Education
BA - Brandeis University
Captain: Brandeis University Lacrosse
JD - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Honors:
Alexander Fellow
About Michael A. Fruhling
Michael A Fruhling joined Gersowitz, Libo, and Korek, P.C. in 1991 and became a partner in 1999. He specializes in a wide variety of personal injury cases and focuses his practice on medical malpractice in New York and New Jersey including Cerebral Palsy, Erb's Palsy, Stillbirth, and other birth-related injuries.
Michael is recognized in both Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers for his successes as a personal injury and medical malpractice attorney in New York.
Michael sits on the Board of Governors for the New Jersey Association for Justice. In this role, he has fought to strengthen the laws to help consumers, as well as the victims of medical malpractice and personal injury in New Jersey.
Additional memberships include:
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Association of the Bar of New York City
New York County Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
Awarded with a Superb 10.0 out of 10.0 rating by Avvo
Michael has been published in the New York Law Journal and has been recognized in numerous publications, including New York Magazine for his work in medical malpractice.
He has been admitted to the Bar in all Courts of the State of New York and New Jersey, as well as the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of the Federal Court of New York and the Western District of the Federal Court of New Jersey.
Cases of note:
Represented the family of Isel Pineda in their wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit against Oleg Davie, M.D.
Represented the family of Michael King who died following donating a kidney to his wife at SUNY Downstate.
Represented the family of Brendan Jordan, who died when an unsecured fold-down bench struck and killed him during an indoor recreational soccer practice.
