Philip Russotti

Philip Russotti is a New York lawyer and partner at Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP, with extensive experience handling complex civil trials and personal injury law matters. His practice includes medical malpractice, product liability, construction accidents, premises liability, police brutality, and automobile cases. He oversees trial strategy and preparation across the practice and works closely with other trial attorneys. His career includes numerous significant verdicts and settlements in serious injury and malpractice matters.

Philip earned his B.A. from Columbia University. He later received his J.D. from St. John’s Law School. His legal education prepared him for a career centered on courtroom advocacy and complex litigation. He was admitted to practice in New York and developed substantial trial experience in the years that followed.

Philip has tried a wide range of civil cases and has achieved several notable verdicts. His results include major medical malpractice recoveries in New York and Hawaii. One Hawaii verdict was reported as the state’s largest personal injury jury verdict at that time. He has also secured substantial results in construction accident, personal injury, and other complex civil cases.

Philip Russotti has received significant professional recognition throughout his career. He has been selected to Super Lawyers since 2007 and was inducted into the New York Law Journal/ALM Medical Malpractice Hall of Fame in 2014. He is also Board Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. His background reflects decades of litigation, trial leadership, and personal injury representation.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Committee
• Sustaining Member, American Association for Justice
• Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Licensed State

• New York

Education

• St. John’s Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Columbia University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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