Steven Gershowitz

Attorney

32 yrs experience
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New York, NY

Bar admissions

NY
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Education

JD: Fordham University School of Law1993
Undergraduate: Colgate University1990

Awards and recognition

01{"title":"Best Lawyers in America and Ones to Watch","organization":"Best Lawyers","year":2026}
02{"title":"Best Law Firms in New York City - Personal Injury","organization":"Best Lawyers","year":2026}
03{"title":"10 Best Personal Injury Attorneys for Client Satisfaction","organization":null,"year":null}
04{"title":"Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum","organization":"Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum","year":null}
05{"title":"Top 100 National Trial Lawyers","organization":"The National Trial Lawyers","year":null}
06{"title":"Super Lawyers","organization":"Thomson Reuters","year":null}
07{"title":"BA with honors","organization":"Colgate University","year":1990}

Languages

English

Background

Steven Gershowitz is the Lead Trial Attorney at Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm, P.C. in New York City, with over 30 years of courtroom experience throughout New York, including all five boroughs and Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties. His verdicts have been featured in New York magazine's Top Verdicts list over two decades, and he has handled and won cases exceeding $100 million with numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts. Steven began his career as a Federal Defender and Legal Aid Society representative before serving five years as a prosecutor at the Bronx District Attorney's Office, where he handled homicides and other violent crimes, including the prosecution of a cop killer and a serial rapist. After three years with an insurance defense firm, he transitioned to plaintiff personal injury work. For the last 15 years he has exclusively represented accident and police misconduct victims, focusing on wrongful death, construction accidents, motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, police brutality, wrongful arrest, and premises liability cases. Early in his career, he trained under renowned personal injury attorneys, including counsel who represented Nicole Brown Simpson's estate in the civil case against O.J. Simpson. Steven earned his Bachelor's degree from Colgate University with honors in 1990 and his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law in 1993, where he received awards and grants for public service. He is admitted in New York and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. His recognitions include the Best Lawyers in America and Ones to Watch (2026), Best Law Firms in New York City - Personal Injury (2026), Top 100 National Trial Lawyers, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters).

Notable cases

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Cases exceeding $100 million in total recoveries; multiple multi-million-dollar verdicts featured in New York magazine's Top Verdicts
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Prosecution of a cop killer (as Bronx ADA)
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Prosecution of a serial rapist (as Bronx ADA)

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