Bryan Swerling

Bar / Professional Activity

• The State of New York
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• The American Association for Justice, Member
• The New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Member
• The Brooklyn Bar Association, Member
• The Queens County Bar Association, Member

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• $10,500,000.00 settlement for Plaintiff assaulted at a bar after the assailant was over-served alcohol. 
• $3,000,000.00 settlement for a Plaintiff who was assaulted and suffered hip/back injuries
• $3,250,000.00 settlement to a man who slipped on a stairwell while working. Injury: Multiple spinal fusions and traumatic brain injury.
• $1,000,000.00 settlement after verdict for a young woman who was battered by the Dean of her school in Staten Island. 
• $400,000.00 verdict for a woman who was hit by a car in crossing the street. 
• $400,000.00 verdict to a partially blind woman who tripped and fell over rolled up rain mats in her building lobby. Injury: Broken elbow.
• $200,000.00 pre-discovery settlement to a woman who tripped and fell on a negligently designed walkway. Injury: Broken wrist
• $200,000.00 pre-discovery settlement to man who slipped and fell in a bathtub that was excessively slippery due to a clogged drain. Injury: Fracture nose and foot.
• $200,000.00 verdict to a woman who tripped and fell outside a city construction project. Injury: Broken shoulder.
• $200,000.00 settlement to a woman who slipped and fell in hotel on the way to her own wedding. Injury: Broken shoulder.
• $175,000.00 settlement to a man who slipped and fell on laundry detergent in a grocery store. Injury: Fractured elbow.
• $175,000.00 settlement to a man who was operated on by a doctor and whose foot was made worse by the operation.
• $150,000.00 settlement to an 85-year-old woman who fell out of a hospital bed. Injury: Hip fracture.
• $220,000.00 settlement to a man who slipped and fell in a bar and required surgery to his hand.
• $140,000.00 settlement to a man who slipped and fell on ice while making a delivery. Injury: Ankle fracture.
• $125,000.00 settlement to a man who slipped and fell on ice in front of the premises he lived in. Injury: Ankle fracture.
• $100,000.00 settlement to a woman who had boxes fall on top of her at a store. Injury: Shoulder damage and nerve damage.
• $100,000.00 settlement to a man assaulted by NYPD. Injury: Broken nose.

Special Licenses / Certifications

• Licensed Notary, 2014

Educational Background

• B.A. in Political Science and History, Syracuse University, 1996

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Co-authored, along with David Wygant, the book "Always Talk to Strangers", a book about communication skills, which was published by Penguin/Putnam and to date has sold over 20,000 copies.
• Co-authored lecture materials for the New York State Bar Association’s CLE Proving and Defending Damages at Trial: Effective Trial Techniques for Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s Counsel: What You Can (Cannot Say) About Damages in Opening and Closing Arguments.

Other Outstanding Achievements

• New York Law Journal Top Verdicts and Settlements
• New York Law Journal Top Verdicts and Settlements 2013
• New York Law Journal Top Verdicts and Settlements 2014

Honors

• AV Preeminent Attorney, Martindale Hubbell, 2023
• Superlawyers, Selected in the list of Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in the New York Metro Region, 2013 and 2023.
• The National Trial Lawyer's Top 100, Selected by The National Trial Lawyer’s Top 100 as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in New York.

“I worked with Mr. Swerling on a difficult but ultimately very significant case where the client had severe personality disorders. I was very impressed by Mr. Swerling's ability to show endless patience and compassion for this individual and also to use these issues that would have been negatives in another attorney's hands to the advantage of his client.”