Hon. W. Gerard Asher (Ret.)

The Honorable W. Gerard Asher was elected to the New York State Supreme Court in Suffolk County in November of 2010. He presided over numerous civil trials involving virtually all types of disputes, but with an emphasis on negligence and medical malpractice cases. Scores of the matters he presided over went to verdict, including 35 medical malpractice cases.

Judge Asher started his judicial career in 2005 in the District Court and as the Drug Court Judge in County Court for two years before ascending to the Supreme Court bench.

He was honored as Judge of the Year by the Suffolk County Criminal Bar Association in 2009.

Prior to coming to the bench, Judge Asher had a 35-year career as a practicing lawyer in various fields including trial practice, real estate, surrogates court matters and sports law. Judge Asher also served for two years in the United States Army where he attained the rank of Captain and commanded a Hawk missile battery in Korea for which he was awarded an ACM. Army commendation medal.

Judge Asher was a certified baseball agent for over twenty-six years and worked with player agent Tony Attanasio. He represented several major league baseball players in arbitration cases heard in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. During his time as an agent, he negotiated contracts, handled over 20 collusion arbitrations, and had 12 salary arbitration decisions.