Auto Liability Defense Philadelphia PA | Goldberg Miller & Rubin

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Automobile & Commercial Truck Liability

Bad Faith and Insurance Coverage

Commercial Real Estate & Property Management Litigation

General Liability & Casualty Defense Litigation

Hospital/Healthcare Professional & General Liability

Insurance and Healthcare Fraud Litigation

No-Fault Insurance Defense

Personal Injury / Plaintiff Litigation

Products Liability

Retail & Restaurant Defense

Toxic Tort & Asbestos

Uninsured / Underinsured Motorist

Workers’ Compensation Defense

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

Automobile & Commercial Truck Liability

Joseph W. Petka

Warren Holland

Dana M. Koos

Harlan R. Schreiber

Ian T. Kingsley

Jeff Tenthoff

Jillian Vukson

Automobile & Commercial Truck Liability

Alexander Cogbill

Automobile & Commercial Truck Liability

Lauren Glynn

Tyson Mott

Thomas J. Giardina

Matt Lavoie

Jessica Smeriglio

Brandon Evangelist

Automobile & Commercial Truck Liability

Samantha Pullman

Kevin Carter

Alexandra Markward

Thomas Holmgren

Automobile & Commercial Truck Liability

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.

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.

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.

Ms. Neiger is an experienced trial lawyer with over 25 years of civil litigation experience in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey at the state and federal levels.

Joe Petka is one of the most active trial attorneys in the Philadelphia area. He has tried a wide range of cases including, defense of hospital and nonprofit organizations in premises liability actions, UIM/UM carriers in contract actions, and individual motorists in negligence actions.

Warren Holland has litigated cases in several state and federal jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey with over 50 defense verdicts at trial.

Dana M. Koos is partner with Goldberg, Miller & Rubin, managing their New York City office since 2013. Ms. Koos 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.

Harlan Schreiber 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.

Ian Kingsley represents premises owners and national manufacturing companies in toxic tort and product liability cases as well as workers’ compensation.

Mr. Tenthoff 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 Vukson is a senior litigation associate concentrating 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.

Mr. Cogbill brings non-traditional perspectives to his practice with degrees in biochemistry and economics, and experience living abroad in France and Senegal where he worked in international development and taught in multiple languages.

Lauren Glynn is an associate attorney with over six years of experience as a trial attorney. Mrs. Glynn concentrates her practice on automobile negligence defense, uninsured/underinsured motorist claims, and law enforcement defense.

Tyson Mott focuses his work on the defense of claims involving asbestos/toxic tort, products liability, premises liability, automotive negligence, and general liability.

Tom Giardina 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.

Matt assists with insurance and healthcare fraud claims as well as affirmative action or RICO based litigation related to fraud.

Jessica Smeriglio concentrates her practice on general liability, premises liability, auto negligence and asbestos/toxic tort 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.

Samantha Pullman 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.

Kevin Carter 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. Kevin concentrates on all phases of litigation and takes pride in being a confident, zealous, and dedicated advocate for his clients.

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.

Thomas Holmgren is an associate in Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s New York office concentrating his practice on defending automotive negligence and personal injury and handling no-fault claims, including claims that were referred by the special investigative units of insurance carriers.