New England’s Best Lawyers® Features Lubin & Meyer Attorneys on Cover

Defining the Gold Standard in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Law

Best Lawyers® / Boston Globe - April 2025

BOSTON, MA — New England’s Best Lawyers® 2025, the annual peer review guide to the the region's top lawyers published as a supplement to the Boston Globe, is out with Lubin & Meyer attorneys featured as the cover story for the fourth consecutive year.

Best Lawyers New England is an annual listing of the top legal talent in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, as determined by Best Lawyers' methodology "designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area."

Five Lubin & Meyer attorneys have been listed continuously by Best Lawyers® and published annually in The Best Lawyers in America:

This year's article “Lubin & Meyer PC: Defining the Gold Standard in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Law” is reproduced in full below.

New England's Best Lawyers 2025

Lubin & Meyer, headquartered in Boston, represents injured persons and their families in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, with a record of success unmatched by any other firm in the region.

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Defining the Gold Standard in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Law

By Justin Smulison
Best Lawyers New England 2025

SINCE FOUNDING LUBIN & MEYER in 1974, Andrew C. Meyer, Jr. has become the nation's most successful malpractice attorney, building the firm into the country's premier personal injury practice. Backed by a powerhouse team of 19 attorneys, medical staff and legal professionals, Lubin & Meyer is known for precedent-setting cases that make headlines — and history.

"No other law firm is better positioned to handle complex, high-stakes medical malpractice and personal injury cases," said a recent referring attorney. "Their talent, expertise and integrity — paired with a record of success — set them apart."

Year after year, Lubin & Meyer dominates in verdicts and settlements. Last year alone, the firm secured 36 verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more — 18 times that of any other personal injury law firm in the region.* For the 17th consecutive year, they lead the region in high-value results. But their impact goes beyond the numbers. Lubin & Meyer has driven meaningful legal reforms, improved patient safety and earned a reputation for excellence in advocacy, community impact and client satisfaction.

"We are proud to be the region's go-to law firm for medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury," said Meyer, a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame inductee and three-time honoree on Boston magazine's "Most Influential Bostonians" list, recognizing the leaders influencing the city's future in business, politics, social justice and areas of civic importance.

As Boston magazine wrote of Meyer: "There are few greater friends to patient and public safety. Case in point: When Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly announced its inaugural Hall of Fame, among the judges, professors and big-firm legends was malpractice attorney Meyer. The publication cited not just the hundreds of millions of dollars he's won for clients, but the 'lifesaving changes' he's forced hospitals, manufacturers and the state's Board of Registration to implement."

UNRIVALED TALENT. UNMATCHED RESULTS

Lubin & Meyer stands alone as the only law firm in the Commonwealth with two partners — Andrew C. Meyer, Jr. and Robert M. Higgins — named "Lawyer of the Year" for Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs by The Best Lawyers in America©; in 2011 and 2025, respectively. The firm's Tier 1 rankings from Best Law Firms® 2025 for both Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs in Boston, reflect its reputation as the premier law firm for injury victims and their families in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

ELITE TRIAL ATTORNEYS DELIVERING RECORD-SETTING RESULTS

  • Robert M. Higgins - Named Best Lawyers® 2025 "Lawyer of the Year" for Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs in Boston, Higgins is among Massachusetts' most formidable trial attorneys. His case victories include a $15 million settlement against Boston Children's Hospital, a $29.8 million verdict for a birth injury and a $29 million verdict for a missed aortic aneurysm diagnosis. Other landmark wins include $28.8 million for a misdiagnosed blood clot, $19.8 million for undiagnosed cervical cancer and $16.7 million for a failure to diagnose lung cancer.
  • Krysia J. Syska - A Best Lawyers honoree for Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs since 2012, Syska has played a critical role in securing numerous record-breaking verdicts and settlements. Her high profile, multimillion-dollar settlement was featured in Boston magazine's "The Secret Truth about Boston Doctors," a groundbreaking exposé on medical errors and patient safety.
  • William J. Thompson - Recognized by Best Lawyers for Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs since 2010, Thompson consistently delivers significant wins, including a $14 million settlement for a lab error, an $11.48 million jury verdict for the wrongful death of an infant, a $10 million jury verdict for a delay in lung cancer diagnosis and an $8.5 million verdict for a cyclist struck by a tractor-trailer.
  • Adam R. Satin - A Best Lawyers honoree for Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs since 2012, Satin has secured nearly $325 million in verdicts and settlements, including most recently a 2025 verdict for $17 million on behalf of the family of a woman who died following elective hernia repair surgery. Named one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's "Lawyers of the Year," his exceptional trial results continue to set the standard in high stakes litigation.

SETTING THE PACE FOR 2025

Highlights of the firm's success in just the first three months of the year include:

  • $17 million verdict (Satin & Attorney Lynn Hu) - Death following elective hernia surgery.
  • $7.5 million settlement (Higgins) - Delayed diagnosis of an abscess.
  • $4 million settlement (Thompson) - Delayed lung cancer diagnosis.
  • $3 million settlement (Attorney Andrew Miller) - Delayed kidney stone infection diagnosis leading to amputation.

FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE IN LANDMARK CIVIL LAWSUIT

Lubin & Meyer continues its high-profile case against Dr. Derrick Todd formerly of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Charles River Medical Associates, representing more than 190 survivors of the rheumatologist's alleged sexual misconduct. The firm's lawsuit, which has gained widespread national media coverage including features in People magazine and The Washington Post, accuses Todd of conducting invasive exams without gloves or medical instruments — some lasting up to 45 minutes — leaving patients traumatized. In January 2025, a Middlesex County grand jury criminally indicted Todd on two counts of rape.

"We proudly represent nearly 200 brave victims — adults and minors — whose case has rightfully captured the nation's attention," said Meyer, who leads the case alongside Thompson. "Our reputation as the hardest working, most successful personal injury law firm is built on our commitment to obtain appropriate compensation for those who have suffered preventable harm. We are often an injury victim's only recourse — which is a privilege we take very seriously."

* As reflected by trial reports in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. 

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Lubin & Meyer's History of Recognition by Best Lawyers

Lubin & Meyer has been featured on the cover of New England's Best Lawyers seven times in the last 12 years.

Lubin & Meyer on the covers of New England's Best Lawyers magazine.

In 2013, Andrew Meyer was featured with an accompanying cover story, "The Powerhouse Medical Malpractice Law Firm on Rebuilding Lives and Improving Medicine." That article states,

The systemic improvements the firm has forced over the years have been significant. In just one example, after a Lubin & Meyer suit uncovered a flaw in a major Boston hospital’s computer system that allowed medical professionals to overdose a patient resulting in her death, the hospital changed its protocols and put a backup system in place to safeguard against a similar tragedy.

In 2015, Robert Higgins who was selected as Boston's Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year appeared on the cover with the companion article, "Safeguarding A Patient's Right to Secure and Reliable Medicine." In that issue, Higgins is quoted,

“The fact is, medical mistakes are endemic to our health care system, they are one of the leading causes of death in this country, and as a firm, it is not only our mission to achieve maximum compensation for our clients, but also to ensure patient safety for the general public. Improving any system requires change, which in turn requires leadership, and that is where we excel.”

In 2016, the firm's partners graced the issue titled, "Two Decades of Best Lawyers," highlighting Lubin & Meyer's leadership on patient safety issues, which has earned the firm recgonition nationwide. One example given: Lubin & Meyer lawsuits at the center of the controversy over the practice of a single surgeon double-booking (overlapping) surgeries — used by surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital and others — which was covered in an exposé by the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team, exposing the practice and leading to changes required by the Massachusetts Board of Medicine.

Meyer is quoted,

“Patients deserve a health care system where safety is a priority and errors are not just swept under the rug. By exposing the lack of quality treatment in these institutions, we have done our part to help create a safer environment for patients everywhere.”

In 2020, Best Lawyers New England highlighted Attorney Meyer's outspoken call for reform of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, due to examples of self-regulation protecting doctors more than patients.   

The articles states:

“As New England’s most recognizable medical malpractice attorney, he has built a firm around his mission of representing the voiceless—people seriously injured by the shortcomings and mistakes of a complex, often secretive medical system. ‘Our work shines a light on dangerous practices, a medical system unable to regulate itself and mistakes that by definition are avoidable,’ says Meyer.”

In 2022, Best Lawyers New England recognized the firm for its unmatched results describing Lubin & Meyer as the "hardest-working, most successful medical malpractice and personal injury law firm in New England." The feature article, Success and Leadership by All Measures, notes that:

the firm "is known for accepting challenging and high-profile cases — such as those related to “patient dumping,” concurrent (double-booking) surgeries and computer-dosing errors—all taking place at major Boston hospitals. The firm’s work has often led to substantial and landmark results that have set precedents in consumer and injury law.""

In 2023, the publication called Lubin & Meyer the “Perennial Powerhouse” as “Boston's Top Legal Team in the Fight to Prevent Medical Errors.” The article notes the increasing difficulty in bringing medical cases. Says Meyer:

“Claims are becoming more complex. We spend more time today than at any other period in our firm’s history investigating the claims because medical providers have become more sophisticated in how their work is documented, and as a result of the providers not wanting to acknowledge that an error was made in the care delivered.”

Failures or delays in informing or diagnosing medical conditions were the root cause of action for the majority of Lubin & Meyer’s cases that were resolved in the prior year. Sadly, Meyer notes that several of those errors led to preventable deaths.

In 2024, the Best Lawyers New England article, Protecting Patients and the Public, highlighted Lubin & Meyer's most successful year yet securing more than nine times as many “million-plus” verdicts and settlements than the next closest firm, while embarking on an “historic legal action representing close to 200 patients in the highly publicized claims against a Boston rheumatologist accused of sexual abuse.”  

Meyer describes the serious nature of this case:

“When numerous plaintiffs come forward, it is unlikely that supervisors and leadership were unaware of this doctor's unethical and illegal behavior,” he said. “We plan to expose a pattern of systemic recklessness and negligence. We aim to hold all wrongdoers accountable, secure maximum compensation for the victims and demand the necessary reforms to prevent such unthinkable acts from recurring in our health care systems.”

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