2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

David B. Corley

David Corley

Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman, P.C.
777 3rd Avenue, 35th Floor
New York, NY 10017

New York

New York (NY)

T: 212-750-1200
F: 212-980-4011

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Selected To

• New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro Edition
• New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Metro
• New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro

Profile

David B. Corley is a partner at Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman, P.C., a Manhattan personal injury law firm serving clients throughout New York City, Long Island and Westchester County. Mr. Corley represents injured plaintiffs in a wide variety of accident cases, including construction site accidents, motor vehicle accidents, falls on city streets, playground accidents, fires and accidents caused by defective or unreasonably dangerous products. He has also represented medical malpractice victims and people who have been raped or assaulted in unsafe buildings. Mr. Corley has obtained numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts for clients, including recent verdicts of $12.8 million for a woman who suffered neck fractures due to a roadway design defect and $10 million for another woman who suffered a fractured back due to bus company negligence and a manufacturer’s faulty redesign of a minibus.

Mr. Corley is a 1986 graduate of the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center. He was admitted to the State Bar of New York in 1987 and is admitted to practice in the U.S. district courts for the Eastern and Southern districts of New York. Mr. Corley is a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.

About David Corley

Law School: Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Admitted: 1987, New York

Professional Webpage: www.tgllaw.com/Attorneys/David-B-Corley.shtml

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • Member, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
  • New York, 1987

Verdicts and Settlements:

  • Verdict for $1.3 million dollars: For a construction worker who suffered significant injuries after falling 15 feet at a construction site
  • Verdict for $2 million dollars: Against the driver of a truck and the truck company that rear-ended a woman who sustained a serious aggravation and exacerbation of a pre-existing neck condition
  • Verdict for $3.5 million dollars: Against a building owner, for a woman who suffered a serious fracture of the right arm as a result of slipping on oil and grease that was present on the interior stairwell at the time of her fall
  • Verdict for $10 million dollars: For a woman who suffered a fractured back in a products-liability claim against the manufacturer for the defective redesign of a minibus; and the company that operated the bus
  • Verdict for $12.8 million dollars: Against the County of Nassau in a roadway design case for a women who suffered a fractured neck
Call me at 212-750-1200

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