Damon M. Gruber

Damon M. Gruber founded and co-chairs Goldberg Segalla’s Workers’ Compensation group, a rapidly expanding team of over 100 attorneys across the firm’s 21 offices, serving insurers, third-party administrators, and major self-insured employers in a variety of industries. Over the past 12-plus years of Damon’s leadership the team has revolutionized the practice of workers’ compensation. Devoted to making a lasting difference for each client’s workers’ compensation program, Damon developed a cohesive and holistic model built on efficient file-handling and cost-effective closure, long-range strategic management of risk programs and caseloads, and proactive efforts to identify new efficiencies and reduce workplace injuries. Directly handling workers’ compensation claims in over 10 states and overseeing local counsel in many others, Goldberg Segalla is recognized today as the preeminent workers’ compensation practice in the nation.

In chairing and overseeing the Workers’ Compensation group, Damon ensures the highest standards of client service across the firm’s coast-to-coast footprint, while acting as a trusted counselor to some of the nation’s largest employers and workers’ compensation carriers. As a significant part of his practice, Damon works alongside other leaders in the group to create and execute plans for aggressive file closure, settlements, and national risk management, and to implement tailored programs that target reducing costs involved with Medicare Set-Asides, opioids and other prescription drugs, long-tail claims, permanency awards, return-to-work issues, and emerging risks.