Neil A. Goldberg

Neil A. Goldberg is past president of the Defense Research Institute (DRI), the largest organization of civil defense attorneys in the United States. He is the past president and board chairman of the Lawyers for Civil Justice. He is the past chair of DRI's Products Liability Committee as well as the past chair of the New York State Bar Association's Products Liability Committee.  He was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Products Liability Advisory Committee (PLAC) and is on the Advisory Board of the Bureau of National Affairs' (BNA) Product Safety & Liability Reporter.  He has defended complex catastrophic cases across the United States for a number of New York Stock Exchange companies.  

Mr. Goldberg is the editor of and contributing author of seven books on the defense of complex personal injury cases. He is the co-editor-in-chief of the two-volume treatise, Preparing For and Trying the Civil Lawsuit, second edition, published by the New York State Bar Association, 2004.  Neil Goldberg is also editor-in-chief and contributing author to Products Liability in New York, Strategy and Practice (1997).  He is the editor-in-chief of DRI's Daubert Compendium.

Mr. Goldberg is a frequent lecturer on the defense of product liability and personal injury actions. He has lectured for Lloyds of London, the Defense Research Institute, Practicing Law Institute, the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Southern Methodist University and other prestigious organizations throughout the United States and Europe. 

Mr. Goldberg possesses an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.  He has been named to the Top 50 of the New York Super Lawyers 2007.

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Practice Areas

• Catastrophic Injury Litigation
• Class Actions Litigation
• Product Liability Litigation
• Professional Liability/Malpractice Litigation
• Fire and Casualty Claims Litigation

• State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A. cum laude, 1969
• State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1973
• Member, Buffalo Law Review

• Lawyers for Civil Justice
• Board Chairman, Lawyers for Civil Justice
• Immediate Past President, Lawyers for Civil Justice (2004-2005)
• Defense Research Institute
• Past President
• Products Liability Committee, Former Chair
• Law Institute
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• New York State Bar Association
• Past Chair, Products Liability Committee
• Torts, Insurance and Compensation Section
• Trial Lawyers Section 
• Products Liability Advisory Council, Board Member
• Bureau of National Affairs' Product Safety & Liability Reporter, Advisory Board Member   
• American Arbitration Association
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• International Association for Insurance Law 
• American Bar Association 
• Trial Lawyers of America
• Erie County Bar Association

• Named one of the Top 50 New York Super Lawyers, 2007
• Defense Research Institute
•  Distinguished Service Award
• New York State Bar Association
• Committee Chair of the Year Award
• Distinguished Service Award
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in American Law
• Who's Who Legal 

• Presenter, Avoiding Quality Assurance Breakdowns and Conducting a Swift and Effective Product Recall in the Event They Occur, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2008
• Co-Author, Frye 'Em: Jury Psychology Can Undermine Plaintiffs' Expert Witnesses, For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, December, 2007
• Co-Author, An Emerging Litigation Arena, For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, December, 2006  
• Preparing For and Trying the Civil Lawsuit, co-editor-in-chief, New York State Bar Association, 2004
• Preparing For and Trying the Civil Lawsuit, 2004 Supplement, editor-in-chief and contributing author, New York State Bar Association, 2004
• Participant, American Society for Quality 58th Annual Quality Congress, May 2004
• The Daubert Compendium, editor-in-chief, Defense Research Institute, January, 2003
• Preparing For and Trying the Civil Lawsuit, 2000 Supplement, editor-in-chief and contributing author, New York State Bar Association, 2000
• Products Liability in New York: Strategy and Practice, editor and contributing author, New York State Bar Association, 1997
• Admissibility of Expert Testimony, A State-by-State Compendium, co-author, Defense Research Institute, 1996
• Defenses & Bars, Product Liability Practice Guide, author, Matthew Bender
• Finding the Facts in Products Liability Litigation, For The Defense, Defense Research Institute, co-author, October, 1996
• Defense Counsel's Approach to Cross-Examination in the Post-Daubert Era, For The Defense, Defense Research Institute, June, 1996
• The Hunter, the Ostrich and the Spinmaster, For The Defense, Defense Research Institute, co-author, October, 1994
• Preparing For and Trying the Civil Lawsuit, editor-in-chief, New York State Bar Association, 1987