As a trial attorney at Merson Law PLLC, Nathan Werksman fights for the injured and wronged in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death litigation and is a leader in the New York legal community. His work on behalf of injured New Yorkers has been featured on Good Morning America and Eyewitness News ABC 7 New York and in The New York Times, The New York Post, and Rolling Stone Magazine.
Mr. Werksman has recovered in excess of $100 million dollars in settlements and verdicts for his clients in New York and California. One of his trial verdicts was featured on the popular podcast Great Trials Podcast.
In the last 6 years, Mr. Werksman has had 5 trial victories (including one of the first post-COVID jury trials) and numerous seven- and eight- figure settlements, including:
Nathan is very involved in the New York legal community and in making New York a more just place for the injured. He is the Deputy Treasurer of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, is the Chair of the Products Liability Committee at the New York City Bar Association, and is on the Executive Committee of the UJA’s Young Lawyers Division. He was also selected to serve on the 2024 Supreme Court Independent Judicial Screening Panel, which plays a critical role in selecting the Supreme Court judges in Manhattan.
Prior to joining Merson Law, Mr. Werksman worked at Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP and clerked at Kirkland & Ellis in Los Angeles.
Mr. Werksman obtained his law degree from Stanford Law School where he lectures annually to Stanford Law students on the ethics and practice of plaintiffs’ work in a course taught by legal scholar Nora Freeman Engstrom. Mr. Werksman completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated summa cum laude double majoring in History and Spanish.
Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Werksman is admitted to practice law in New York, California, Pennsylvania, and Nevada. He lives with his wife, son Hugo, and daughter Naomi on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
May 10, 2022: Great Trials Podcast interview – Nathan Werksman and Jon Davidi
Nothing is more rewarding than fighting – and winning – on behalf of my clients.
Medical malpractice, sexual abuse, complex personal injury, products liability and mass tort litigation in New York, California and Nevada.
