Attorney Profiles
Steven M. Goldberg
Steven M. Goldberg's extensive civil trial experience speaks for itself. He has successfully represented plaintiffs in both State and Federal Courts on a wide variety of matters. His areas of practice are medical/hospital malpractice, lung cancer/mesothelioma litigation, pharmaceutical mass tort litigation, and catastrophic injury claims. He has successfully obtained several multi-million dollar results.
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Steven is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum (which includes the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum), one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. There are over 4000 members throughout the country. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members.
Steven has participated in high profile pharmaceutical cases involving drugs and devices including Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra, Gadolinium, and Zyprexa and is working with National Plaintiffs' Steering Committees in a number of pharmaceutical cases including Heparin and Yaz, representing individual claimants throughout the country alleging personal injuries against many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.
Licences
Steven is admitted to practice law in the Ohio Supreme Court and all Ohio state courts; the United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; the United States District Court, Northern and Southern Districts (Ohio); the United States District of Illinois; and the United States Court of Claims in Washington DC, where he has successfully pursued and settled claims for multi-millions of dollars for catastrophic injuries arising from childhood vaccinations.
Memberships
Steven M. Goldberg is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Ohio Association for Justice, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cleveland Academy of Trial Lawyers, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, and the Mahoning County Bar Association.
Laurel A. Matthews, MD,JD
Dr. Laurel A. Matthews, Special Counsel to the Firm, is both an attorney and a licensed physician trained in general, vascular, thoracic and transplantation surgery. Our clients benefit from her extensive medical knowledge and her ongoing practice as an emergency room doctor. Dr. Matthews' extensive civil trial experience speaks for itself. She has successfully represented plaintiffs in both State and Federal Courts on a wide variety of matters. Dr. Matthews has successfully obtained several multi-million dollar results in settlements and verdicts.
Karl E. Novak
Karl E. Novak, Special Counsel to the Firm. Karl is a member of Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC in Charleston, South Carolina. Karl is an aggressive trial lawyer specializing in asbestos, products liability, and complex litigation nationwide. Karl has gained a reputation winning multi-million dollar results in settlements and verdicts. Karl works closely with our firm as associated counsel, and our clients benefit from Karl's national reputation in prosecuting mesothelioma cases.
J. Michael Goldberg
J. Michael Goldberg is of-counsel to the firm. He is a trial lawyer with experience in handling cases involving lead poisoning, breach of contract, professional negligence, insurance disputes and bad faith, and business torts, including tortious interference and breach of noncompete cases. J. Michael Goldberg is admitted to practice in the Ohio Supreme Court and all Ohio state courts; the United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; and the United States District Court (Ohio).
