About Gary
Gary Certain is a seasoned trial lawyer and partner at Certain & Zilberg, PLLC, located in New York City. He has been licensed to practice law in New York since 1994. The firm, situated at 488 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022, specializes in personal injury and products liability cases, representing clients throughout the New York metropolitan area. Mr. Certain earned his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1993. Prior to that, he graduated with honors from Niagara University in 1988.
His legal career began as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City, where he developed a reputation for integrity and effective advocacy. Over the course of his career, Mr. Certain has taken over one hundred cases to trial, prevailing in the vast majority of those cases. He has secured numerous multi-million dollar, million, and high six-figure awards on behalf of his clients. His advocacy has led to the removal and redesign of unsafe products and has influenced changes in safety procedures and law enforcement policies. In addition to his trial work, Mr.
Certain has been recognized by Super Lawyers from 2017 to 2025. He has also been named one of the "Top 100 Black Lawyers" by The National Black Lawyers and one of the "Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers" by The National Trial Lawyers. He holds a 10 out of 10 Superb rating from AVVO and a 5 Star Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating. Mr. Certain is an active member of several professional organizations. He has served as the Products Liability Committee Chairperson of the New York State Bar Association's Trial Lawyers Section.
He is also a member of the Bronx County Bar Association, the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Additionally, he serves as a pro bono adviser for the civil rights organization National Action Network. His practice areas include personal injury, products liability. Civil rights, with a focus on cases involving defective products, serious transportation and fall injuries, wrongful death, burn injuries, construction accidents, civil rights violations, and police brutality. He is admitted to practice before all courts of the State of New York, the Federal District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
