Michael G. Glass

It is not an uncommon thing at the RGLZ offices to catch a good earful of Michael Glass on the phone with his clients. He takes as much time as is necessary to explain things to them, and has a tendency to make absolutely sure that the phone call does not end until the client is satisfied with the explanation. It is just part of who he is. Michael Glass is always going to give you every bit of information you need to have.

He also is not the type to sugar-coat things, or dance around an issue. You are always going to get a 100% honest appraisal of things from him, and there is never any hesitation in it. It is the sort of sure-handed delivery that comes from the confidence of a 35+ year career. Michael Glass always seems to know the answer to every question.

“Lawyers have to think in terms of the elements necessary to prove a claim, and how those elements can be proven. Each element is like a key in a lock, and when all the keys are in all the locks, and the locks are opened, the door opens to the injured Plaintiff’s recovery in Court. Often, injured Plaintiffs do not think of their case in these linear terms, and they can’t be blamed for that. It is my job to make sure each client knows the elements of proof in their claim, and any challenges we may have in proving an individual element.”

Typically, Michael Glass is the first person to arrive in the morning, and the last one to leave at night. He is fond of quoting one great trial lawyer in the past who always said, “there is no genius in the courtroom who is not first a drudge in the office, preparing.” It is a level of commitment to his craft that speaks volumes about the sort of attorney he is.

All of this is on top of a body of knowledge which few can boast of having. When it comes to medical malpractice, nursing home malpractice, and other personal injury cases, Michael Glass is a firm leader. He is a regular lecturer for various New York State Bar Associations, and has published numerous legal articles and seminar pieces on litigation related subjects.

What Michael enjoys most about the law though, is trial work. This is where his skills truly come to life. Michael Glass always prepares every case as though it were going to trial. He is a fighter through-and-through, and is a staunch believer that sometimes taking a case to trial is the only way to ensure a suitable settlement offer or recovery. Without a doubt, Michael finds trial work the most rewarding and challenging aspect of his practice.

“The most important lesson I have learned in 35 years of practice, is that there is no substitute for careful preparation of the case for trial. A trial is like producing a complex play, although the actors are the witnesses recounting the truth of their observations, and the stage is the courtroom. The lawyer needs to master the facts of the case, master the law that governs those facts, and then fully understand the medicine which proves the damages. In addition, the trial lawyer must cerebrate as to how to present those facts in a powerful and compelling narrative. It is a human drama and the concluding lines are written by the jury.”

If you are looking for an attorney who will, without a doubt, give you the attention your case deserves, then Michael Glass is your man. You can depend on the level of honesty and commitment that Michael Glass is known for, as the countless people whom Michael has recovered compensation for would attest to.

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

Michael Glass has been litigating personal injury and medical malpractice cases for more than 35 years. He has been involved in many cases resulting in million and multimillion-dollar recoveries. He has been named to the Top 100 Civil Trial Lawyers in New York by the National Trial Lawyers Association. Michael graduated summa cum laude from St. John’s University (which he attended on a sports scholarship), with the 3.989 average. He thereafter attended St. John’s University School of Law on a full academic scholarship. Michael graduated from St. John’s Law School third in his class. During that time, he served as a survey editor of the St. John’s Law Review, the school’s law journal, and there received the New York State Trial Lawyers’ Louis Harolds Award for Excellence in the field of Tort Law.

Michael has been a partner with RGLZ since 1988, and concentrates in the prosecution of complex personal injury, medical malpractice, and nursing home abuse cases. He regularly lectures to other lawyers on a variety of personal injury topics for the various New York State Bar Associations. He has also published articles and seminar pieces for the New York State Bar Association and the Suffolk County Bar Association on litigation related subjects. He is a former director of the Suffolk County Academy of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1982, and is a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, The National Trial Lawyers Association, The American Association for Justice, and multiple other professional bar groups. For the last 20 years he has been annually named to the Martindale-Hubbell List of Preeminent Lawyers (AV rated), and has been annually named to the Metropolitan Area Super Lawyer’s lists.