Nathan Werksman

Merson Law Partner

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Sex Assault Cases

$28 Million

Awarded As Part of The Largest Sexual Assault Verdict In New York State History

Cases

$10 Million

Confidential labor law construction accident settlement in 2019.

Sex Assault Cases

$320 Million

Diocese of Rockville Centre Child Sex Abuse Victims

Sex Assault Cases

$17.5 Million

Total bankruptcy settlement for Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse victims, which the firm represented 9 victims

Cases

$200 Million

Negligence Lawsuit Against City Of New York

Sex Assault Cases

13.38 Million

In a groundbreaking case under New York’s Child Victims Act

Medical Malpractice

$11.95 Million

Confidential medical malpractice settlement in 2023

Medical Malpractice

$28.5 Million

Medical malpractice jury verdict in 2022 for former New York Giants football player.

Sex Assault Cases

$14 Million

Jury verdict for child sexual abuse victim.

Personal Injury

$11.3 Million

Jury verdict for brain damaged child.

Medical Malpractice

$6.5 Million

Settlement value for birth injury that resulted in difficulty speaking.

Medical Malpractice

$6.25 Million

Jury verdict for New York woman who underwent needless hip surgery.

Cases

$100 million

Merson represents a number of victims of child sex abuse in the Independent Reconciliation

Personal Injury

$8 Million

Settlement – one of the lead counsel for victims of a bus overturn accident.

Sex Assault Cases

$8 Million

Confidential sexual abuse settlement in 2020 believed to be the largest recovery at the time for a sexual abuse survivor

Sex Assault Cases

$225 Million

Lawsuit against Bill Cosby in New Jersey and a 2nd lawsuit on behalf of five women filed in New York against Bill Cosby for an undisclosed amount

Medical Malpractice

$7.3 Million

Verdict in case of Queens woman overprescribed medication who suffered burn injury.

Attorney Nathan Werksman’s Experience:

As a Partner and Head of Special Litigation Projects at Merson Law PLLC, Nathan Werksman fights for the injured and wronged in complex 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 $150 million dollars in settlements and verdicts for his clients in New York and California. Two of his trial verdicts have been featured on the popular podcast Great Trials Podcast.

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In the last 6 years, Mr. Werksman has had 5 trial victories (including one of the first post-COVID jury trials) and including one in May 2025, in addition to numerous seven- and eight- figure settlements, including:

$31,625,000 settlement in a products liability case against a national water distributor for burns to a minor
$20,050,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case
$12,450,000 settlement for a victim of negligent driving
$9,520,000 settlement in a sex abuse case against a religious institution
$7,750,000 settlement for a sexual abuse victim against an institutional defendant
$7,500,000 settlement in a wrongful death case against a school district
$7,300,000 settlement for a child who was struck by a negligently-maintained tree
$6,000,000 settlement on courthouse steps for construction worker who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI)
$5,000,000 settlement in a group home neglect case
$5,000,000 settlement for a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
$3,100,000 settlement for soft tissue injuries to 23 year old teacher caused by a car accident
$2,900,000 settlement for medical malpractice which resulted in kidney failure
$2,300,000 jury verdict in a medical malpractice case for 1.5 hours of conscious pain and suffering. Defense offer throughout trial was $0
$1,500,000 settlement for a sexual abuse victim against an on-demand app
$1,300,000 settlement in a products liability case for injuries to a child caused by an in-home exercise device.
$1,100,000 settlement for 3 seconds of pre-death pain and suffering due to lumber yard negligence.

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.

Nathan had lectured at Columbia Law School and regularly lectures at Stanford Law School. 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, and three kids in Manhattan.

Lawyer Nathan Werksman In The Media

May 10, 2022: Great Trials Podcast interview – Nathan Werksman and Jon Davidi

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