Brian Strauss
Attorney | The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP
Brian Strauss is a nursing home abuse, car accidents and premises liability trial lawyer and attorney at The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Admitted in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia; J.D., Loyola Law School (1977).
Meet Brian
Brian L. Strauss is a trial attorney with The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP who represents people harmed by nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, motor vehicle negligence, defective products and unsafe property. He brought more than 30 years of trial experience to the firm, including more than a decade focused on nursing home neglect cases.
Strauss was lead trial counsel in a case the firm describes as a landmark for establishing corporate negligence and punitive damages in Pennsylvania nursing home litigation. Before joining the firm, he tried cases as a prosecutor in the Homicide Unit of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, represented members of the Fraternal Order of Police in civil and criminal matters, and handled serious injury cases at other law firms. He holds a law degree from Loyola Law School (1977) and a bachelor’s degree from Temple University (1974), and he is admitted in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia.
His listed results include $2,585,000 for a pressure-ulcer death in an elder care setting in Pennsylvania and several $1 million recoveries. With colleague Franklin R. Strokoff, he won a $504,000 jury verdict in Bergen County, New Jersey, for a slip-and-fall victim. He holds an AV Preeminent rating and has been named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 10 Nursing Home Trial Lawyers.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Loyola Law School, 1977
- B.A., Temple University, 1974
- Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania
- Admitted to practice in New Jersey
- Admitted to practice in New York
- Admitted to practice in West Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Practice Areas
- American Association for Justice
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice
- New Jersey Association for Justice
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- Best Lawyers in America
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 10 Nursing Home Trial Lawyers
- $2,585,000 Recovery: Pressure ulcer wound resulting in death in an elder care setting (Pennsylvania).
- $1,000,000 Recovery: Femur fracture requiring surgery in a motor vehicle crash (Pennsylvania).
- $1,000,000 Recovery: Fracture of the left hip in a fall resulting in death in a nursing home (Pennsylvania).
- $1,000,000 Recovery: Head injury in a motor vehicle crash (Pennsylvania).
- $925,000 Recovery: Cervical herniated discs and fusion surgery after a motor vehicle crash (Pennsylvania).
- $800,000 Recovery: Head injury in a fall resulting in death in a nursing home (New Jersey).
- $775,000 Recovery: Head injury in a fall resulting in death in a nursing home (New Jersey).
- $750,000 Recovery: Minor who suffered a femur fracture and surgery in a fall at school (New Jersey).
- $700,000 Recovery: Rib, shoulder and hand fractures requiring surgery in a motor vehicle crash (New Jersey).
- $575,000 Recovery: Ankle fracture and surgery in a slip and fall at a retail store (New Jersey).
- $550,000 Recovery: Improper medication resulting in death in an elder care setting (Pennsylvania).
- $504,000 Jury Verdict: Bergen County verdict, tried with Franklin R. Strokoff, for herniated lumbar discs requiring discectomy after a slip and fall on ice (New Jersey).
- $500,000 Recovery: Head injury resulting in death in a nursing home (Pennsylvania).
- $500,000 Recovery: Foot and fibula fractures requiring two surgeries after a fall from work apparatus (New Jersey).
- $465,000 Recovery: Pressure ulcer wound resulting in death in a nursing home (New Jersey).
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