New York Personal Injury Attorneys Blog

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Our Partner, Jeffrey Bloom will be speaking on Summations at The New York State Bar Association Seminar: Practical Skills-Basics of Civil Practice-The Trial to be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at New York Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Avenue (at 33rd St.) New York, NY. For more information click here.

Our partner Stephen H. Mackauf will be speaking at The IQPC Program Obstetric Malpractice to be held on November 9-11 in Chicago. Stephen will be speaking on November 11th. The topic will be "What Every Lawyer Must Know About The New ACOG Standards On Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring." For more information click here.

Robert Conason will be speaking at The New York State Trial Lawyers Institute's renowned Decisions Program on Trial Practice. Our Partner Rhonda Kay prepared the written materials on this subject for the course book which reports on over 100 cases that have come down within the last year in the area of Trial Practice. The New york City program will be held on Thursday and Friday , September 10 & 11, 2009: 9am to 5pm at Bayard's, One Hanover Square, 3rd Floor, New York, N.Y. 10004. For more information click here.

Our Partner Jeffrey B. Bloom will be speaking at this program to be held on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 through Thursday, September 24, 2009 at New York's Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Avenue (at 33rd St.), New York, NY.

This program is designed for recent law school graduates and newly admitted attorneys to “bridge the gap” between law school and the realities of practicing law in New York State. Learn practical information from skilled and experienced practitioners and get the skills you need to make a smooth transition from law student to attorney. Newly admitted attorneys can satisfy all of their annual MCLE requirements by attending this two-day program.

Jeff will be speaking on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 on COMMENCING A CIVIL LAWSUIT IN NEW YORK STATE. For more information click here.

Our Partner Ben B. Rubinowitz is The Chair of The NYSTLA Seminar Successful Examination of Expert Witnesses . The seminar will be held on June 9 and 16, 2009 from 6:00 to 9:00PM at 132 Nassau Street, N.Y., N.Y. The following topics will be covered;

- Direct and Cross of an Accident Reconstructionist

- Direct and Cross of a Life Care Planner

- Direct and Cross of an Orthopedist with emphasis on the herniated disc and knee injury case

- Direct of a Radiologist / How to work with radiographic studies to convincingly show the
extent of an injury

- Cross Examination of the "Independent Medical Examiner"

- Direct and Cross of an expert in a Medical Malpractice case

- Direct and Cross of an Elevator Expert

- The effective use of Exhibits

- How to deal with problem areas including the pre-existing injury, the professional testifier, the
non-responsive expert witness, use of authoritative texts and the hypothetical question

For more information click here.

We are proud to announce that our long term members, Jeffrey B. Bloom and Ben B. Rubinowitz have become Name Partners. Between them Jeff and Ben have over 50 years of experience advocating for the rights of the catastrophically injured. The Firm will now be known as Gair,Gair,Conason,Steigman, Mackauf,Bloom & Rubinowitz

Our Partner Ben B. Rubinowitz is The Chair of The NYSTLA Seminar Successful Examination of Expert Witnesses . The seminar will be held on June 9 and 16, 2009 from 6:00 to 9:00PM at 132 Nassau Street, N.Y., N.Y. The following topics will be covered;

- Direct and Cross of an Accident Reconstructionist

- Direct and Cross of a Life Care Planner

- Direct and Cross of an Orthopedist with emphasis on the herniated disc and knee injury case

- Direct of a Radiologist / How to work with radiographic studies to convincingly show the
extent of an injury

- Cross Examination of the "Independent Medical Examiner"

- Direct and Cross of an expert in a Medical Malpractice case

- Direct and Cross of an Elevator Expert

- The effective use of Exhibits

- How to deal with problem areas including the pre-existing injury, the professional testifier, the
non-responsive expert witness, use of authoritative texts and the hypothetical question

For more information click here.

Our Partner Robert L. Conason will be Participating in a program sponsored by Legal IQ Litigating Catastrophic Injury Cases to be held on May 19-20, 2009 in Boston, MA. For more information click here.

Our Partner Robert L. Conason will be Participating in a program sponsored by Legal IQ Litigating Catastrophic Injury Cases to be held on May 19-20, 2009 in Boston, MA. For more information click here.

Our Partner Jeffrey B. Bloom will be speaking at this program to be held on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 through Thursday, March 26, 2009 at New York's Hotel Pennsylvania
401 Seventh Avenue (at 33rd St.) New York, N.Y.

This Bridging the Gap program is designed for recent law school graduates and newly admitted attorneys to “bridge the gap” between law school and the realities of practicing law in New York State. Learn practical information from skilled and experienced practitioners and get the skills you need to make a smooth transition from law student to attorney.

Jeff will be speaking on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 on COMMENCING A CIVIL LAWSUIT IN NEW YORK STATE. For more information click here.

Our Partner Robert Conason will be conducting The Direct Examination of Plaintiff's Automotive Expert at The New York City Chapter of ABOTA Masters in Trial Program on Friday, October 24th. The Program will be held at the New York County Lawyers Association.

Robert Conason will be speaking at The New York State Trial Lawyers Institute's renowned Decisions Program on Trial Practice. Our Partner Rhonda Kay prepared the written materials on this subject for the course book which reports on over 100 cases that have come down within the last year in the area of Trial Practice. The New york City program will be held on Friday & Saturday, September 12 & 13, 2008: 9am to 5pm at The BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center @ BMCC199 Chambers Street New York City, New York 10007. For more information click here.

Robert Conason will be participating in The Brooklyn Law School symposium, "The Products Liability Restatement: Was it a Success?," scheduled for November 13th and 14th, 2008. Bob will be on the panel discussing The Restatement and Design Defect §2(b) on November 13th.