Alan C. Glassman is the firm’s founder. His expertise is in the prosecution of federal and state personal injury and medical malpractice liability cases. Mr. Glassman is a highly respected litigator who has tirelessly advocated for the rights of his injured clients for more than sixty years. Over the course of his brilliant career, Alan has recovered in excess of one hundred million dollars in compensation for his clients.

Mr. Glassman is a graduate of Brooklyn College, class of 1958. In 1961, he earned his law degree from Brooklyn Law School. Alan was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1962, the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, in 1966, the United States Supreme Court in 1968, the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, in 1972, the Florida State Bar in 1981, and the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, in 1995.

Alan has served prominently as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Zicklin School of Business of the City University of New York (CUNY), as an Arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association (AAA), and as a Hearing Officer with the New York City Rent Stabilization Association.

For more than six decades, Mr. Glassman has been a member of Temple Emanu-el of Canarsie, where he has served in a variety of service roles, including, but not limited to, President and Member of the Board of Directors. During his tenure as President of the congregation, he was honored with the Judeo-Christian Community Service Award.

Despite being an octogenarian, Mr. Glassman continues to maintain an active and important role with the firm and is quite thrilled to be doing so. Alan survives his dear wife Beatrice, to whom he was married for nearly sixty years. He is the proud father of his sons Adam and Paul, their loving and supportive wives Melissa and Claire, and his grandchildren, Leo, Harrison, Hope, G, Jared, and Gavin.

Alan sees every day as a blessing, and he is thrilled to do so with his loving partner Susan by his side.

ALAN C. GLASSMAN