Robert I. Feinberg
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Brookline, Massachusetts
Feinberg & Alban, P.C.
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, General Litigation, Construction Litigation; view more
Licensed in Massachusetts since: 1982
Education: University of Pennsylvania Law School
Languages Spoken: English, Russian
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2024 Details
Robert Feinberg’s recently obtained $7.8 million victory was the largest personal injury verdict in Massachusetts over the last five years (excluding medical malpractice). He has been litigating personal injury cases for almost 35 years. Mr. Feinberg is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has received numerous other accolades, including being selected to the National Trial Lawyers Organization.
A magna cum laude graduate of Brown University and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Robert is also licensed to practice in Florida. He is a partner of Feinberg & Alban, P.C. (Boston and Brookline), a firm started by his father and which he joined in 1984. Robert has authored more than 300 blogs on trial practice, evidence, and personal injury, including 50 video blogs. They can be found at www.feinbergalban.com. He and the firm are AV rated® and he has a perfect 10.0 AVVO rating.
*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, General Litigation, Construction Litigation: ConsumerFocus areas
Animal Bites, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Litigation, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 50% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 30% General Litigation
- 20% Construction Litigation: Consumer
First Admitted: 1982, Massachusetts
Professional Webpage: http://www.feinbergalban.com/attorneys/Robert-Feinberg/
- Brown University, B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude, with honors, 1978
- AV Rating - Martindale Hubbell (Highest Rating for Firm & Robert I. Feinberg)
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1984
- Chairman, Contingent Fee Committee, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 1994 - 1996
- Committee to Oppose Tort Reform, Civil Justice Reform Act, 1995
- Massachusetts, 1982
- Member, National Trial Lawyers Association
- Board of Governor, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 1991-2007
- Member, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Vice President, M.U.P. Associates, Incorporated, 1980 - 1987
- Vice-Chairman, Auto Insurance Committee, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 1996 - 1997
- Member, Norfolk Bar Association
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1983
- Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Member, American Association of Justice
- Member, Boston Bar Association, 1984
- Auto Insurance Committee, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 1991
- Committee to Oppose Tort Reform, Civil Justice Reform Act, 1997
- Florida, 1985
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Member, American Bar Association
- Insurance Law Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Jan. 31, 1989
- A Review of English Rule and H.R. 988 of the U.S. House, Journal of Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys 4, April, 1995
- Annual Auto Insurance Seminar, Co-Chairman, 1990
- A Walk Through the Standard Mass Auto Policy
- Dealing with the Difficult Insurance Adjuster, 1992
- Auto Insurance Update, 1994
- How to Do a Direct Examination of a Plaintiff's Treating Physician, 1995
- Torts Update, 1998
- Torts Update, 1999
- Massachusetts Auto and Tort Law, 2001
- The two claims in a personal injury accident, 2018
- Concerns when the other side is holding back records, 2018
- What Makes For an Effective Mediation in a Personal Injury Case? | Boston Personal Injury Attorneys, 2014
- A Terrible Set of Facts; An Unfortunate Result, 2018
- Statute of Limitations, 2018
- Ethical Rules Imposed on Lawyers will be of Big Help, 2018
- When the other party speaks, we should all listen, 2018
- The importance of using the tools of the legal trade, 2018
- A Punitive Element may be Included After All in a Settlement or in a Verdict, 2017
These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.
“Mr. Feinberg is a brilliant litigator, as evidenced by his eight million dollar verdict. He approaches his cases with an unique style and has a tremendous command of evidence and the law. He gives his clients 100% effort.”
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2024
