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Philip
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Gerson
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About Me
Philip M. Gerson has built a career and a law firm around representing people whose lives have been changed by serious injury, wrongful death, and violent wrongdoing. As the founder and senior partner of Gerson & Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers, he has spent more than 50 years practicing in Miami and helping shape a nationally recognized plaintiff-only practice devoted exclusively to injury victims and their families. Since founding the firm in 1970, he has helped create one of the country’s longest-established personal injury firms focused solely on plaintiffs, with a reputation for handling catastrophic injury, wrongful death, cruise ship accident, maritime injury, and crime victim cases on land and at sea. Today, the firm draws on more than 100 years of collective experience in complex injury and death claims.
A defining part of Philip Gerson’s professional identity is trial work. He has helped lead a firm that has taken more than 350 jury trials to verdict and recovered hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of its history. That courtroom foundation continues to influence how Gerson & Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers approaches every case. Rather than operating as a settlement mill, the firm has long emphasized preparation, strategy, and a willingness to fully litigate when necessary. It has remained intentionally selective and hands-on, with senior lawyers directly involved in investigation, negotiations, case development, and trial advocacy.
That trial-driven philosophy extends across a broad personal injury practice. Under Philip’s leadership, Gerson & Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers represents plaintiffs in matters involving car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, construction accidents, motor vehicle collisions, drunk driving crashes, marine accidents, premises liability, negligent security claims, crime victim cases, medical malpractice, catastrophic injuries, and wrongful death lawsuits. The firm is especially known for taking on severe injury and fatality cases that require detailed preparation, strong courtroom skill, and the resolve to continue pressing forward when insurance companies and defendants refuse to accept responsibility.
Philip M. Gerson’s background reflects the same seriousness and discipline that have long defined his practice. He graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the law review, won moot court honors, and finished near the top of his class. He is admitted to practice in all Florida courts, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Claims, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Over the years, his work has remained focused on plaintiffs’ injury and death litigation involving medical malpractice, cruise ship accidents, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, defective products, negligent security, and other high-level civil matters.
Among the areas most closely associated with Philip M. Gerson is cruise ship and maritime injury litigation, where he and his firm have earned national recognition. Gerson & Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers is widely regarded as one of the nation’s premier cruise ship injury law firms, representing injured passengers and crew members from across the United States and beyond. The firm handles cases involving slip and falls, trip and falls, gangway incidents, water slide injuries, shore excursion accidents, vessel malfunctions, and violent crimes such as rape and sexual assault committed by passengers or crew members. Because of its deep experience in cruise litigation and maritime law, the firm has represented clients from all fifty states and from ports of call throughout the country.
Philip M. Gerson, together with partners Nicholas Gerson and Edward Schwartz, has litigated personal injury and maritime cases in federal courts against major cruise lines including Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Virgin Voyages, MSC Cruises, and Holland America Line. That body of work has made the firm a recognized name in litigation involving passenger injuries, shipboard crime, negligent security, and other serious incidents in the cruise industry. The maritime practice is a natural extension of Philip M. Gerson’s longstanding commitment to standing up to powerful corporate defendants in cases where accountability is often heavily contested.
His advocacy has not been limited to the courtroom. Philip M. Gerson testified before the United States Senate Commerce Committee on issues involving cruise passenger safety and protections for crime victims. His involvement has been tied to broader efforts to improve legal safeguards for cruise passengers and strengthen accountability for violent crime and dangerous conditions aboard vessels. He has also served in leadership roles in organizations devoted to victims’ rights, including service connected to the National Center for Victims of Crime. That work reflects a commitment not only to representing clients one case at a time, but also to helping advance larger protections for people harmed by violent or preventable acts.
The same commitment can be seen in the firm’s crime victim and negligent security practice, another major part of Philip M. Gerson’s career. Gerson & Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers has built a strong reputation for pursuing claims against negligent property owners, businesses, hotels, apartment complexes, and other entities when inadequate security contributes to shootings, sexual assaults, or other violent crimes. This practice area is consistent with the broader focus of Philip M. Gerson’s career: using civil litigation to pursue justice for victims of serious wrongdoing, whether the harm occurs at sea, on dangerous property, on the roadway, or in a medical setting.
The firm’s professional reputation has been reinforced by major honors in the legal industry. Gerson & Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers remains consistently top-rated and has been recognized by Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms, and Martindale-Hubbell. Philip M. Gerson holds an AV Preeminent peer rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and the firm has also been recognized for its work in personal injury litigation, maritime law, and admiralty matters. Those distinctions reflect more than longevity. They speak to the firm’s standing within the legal profession, its history of serious advocacy, and the respect it has earned through decades of representing injured clients in demanding cases. Client testimonials regularly highlight the firm’s compassion, commitment, and trial strength, and often describe it as among the best choices for injury representation in Florida.
Senior Partner Philip M. Gerson continues to lead Gerson & Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers alongside trial partners Nicholas Gerson and Ed Schwartz. The firm is widely regarded as one of Florida’s most respected personal injury and cruise ship trial practices, built on decades of plaintiff advocacy and substantial courtroom experience. Whether a case involves a car accident, truck accident, motorcycle crash, cruise ship injury, maritime claim, medical malpractice matter, or a violent crime on land or at sea, Philip M. Gerson and his firm remain known for aggressive, results-driven representation focused on securing justice for victims and their families.
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