Robert E. Godosky
About
Robert E. Godosky has over 30 years of experience as an attorney and has spent his entire career representing individuals injured by the negligence of others. Robert has tried cases in all areas of personal injury, including medical malpractice, labor law, automobile accidents, and premise liability accidents. He has obtained multimillion-dollar verdicts including one for the family of a disabled firefighter who died as a result of hospital negligence. He handles the majority of the medical malpractice cases in the firm and assumed the duties of Managing Attorney for Godosky & Gentile in 1999. Robert Godosky was appointed to the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association in 2004. He has been named to Best Lawyers in America since 2011 and Super Lawyers since 2007. Robert has received Martindale-Hubbell's highest ratings for legal ability (A) and ethical standards (V).
Robert is a graduate of the Fordham University School of Law. Robert is admitted to the Bar of the State of New York, Bar of the State of Connecticut, the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury - Plaintiff
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Products Liability Law
- Ethics & Professional Responsibilty
- Litigation & Appeals
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York J.D. - 1988
- Hamilton College, Clinton, New York B.A. - 1985
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1989
- Connecticut, 1988
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1989
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1989
Honors & Awards
- Received the "AV" rating*under Martindale - Hubbell's peer review rating system
Published Works
- "Pitfalls in Retainer Agreements," Co-Author with Robert L. Conason, New York Law Journal, April, 1986
Classes & Seminars
- Faculty, Fordam University School of Law, Continuing Legal Education, 1995 to 1997
- Lecturer, Expert Disclosure and Frye/Daubert, NYS Trial Lawyers Institute, 2004
Honors & Awards
- Received the "AV" rating * under Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- New York State Trial Lawyer's Association, Member, Board of Directors