Craig Michael Goldwasser

Craig M. Goldwasser is a founder and the Managing Partner of Goldwasser & Chan, LLP. Mr. Goldwasser has over a decade of experience handling a wide variety of complex and high exposure legal matters. He has practiced in all areas of personal injury and medical malpractice law including general liability, premises liability, dram shop liability, pharmaceutical malpractice, and automobile liability matters from inception through trial in the New York tri-state area. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants, including high-profile restaurants and bars as well as physicians, nurses, pharmacies and medical facilities.

Prior to forming Goldwasser & Chan, LLP, Mr. Goldwasser was a Partner at a prestigious general liability/personal injury firm where he handled complex civil litigation matters with multi-million dollar exposure. Prior to that time, he was Senior Litigation Counsel for a large medical malpractice/general liability firm. Mr. Goldwasser was also previously a trial attorney at a plaintiff’s personal injury and medical malpractice firm where he successfully tried several cases. Mr. Goldwasser's dual background working both for the plaintiff and the defense gives Goldwasser & Chan, LLP a significant advantage in litigation.

Since 2015, Mr. Goldwasser has annually been named by Super Lawyers as a New York “Rising Star” in the areas of personal injury and medical malpractice, an honor awarded to the top 2.5% of lawyers under the age of 40 in New York. He has also been annually named as a Top Young Attorney by Westchester Magazine since 2018. Mr. Goldwasser was named a Top Lawyer by Hudson Valley Magazine in honor of his contributions to the practice of law and to his community from 2023 through 2025.

Mr. Goldwasser earned a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Law from Binghamton University in 2008 and a J.D., cum laude, from New York Law School in 2011.

He is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, State of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.

Since 2023, Mr. Goldwasser has served on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Dream Foundation, which provides grants to healthcare organizations in New York’s Hudson Valley region to enhance pediatric emergency care and ensure that all children in the area have access to these critical services.