice on handling general liability, premises liability, construction liability, and automotive/trucking negligence matters.

Ann Marie Henriksen is a senior associate at Goldberg, Miller and Rubin’s New York Office. Her practice focuses on insurance coverage matters, along with no-fault litigation and arbitration matters. For the past six years, Ann has worked diligently in the field of insurance defense. In this effort, she has conducted numerous examinations under oath of claimants and providers and has defended insurance carriers in civil trials in Queens, Brooklyn, Richmond, Bronx and New York counties. Ann has also successfully defended bodily injury claims at trial.

John C. Spataro is an associate with Goldberg, Miller & Rubin, P.C. in our New York City office.

Brynne is an associate at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s Philadelphia office. Her practice includes general liability, automobile accidents, and premises liability.

Zachary Whiting is a senior associate at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s New York office. His practice focuses on insurance coverage matters, including first-party coverage, claim investigation, and no-fault litigation and arbitration.

Garrett is an associate at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s New York office. His practice focuses on insurance coverage matters, along with no-fault litigation and arbitration matters.

Crystal Taylor is an associate at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s New York office. Her practice focuses on insurance coverage matters, including first-party coverage, claim investigation, and no-fault litigation and arbitration.

Katie is an associate at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s Philadelphia office. Her practice primarily focuses on general liability, automobile accidents, and premises liability cases.

Nikita (“Niki”) Desai is an associate in GMR’s Philadelphia office, focusing her practice on motor vehicle, premises, general liability, and personal injury.