Principal Attorney
Adam D. Glassman, Esq.
Trial lawyer, former New York State Administrative Law Judge, longtime professor of law, and published legal scholar.
At a Glance
- Position
- Principal Attorney, The Glassman Law Group
- Admitted
- New York, 1995 · U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- Education
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1994 (Fordham Urban Law Journal) · Brooklyn College, 1991, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- On the bench
- New York State Administrative Law Judge, 2005–2020
- Teaching
- Professor of Law, 1997–2014: Baruch College (Zicklin School of Business), CUNY Macaulay Honors College, Hunter College, Touro College
- Before that
- Trial and Senior Trial Attorney, Zurich Insurance, 1995–2000
Biography
Adam Glassman began his career inside an insurance company. As a trial attorney, and later senior trial attorney, at Zurich Insurance, he spent five years learning how carriers investigate claims, value injuries, and decide when to fight and when to pay.
From 2000 to 2004 he served as chief trial attorney of the Law Office of Alan C. Glassman, a plaintiffs’ personal-injury practice, before founding The Glassman Law Group in 2004. In 2020 he acquired his former firm, continuing a practice tradition dating to 1962.
For fifteen years he also served as a New York State Administrative Law Judge, weighing evidence and deciding cases, and for seventeen years he taught law. Today his practice concentrates on personal injury, medical malpractice, and complex litigation throughout New York City and Long Island, with a select counsel practice in real estate, business, and estates.
Career
Brooklyn College
Graduated summa cum laude; inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
Fordham University School of Law
J.D.; served on the Fordham Urban Law Journal.
Admitted to the New York Bar
Followed by admission to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Trial & Senior Trial Attorney, Zurich Insurance
Five years trying cases from inside a major carrier — learning exactly how insurers evaluate, defend, and pay claims.
Professor of Law
Seventeen years teaching law: Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business (1997–2005), where he was recognized as one of its most outstanding professors, CUNY’s Macaulay Honors College (2007–2014), Hunter College, and Touro College.
Chief Trial Attorney, Law Office of Alan C. Glassman
Led the trial practice at the plaintiffs’ personal-injury firm — trying cases for the injured, not the insurers.
Founded The Glassman Law Group
Opened his own practice, concentrating on personal injury and complex litigation.
New York State Administrative Law Judge
Fifteen years on the bench weighing evidence, ruling on arguments, and deciding cases — while building his litigation practice.
Full circle
Acquired the Law Office of Alan C. Glassman — the firm where he had served as chief trial attorney — continuing a practice tradition dating to 1962.
New York Metro Super Lawyers
Selected to the Super Lawyers list four consecutive years (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026). Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Lawyers of Distinction.
Honors & Memberships
- Super LawyersNew York Metro list — 2023, 2024, 2025 & 2026
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates ForumMember — recoveries exceeding $2 million
- Lawyers of DistinctionMember
- Published Author & ScholarLaw review articles on medical malpractice and health law
Published Scholarship
- The Imposition of Federal Caps in Medical Malpractice Liability Actions: Will They Cure the Current Crisis in Health Care?37 Akron Law Review 417
- To Preempt or Not to Preempt: HMO Liability Pre and Post Pegram v. Herdrich18 Journal of Law & Health 1
- I Do! Or Do I? A Practical Guide to Love, Courtship, and Heartbreak in New York — or — Who Gets the Ring Back Following a Broken Engagement?Buffalo Women’s Law Journal, Vol. 12, Article 9
Practice
What he handles.
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