Brian J. Elbaum was only a few years out of law school when he decided to go out on his own in 1996.

Twenty FIve years later, he still holds fast to the same two winning principles:

1. Making sure clients are comfortable throughout the litigation process.
2. Achieving great results by being aggressive and making the responsible party constantly uncomfortable.

1996
Brian graduated from Rutgers University in 1991 and earned his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1994. While he had a great job at a good firm after graduating he quickly realized that he could serve clients better on his own, unburdened by the constraints of the law firm model and approach.

Brian felt so strongly in what he was doing that for his first year he was willing to work out of his apartment – a sixth floor walkup on East 37th Street & 3rd Avenue. Getting dressed every day in a full suit and tie to work from the desk in the corner of a modest one-bedroom, Brian took the cases no other attorney wanted. He quickly developed a reputation for making “lemons into lemonade,” helping those personal injury clients who other attorneys couldn’t.

2021
The Law Offices of Brian J. Elbaum have come a long way in 25 years. We’ve represented over 900 personal injury clients in Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, New York, Staten Island, Long Island, Upstate New York and New Jersey in cases involving construction accidents, auto accidents, slip & falls, medical/dental malpractice, bar and nightclub assaults, product liability, and much, much more.

We’ve stayed small by design, continuing to believe as we did 20 years ago that, more lawyers means more internal politics and reduced focus on the client. At our office, you know that every case will be handled personally by Brian. And we’ve stayed true to our philosophy, demonstrating in case after case that being tough with the adversary and compassionate with our clients is a winning combination.

Attorney Brian J. Elbaum is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey as well as the federal courts. He is active in New York’s legal community as a Certified Member of the New York Trial Lawyers Association, Brooklyn Bar Association, and New York County Bar Association.