Donald Drew Goldberg

Trail Counsel to the Profession

Practicing Excellence in Law for over 40 Years
Brooklyn Personal Injury & Criminal Law Attorney

Experience Counts. Pick a Tough, Smart and
Well-Respected Lawyer to Represent You.

Except for a stretch in the army and during law school, I’ve been a Brooklyn kid my entire life. I know the people, the borough and the City so well, because I was born here and they're in my blood.

In my 40 years as a trial lawyer, there’s little I haven’t seen, including, most often, the terrible price families pay when someone they love has been seriously, often catastrophically injured in an accident. The grief, the pain and suffering, the way families can be torn apart with worry over how to pay for much-needed medical care or how to put food on the table while they’re out of work. It’s heart-breaking to watch, let alone live through..

We will fight to help you get your life back on track. That’s our mission. It’s what we do, understanding that it takes hard work, dedication and devotion to achieve that goal. There are no guarantees in life about anything, including the outcome of a lawsuit. That’s why picking the right lawyer to have at your side is so important. It’s also why I tell each of our clients when we first meet, that any lawyer who tells you your case is worth a million dollars the moment you walk through the door, is the first lawyer you should reject.

We won’t do that. We will be honest with you from the start. Why? Because whether we’re talking about a construction worker who fell from a scaffold, someone who trips and falls on a broken stair or sidewalk, who’s been injured in a motor vehicle accident or by a doctor or defective product, the amount that case is worth depends upon so many unknowns at that point: the strength of the liability case against the defendant, the severity of the injuries and their aftermath, the long-term economic losses and the dedication of the client and his or her lawyers to getting done the hard work necessary to achieve success. No lawyer, no matter how good they are, can know that the first time they meet you. Equally important is that both you and your lawyers never lose sight of the fact that there is an insurance company on the other side that will leave no stone unturned, while spending every dollar it takes to try and beat you

Areas
of Practice

Our clients come first

We represented a truck driver, who was employed to transport and unload items from a manufacturer to a warehouse. He made a delivery to a warehouse and as he was unloading his truck, the heavy, steel “roll down gate” in the bay area that was part of the entryway to the warehouse, broke loose, rolled down at great speed, and hit the plaintiff on his shoulder, inflicting substantial personal injury to the plaintiff that required major surgery. Our claim was that the roll-down gate was not properly secured against breaking loose and falling. As a result of his injuries, the plaintiff could no longer work as a truck driver nor unload heavy boxes. In addition to his personal injury recovery against the warehouse (who was not his employer), he also received workers compensation.

Criminal Defense:

If you’ve been wrongly accused of a crime and need a top-notch, experienced criminal defense lawyer at your side, rest assured that when you hire me, you will be in excellent hands. My acquittal rate in homicides, violent felonies, drug and even smaller criminal cases is second to none. I will bring all of that energy, experience and knowledge to your case as I fight to protect your rights.

Commercial Litigation:

If you’re a business person and find yourself in a commercial dispute, you can be content in the knowledge that we will not pass you off to a slew of junior attorneys or paralegals, but will shepard your case directly, from beginning to end, by providing you Madison Avenue quality representation, but at far less cost.