Auto Liability Defense Philadelphia PA | Goldberg Miller & Rubin

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Hospital/Healthcare Professional & General Liability

Insurance and Healthcare Fraud Litigation

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Automobile & Commercial Truck Liability

With a 30-year history of successfully representing and defending thousands of auto, motorcycle, truck and recreation 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 team of 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 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:

uninsured/underinsured motorists
limited tort
passenger injuries
pedestrian accidents
third-party automobile defense
first party
personal injury protection
property damage
bad faith
medical benefits coverage
DUI cases
catastrophic injuries
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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

Craig L. Chaney

Brian McGovern

Steve Kim

Duncan Francis

Tyson Mott

Thomas J. Giardina

Matt Lavoie

Jessica Smeriglio

Brandon Evangelist

Brandon R. Cohen

Samantha Pullman

Anna Deiana

Alexandra Barsley

Brandon Evangelist

Thomas J. Giardina

Tara Gutman

Ann Henriksen

Jared Hershman

Jessica Keller

Meenka Maharaj

Tracey Mapou

Sarah McKinney

Emanuela Pepaj

Sabrina Peterman

Garrett Rigby

Victoria Ruby

Cassaundra Saylor

Christopher A. Scott

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.

Craig L. Chaney is a Senior Counsel in Goldberg, Miller and Rubin’s Northern New Jersey Office. He has over 17 years of experience as an attorney defending insureds and various auto insurance carriers in cases primarily involving insurance defense, personal injury protection, uninsured/underinsured motorist claims and premises liability matters.

Brian is a seasoned trial attorney with nearly a quarter-century of experience winning civil cases throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He has tried over one hundred matters on both sides of the bar in every forum, including the Court of Common Pleas, Federal court, municipal and district courts, mediation, and arbitration. Brian concentrates his practice on motor vehicle, dram shop and premises liability matters.

Steve Kim is a Senior Associate at Goldberg Miller & Rubin focusing his practice in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Steve is an experienced trial attorney with success in both jury and bench trials in the civil courts. Steve has experience managing litigation strategies in substantial and complex high-exposure cases. Over the years, he has developed successful business relationships due to his creative litigation strategies and positive results.

Duncan is a Senior Associate at the firm’s office in Northern New Jersey. He concentrates his practice on defending in automobile negligence cases and uninsured/underinsured motorist matters. He is also experienced at defending general and premises liability claims, as well as medical negligence matters. He is an experienced litigator representing clients’ interests with professionalism, zeal, and creativity.

Tyson Mott focuses his work on claims involving insurer bad faith, premises liability, and general liability. He has won numerous defense awards at arbitration in premises and general liability cases and obtained multiple dismissals of extra-contractual/bad faith allegations in the early stages of litigation. He also has experience overseeing the defense of hundreds of asbestos and other product liability cases throughout the state of Pennsylvania. In addition to his work defending clients at the trial level, Tyson has written numerous briefs, petitions, and other submissions for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and Superior Court and argued before the appellate justices.

Tom is an associate at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s Philadelphia office. His practice primarily focuses on the defense of clients in general liability, automotive negligence, uninsured/underinsured motorist, and premises liability cases. Tom has arbitrated first and third party auto negligent and premises liability cases in Philadelphia, and its surrounding counties, commonly obtaining defense or favorable verdicts.

Matt defends automotive negligence and other personal injury claims. He assists with insurance and healthcare fraud claims as well as affirmative action litigation related to fraud. Matt also has a focus on declaratory judgment actions; makes, responds to, and argues summary judgment and discovery motions; and handles no-fault arbitration matters.

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 an 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 an 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.

Anna 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.

As an associate at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin, Alexandra concentrates her practice on advising insurance carriers who are investigating potential insurance fraud committed by healthcare providers. Alexandra focuses on thorough preparation for all stages of litigation to provide zealous and enthusiastic advocacy to clients.

Tara Gutman is an associate attorney 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. 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.

Ann is an 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.

Jared Hershman is an associate at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s Philadelphia office. His practice primarily focuses on automotive negligence, premises liability, bad faith, and general liability.

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

Meenka is an associate at Goldberg, Miller, & Rubin’s New York office, with a focus on automotive negligence and personal injury claims.

Tracey Mapou is an associate attorney at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s New York City office. Tracey focuses her practice primarily on the defense of premises liability, Labor Law/construction accident, and motor vehicle accident cases. Additionally, she has performed numerous coverage analyses, litigating the matters when necessary.

Sarah is an associate in Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s Philadelphia office. She focuses her practice on the defense of general liability, premises liability, and automotive negligence claims.

Emanuela 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.

Sabrina is an associate in Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s Philadelphia office where she concentrates her practice on general liability and auto litigation.

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.

Victoria is an associate in Goldberg, Miller, & Rubin’s Philadelphia office. Her practice primarily focuses on the defense of clients in general liability, insurance and healthcare fraud litigation, automotive negligence and uninsured/underinsured motorist claims.

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

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.