Practice Areas: Personal injury, Medical malpractice; view more
Licensed in New York since: 2005
Education: Brooklyn Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2022 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2017 - 2019 Details
As partner at Rosenberg & Gluck, LLP, Erin M. Hargis represents clients in Long Island, New York, including those in Suffolk County and Nassau County. Her legal practice focuses on personal injury matters, advocating for those who have been injured by the careless choices of another. During her career, she has gained experience in premises liability cases, truck accidents, complex medical malpractice cases, brain injuries, wrongful death and motor vehicle accidents.
Ms. Hargis is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, New York and New Jersey. With an Avvo “Superb” rating, she also received a Client’s Choice Award from Avvo in 2015. During her career spanning almost two decades, she has won several six-figure verdicts for those who are facing changes to their lives because of a poor decision on someone else’s part.
At Vassar College, Ms. Hargis earned her Bachelor of Arts before moving on to law school. At Brooklyn Law School, she graduated with her Juris Doctor and was Vice President of the university’s chapter of the American Association for Justice. She was also actively involved with the Trial Advocacy Division of the Moot Court Honor Society.
After graduating from law school, she was an Assistant District Attorney for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, where she successfully and passionately represented the people of Brooklyn as she prosecuted those who had committed misdemeanors and felonies. For her high ethical standards and long list of successful results, she holds the highest peer rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell.
* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license 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 anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Personal injury - general: plaintiff, Personal injury - medical malpractice: plaintiffFocus areas
Animal bites, Assault, Motor vehicle accidents, Personal injury - plaintiff, Slip and fall, Wrongful death, Dram shop laws, Construction accident, Brain injury, Premises liability - plaintiff, Medical malpractice, Birth injury, Delayed or incorrect diagnosis
- 50% Personal injury - general: plaintiff
- 50% Personal injury - medical malpractice: plaintiff
First Admitted: 2004, New Jersey
Professional Webpage: https://www.lilawyer.com/about/attorneys/erin-m-hargis/
- Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, Judge Doris A. Thompson & Judge Edward Thompson - Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, Brooklyn Law School- Judge Doris A. Thompson and Judge Edward Thompson, 2004
- Awarded for outstanding client reviews, AVVO - Client's Choice Award, AVVO, 2015
- Award for excellence in course - Contracts 1, CALI - Excellence Award for Contracts 1, CALI, 2001
- Participating member of Brooklyn Law School - Moot Court Honor Society - Trial Advocacy Division, Moot Court Honor Society, Brooklyn Law School, 2004
- Awarded six-figure verdict at trial after Defendant took a no-pay position., 2014
- Awarded six-figure verdict at trial after Defendant took a no-pay position., 2014
- Awarded six-figure Plaintiff's verdict on damages after offer of only $15,000.00 pre-trial, 2014
- Admitted to Practice - District of Columbia Bar, 2016
- Admitted to Practice - New Jersey Bar, 2004
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association , 2013
- Admitted to Practice - New York Bar, 2005
- Board Member - Tehama Tenants Corporation, 2011
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2022
- Rising Stars: 2017 - 2019
