Neal W. Hirschfeld is of counsel with Greenspoon Marder’s Personal Injury Litigation practice group. He has more than 35 years of litigation experience, having begun his litigation practice as an insurance defense lawyer, and having spent more than 30 years as a plaintiff’s personal injury trial lawyer. Mr. Hirschfeld’s litigation practice included personal injury and wrongful death litigation, negligent security cases involving catastrophic injury or death, complex litigation, class action litigation, and funeral home & cemetery litigation. His experience included the 100 million dollar resolution of the Menorah Gardens Cemetery Class Action, in which he served as lead counsel. In the early part of 2016, Mr. Hirschfeld was awarded a $28 million dollar verdict against a local funeral home.
Prior to joining Greenspoon Marder in 1988, Mr. Hirschfeld practiced law in Houston, Texas from 1980 through 1988.
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- Texas
Education
- J.D., South Texas College of Law, Honors, 1980
- B.S., University of Florida, 1977
Professional and Community Involvement
- American Association for Justice, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Broward County Bar Association, Member
- Broward County Trial Lawyers Association
- Florida Bar Association, Member
- Florida Justice Association, Member
- Texas Bar Association, Member
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers®, “The Best Lawyers in America,” Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2024-2025
- U.S. News and World Report, “The Best Lawyers in America,” Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2007-2023
- Martindale-Hubbell, Rated AV Preeminent®
- South Florida Legal Guide, “Top Lawyers,” 2009-2021
- The American Lawyer magazine, “Top Rated Lawyers,” 2012-2016
- Top Verdict, “Top 100 Verdicts in Florida,” 2016
- South Florida Business Journal, “Key Partners Award,” 2006
- Florida Trend, “Legal Elite,” 2004
In the News
- Mentioned, “Widow Files Suit Against Wyndham Orlando Resort, I Shops After Husband’s Death,” Law360, May 17, 2017
- Quoted, “Millions awarded to parents of dead baby found in dumpster,” CBS News, March 11, 2016
News
- Aug 15, 2024 56 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Edition
- Aug 17, 2023 49 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Edition
- Aug 18, 2022 48 Attorneys At Greenspoon Marder Listed In The Best Lawyers In America® 2023
- Sep 9, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Secures $6,750,000 Settlement
- Nov 14, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Receive 2018 AV Preeminent Rating By Martindale-Hubbell
- Nov 3, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Receive 2017 AV Preeminent Rating By Martindale-Hubbell
- Mar 11, 2016 Greenspoon Marder Law Attorney Neal Hirschfeld Secures $28 Million Verdict after the Remains of a Baby were Found in the Trash
- Aug 26, 2014 Cemetery mis-buried husband and wife in wrong graves: family
- Jan 16, 2014 Twenty One Attorneys Ranked as “Top Lawyers” and Greenspoon Marder Listed as a “Top Law Firm” in the 2014 South Florida Legal Guide
- Dec 5, 2011 Greenspoon Marder Named as Top Law Firm 2012