Marc J. Rothenberg, Esq., joined the Rothenberg Law Firm, LLP in 1997. Marc specializes in the litigation of noteworthy and complex personal injury & wrongful death cases in NY, NJ, PA, and throughout the United States. He represents clients in cases involving trucks, cars, buses, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, SUV rollovers, automobile products liability defects, construction accidents, premises liability, inadequate security, medical malpractice, traumatic brain injuries, and wrongful death.
Marc has obtained over twenty-five million dollar verdicts, settlements, and awards for his catastrophically injured clients. Marc's record breaking $25 Million settlement in 2022, involving a truck striking a motorcyclist, is the largest reported settlement in New York State history on behalf of a motorcyclist and the second highest nationally. In 2018, Marc achieved the largest recovery against any major automotive company for a victim of a Takata airbag rupture defect which involved the biggest recall in automotive history.
Marc's multi-million dollar verdicts, settlements and awards for his catastrophically injured clients include the following:
$25 million for a motorcyclist struck by truck causing traumatic brain injury and quadriplegia;
$18 million for automobile product defect causing traumatic brain injury and quadriplegia;
$11.5 million for traumatic brain injury suffered in construction accident;
$10 million in complex products liability case against major auto manufacturers;
$8.6 million award for psychiatric injuries against major auto manufacturer;
$7.3 million recovery for injuries in a trucking accident case;
$6.5 million verdict against major auto manufacturer in SUV rollover roof crush wrongful death case;
$5 million in complex products liability case against major auto manufacturer;
$4.2 million for pedestrian's death from construction debris;
$3.5 million for spinal injuries in trucking accident;
$3 million settlement during trial for back injury suffered in construction accident;
$2.375 million for hip injury sustained in fall from scaffold;
$2.26 million for ankle injuries in truck crash;
$2.25 million for back injuries in construction accident;
$1.85 million for head injury in commercial vehicle crash;
$1.7 million for hip & knee injuries in motor vehicle crash;
$1.65 Million for spinal injuries in commercial trucking case;
$1.5 million for inadequate hotel security causing death;
$1.5 million for facial fractures in bus accident;
$1.5 million for knee injuries in trip and fall incident;
$1.4 million in wrongful death case against major automobile manufacturer;
$1.3 million for hand injuries in motor vehicle accident;
$1.21 million for neck injury in motor vehicle accident;
$1.2 million for head injury to pedestrian struck by car;
$1.18 million arbitration award in trip and fall case;
$1.13 million recovery for passengers in a motor vehicle crash;
$1.12 million arbitration award for pedestrian struck by bicyclist;
$1 million arbitration award for pedestrian struck by car of underinsured motorist;
$1 million for head injury to infant at a Day Care Center;
$925,000 recovery for head injury at a construction site;
$898,000 recovery for head injury in auto accident;
$800,000 recovery on behalf of 72 year-old struck by a bus;
$800,00 for nursing home abuse;
$775,000 recovery for ankle injury for failure to properly secure patient in wheelchair;
$750,000 recovery for leg fracture for pedestrian struck by SUV;
$725,000 recovery for orbital fracture in trip & fall incident;
$700,000 for head injury at nursing home;
$695,000 for brain injury to 92 year old;
$690,000 for pelvic injury from trip & fall accident;
$575,000 for wrist injury to pedestrian in auto accident;
$510,000 recovery for pelvic injury to 80 year-old from fall in a museum;
$500,000 verdict for shoulder injury in auto accident;
$500,000 verdict for wrist injury as a result of slip & fall at a bar.
Marc has been selected to the prestigious NY & NJ Super Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers Top 10 Trucking Lawyers, and The National Association of Distinguished Counsel Top 1% of Attorneys. Marc has been featured on National TV Network News interviews and in major newspapers to discuss his specialties in personal injury, wrongful death, construction, and automobile products liability defect cases. He is also a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He is a board member and active participant in several charities, and a frequent lecturer on school campuses.
Awards/Memberships
The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
The National Trial Lawyers Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers
NY Super Lawyers
NJ Super Lawyers
The National Association of Distinguished Counsel Top 1% of Attorneys
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
American Association for Justice
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
Brain Injury Litigation Network
Education
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 1997
Yeshiva University, B.A., 1993
Bar Admissions
New York
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court of New Jersey
