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Gerson & Schwartz: The Miami Plaintiff Firm That Has Represented Only Injured People Since 1970

Founded by Philip M. Gerson in 1970, the Miami personal injury firm Gerson & Schwartz has spent more than five decades doing one thing: exclusively representing plaintiffs in catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims — over 100 years of collective attorney experience, none of it on the insurance-company side of the docket.

At a Glance

Origin and Background

Philip M. Gerson founded the firm in 1970, and its continuity since then is itself the story: the same Miami plaintiff practice, across more than five decades, through generational changes in Florida tort law. The firm’s attorneys report over 100 years of collective experience representing exclusively plaintiffs in catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims — an explicit, structural plaintiff-only commitment consistent with this directory’s inclusion standard for personal injury. A second generation, including Nicholas Gerson, now practices in the firm.

A Miami Personal Injury Firm’s Practice Concentration

The firm’s docket spans the full South Florida injury landscape: auto and motor vehicle collisions, cruise ship and maritime injury — a Miami-forum staple, since major cruise lines require suit in their designated home venue — medical malpractice, product liability, premises liability, and a notable concentration in claims on behalf of crime victims against negligent property owners and security providers. The firm offers free consultations, makes house calls when necessary, and provides transportation to its offices for consultations at no charge, per its published service commitments. See this Miami Personal Injury directory for how this five-decade plaintiff-exclusive practice compares to other firms serving Miami-Dade County.

Notable Work / Track Record

The firm reports a lengthy record of recoveries across auto, cruise, malpractice, crime victim, and product liability cases over its five decades; Awesome Attorneys did not identify a firm-published itemized verdict table with individual amounts during research for this profile and discloses that directly. Past results, where reported, do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter.

Client Voice

The firm’s published reviews include an unusually credible category: endorsements from other lawyers who hired it. A Massachusetts attorney, Brandon Parrelli, wrote that after researching Florida firms for a client’s cruise line case, his advice was to “take the guessing out of it” and call this firm. Another reviewer publicly credited the firm with seeing him through his care and claim after a fall aboard a major cruise ship. These are attributed, platform-published reviews reported as written.

Beyond the Courtroom

The firm describes a long record of meaningful service to the community alongside its client work, and its founder’s five-decade continuous practice in the same city constitutes an institutional presence in Miami’s plaintiff bar that few active firms match.

Recognition for This Miami Personal Injury Firm

The firm’s senior partner holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating — a peer-review rating of legal ability and ethics, the directory’s highest — and the firm reports consistent recognition in “Top Lawyers” listings including the South Florida Business Review and Super Lawyers, which are research-driven and peer-influenced selections. Awesome Attorneys did not confirm individual Florida Bar board certifications for the firm’s attorneys and, per this directory’s standard, applies no “specialist” language absent that confirmation.

Florida Legal Backdrop

Florida’s 2023 tort reform law, HB 837, cut the general negligence statute of limitations from four years to two (Fla. Stat. § 95.11) and adopted modified comparative negligence (§ 768.81), barring recovery for plaintiffs found more than 50 percent at fault in most negligence actions. Florida’s no-fault system also requires drivers to carry $10,000 in personal injury protection, with treatment generally required within 14 days of a crash to preserve PIP benefits (§ 627.736). Cruise claims run on shorter contractual deadlines — typically six months’ notice and one year to file suit. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed attorney promptly after any injury.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Gerson & Schwartz’s clearest differentiator is verified longevity in a single lane: a 1970-founded, plaintiff-exclusive Miami personal injury firm whose peer endorsements — including a referring out-of-state lawyer’s on-the-record recommendation — carry more evidential weight than the anonymous review volume most firms tout. The honest trade-offs, disclosed directly: the firm publishes no itemized verdict table, and Awesome Attorneys did not confirm Florida Bar board certifications for its individual attorneys. For an injured person in Miami — particularly a cruise passenger or crime victim — who values institutional experience over advertising scale, that combination is a strong basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Gerson & Schwartz’s own website (injuryattorneyfla.com, including its firm overview, practice, and Brickell-area pages), which documents the firm’s 1970 founding, plaintiff-exclusive model, service commitments, ratings, and published client and attorney reviews.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Gerson & Schwartz, P.A. prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.