646 503-5184

800 Third Avenue, Suite 902
New York, NY 10022

EDUCATION
University of Rochester (B.A. 2003)
Rutgers University School of Law – Newark (J.D. 2007)

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
New York
New Jersey
Southern District of New York
Eastern District of New York

MEMBERSHIPS, AFFILIATIONS and RECOGNITIONS
Medical Professional Liability (MPL) Association
New York City Bar Association (2015 – Present)

PRACTICES
Medical Malpractice
Municipal Liability
General Liability
Nursing Home
Public Health Law
Post-trial Motions
Appeals

PRO BONO
Ruths Refuge, Brooklyn, NY (Chair of the Board, April 2019 – Present)

Safe Passage Project, Federal Immigration Court (Volunteer Attorney, 2015 – 2024)

Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) Refugee Task Force, Brooklyn, NY (2017 – 2022)

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
“Pre‑ and Post‑Trial Motions Practice: Practical Strategies to Limit Damages and Narrow Legal Issues,” Claims Risk Management and Patient Safety Workshop, Medical Professional Liability (MPL) Association (October 1, 2026) (forthcoming)

“Gender, Sex, Discrimination and International Sport: Caster Semenya v. IAAF,” NYC Bar (October 2, 2019)

“Unconscious Bias for Housing Judges,” New York County Civil Court (CLE Course) (April 17, 2019)

“Outsmart Your Unconscious Biases,” NYC Bar Association (CLE Course) (March 8, 2018)

“Undocumented. Unaccompanied. Unwelcome.” CBE Refuge Task Force, Brooklyn, NY (November 19, 2017)

“Advanced Family Law SIJS Training,” New York, NY (CLE Course) (February 5, 2016)

“Providing a Voice to Children in High Conflict Custody and Visitation Cases,” Association of Family and Conciliation Courts’ Ninth Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, Cambridge, MA (Oct. 28, 2010)

“Calm in the Face of the Storm: Strategies on How to Effectively Represent Children in High Conflict Custody and Visitation Cases,” National Association of Counsel for Children’s 33rd National Child Welfare Juvenile and Family Law Conference, Austin, TX (Oct. 21, 2010)

IN THE NEWS

Defense Verdict on Bilateral Amputation Case

RPGRK Partners Steven I. Rubin and Jonathan M. Waldauer, with the assistance of Associate Josephine Accetturi Secure Defense Verdict in Queens County Bilateral Amputation Case On December 4, 2025, in Queens County Supreme Court, RPGRK partners Steven Rubin and...

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Jonathan M. Waldauer

TRIAL AND APPELLATE PARTNER

646 503-5184

waldauer@rpgrklaw.com

800 Third Avenue, Suite 902
New York, NY 10022

Jonathan M. Waldauer

TRIAL AND APPELLATE PARTNER

Jonathan concentrates his practice on New York State medical malpractice and Public Health Law litigation and has extensive experience in all stages of litigation, including discovery, trials, post-trial motion practice, and appeals. He has successfully obtained numerous contested summary judgments, defense verdicts, and reduced damage awards. He has particular expertise in case valuations, litigation strategies, and damage mitigation techniques.

Jonathan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Rochester. He is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law – Newark where he was a student attorney with the Child Advocacy Clinic for his 2L and 3L years, studying under Professor Randi Mandelbaum. He served as a confidential law clerk for the Honorable Frederic S. Kessler, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Union Vicinage for one year after law school, before representing children with the Children’s Law Center in Brooklyn in custody, visitation, and abuse and neglect hearings. In 2011, he began working representing doctors, medical providers, hospitals, nursing homes, and medical facilities. He has worked in-house at NYC Health + Hospitals as well as several defense firms over the past 15 years. He was named a Partner at Rubin Paterniti in March 2023.

Jonathan is an amateur baseball and basketball coach who has been coaching his two son’s teams for the past 10 years which the firm has been kind enough to sponsor for the past two. He is still looking for his first championship as a player or coach.