Evan Torgan

Evan Torgan is a New York City personal injury lawyer and founding partner of Torgan Cooper + Aaron, concentrating on plaintiffs’ personal injury and medical malpractice litigation. His work includes cases involving injuries during medical treatment, automobile collisions and pedestrian accidents.

The firm lists among his verdicts a $90 million award for a child with brain injuries resulting from neonatal malpractice and a $45 million award for a child paralyzed during spinal surgery. It also reports a $23 million verdict for a passenger paralyzed in the Staten Island Ferry accident. His reported settlements include $20 million for a mechanic who lost his legs while helping move a disabled vehicle on a highway.

Torgan graduated from Hofstra Law School, where he served as an associate editor of the Law Review. He has also taught trial techniques and litigation as an adjunct professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. His legal writing includes the New York Law Journal column “Trial Advocacy,” which he co-authors with Ben Rubinowitz.

His teaching outside the classroom has included lectures for the New York State Bar Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association and several county bar associations. He has been an instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and has contributed to continuing education for New York State judges. Torgan is also a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates.