Evan Torgan
Founding Partner | Torgan Cooper + Aaron
Evan Torgan is a personal injury and medical malpractice trial lawyer and founding partner at Torgan Cooper + Aaron in New York, New York. J.D., Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law.
Meet Evan
Evan Torgan is a New York City personal injury lawyer and founding partner of Torgan Cooper + Aaron, where he concentrates his practice on plaintiff’s personal injury and medical malpractice litigation.
His verdicts include $90 million for a brain-injured child in a neonatal malpractice case, $64 million for a baby with brain damage caused by obstetrical malpractice, $45 million for a child paralyzed during spine surgery and $23 million for a passenger paralyzed in the Staten Island Ferry accident. His settlements include $22 million for a pedestrian struck by a Duane Reade truck and $20 million for a mechanic who lost his legs while helping move a disabled vehicle on a highway.
Torgan graduated from Hofstra Law School, where he was an associate editor of the Law Review, and was an adjunct professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, teaching trial techniques and litigation. He co-writes a regular “Trial Advocacy” column in the New York Law Journal with Ben Rubinowitz and lectures for bar associations, the Judicial Institute and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Hofstra Law School (Associate Editor, Law Review)
Practice Areas
- Inner Circle of Advocates
- Best Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- The Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- $90 Million Verdict: Brain-injured child resulting from neonatal malpractice.
- $64 Million Verdict: Brain-damaged baby caused by obstetrical malpractice.
- $45 Million Verdict: Child paralyzed during spine surgery.
- $30 Million Verdict: Child struck by a truck causing brain and orthopedic injuries.
- $23 Million Verdict: Passenger paralyzed in the Staten Island Ferry accident.
- $20 Million Verdict: Surviving daughter of a victim of an automobile accident.
- $17 Million Verdict: Nurse who suffered a herniated disc from an automobile accident.
- $9.5 Million Verdict: Pedestrian injured by a major power company.
- $22 Million Settlement: Record-setting settlement for a pedestrian struck by a Duane Reade truck.
- $20 Million Settlement: Mechanic who lost his legs while helping move a disabled vehicle on the highway.
- $19.5 Million Settlement: Girl paralyzed during spinal surgery.
- $14 Million Settlement: Brain-injured baby from obstetrical malpractice.
- $14 Million Settlement: Spinal injuries sustained in a major home improvement store.
- $7 Million Settlement: Child struck by an intoxicated driver.
- $7 Million Settlement: Child who succumbed to medical malpractice.
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