Rotman, Jerry F.

A veteran litigator with a focus on personal injury law, Gary Roth is driven by a desire to help individuals who have suffered as the victims of wrongdoing and for whom legal action is their only recourse. He particularly enjoys the process of trying cases and working with his clients to deliver a favorable resolution to their grievances. His goal upon beginning his practice in 1989 was to make a difference in people’s lives, and he is excited to be continuing this work as part of Boxer & Gerson, LLP.

Originally from Louisiana, Gary recently relocated to the Bay Area with his wife, a Lafayette native. While working in New Orleans, he served on the Board of Directors for the New Orleans Bar Association, where he assisted young lawyers in giving back to the community through clothing drives, fundraising and legal assistance. He also coordinated efforts to provide legal advice to the disadvantaged in matters ranging from criminal cases to adoption as a member of the New Orleans Pro Bono project.

Gary received both his law degree and a B.S. in Finance from Louisiana State University. Prior to joining Boxer & Gerson, he was a partner at Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, where he specialized in personal injury litigation. Gary had also been a partner at Deutch, Kerrigan & Stiles, LLP, where he specialized in toxic tort defense and served as national trial counsel for Ray Bay, a division of Bausch & Lomb Incorporated.

Case Highlights:

• $12.6 Million Jury Verdict for Defective Highway Design—
An 11_year old child injured in a car accident caused by a defective roadway
required more than 30 surgeries, including amputation of a leg. Both the state
and car driver were found at fault.

• $11.4 Million Jury Verdict for Defective Garbage Truck—A severely
injured driver and his wife were compensated after Boxer & Gerson attorneys
proved negligence by the truck manufacturer, component part manufacturer and
garbage truck body manufacturer.

• $10.6 Million Jury Verdict for Man Injured in Store Fall—A man
injured his knee in a slip_and_fall accident in a retail store and then developed
chronic regional pain syndrome, which disabled him and required multiple
surgeries. Boxer & Gerson attorneys showed that the store and its contractors
had failed to fix known roof defects prior to the incident.