http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHTQ8y3c9AM One of the best New York personal injury trial lawyers, Ben Rubinowitz, a partner at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf , demonstrates the importance of a well prepared opening statement. The presentation was given to lawyers at a Trial Law seminar in 2009. The case…
Lawyers consider filing about 100 malpractice cases against Dr. Spyros Panos (Poughkeepsie Journal, NY) Boy dies when church van hit by drunken driver, FHP says (Herald-Tribune, FL) Jury doles out $9M in broken neck case; malpractice award thought to be largest ever in Wyo. (Washington Post) Crash victim sues San…
Howard S. Hershenhorn Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom & Rubinowitz Christopher Sallay Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom & Rubinowitz Howard S. Hershenhorn will serve as Overall Planning Chair and Christopher L. Sallay will serve as Assistant Chair of the New York Bar Association‘s Labor Law/Construction Site…
TRIAL PRACTICE Ben B. Rubinowitz Ben Rubinowitz, a partner at the New York Law Firm, Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, will serve as Chair of the New York Bar Association‘s Practical Skills Course, The Basics of Civil Practice — The Trial. The program, which will take…
In this new program, an outstanding faculty, including partners of many of New York State’s leading plaintiff and defendant personal injury law firms, will focus on specific types of cases frequently encountered in motor vehicle litigation. Open to both new and experienced attorneys, this practice-based program will present the “nuts…
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, a leading New York law firm, announces that it has been listed in six practice areas in the just released ranking of law firms by U.S. News Media Group, the publishers of U.S. News & World Report, and Best Lawyers®. This…
TRIAL PRACTICE Richard M. Steigman, Esq. Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom & Rubinowitz Our attorney Richard Steigman will be speaking at the The New York State Trial Lawyers Association Decisions 2011 program on November 2, 2011. The topic he will be speaking on is Trial Practice. This annual event…
The New York County Lawyers’ Association is presenting a Public Forum on Judicial Independence. Among the issues to be discussed include: The debate over whether Judicial Disciplinary Hearings should be open or closed and what the press’ responsibility should be to ensure balanced reporting of public accusations against a judge.…
In a must read case The New York Court of Appeals in Wilinski v. 334 East 92nd Housing Development Fund Corp., et al., decided October 25, 2011, 2011 NY Slip Op 7477, held that; “Some New York courts have interpreted our decision in Misseritti v Mark IV Constr. Co. (86…
In a 3-2 decision The New York Appellate Division, 3d Department, in GROVE v. CORNELL UNIVERSITY et al., 75 A.D.3d 718; 904 N.Y.S.2d 559; 2010, denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on his 2401(1) claim while granting defendants’ cross motion dismissing the claim holding that plaintiff’s own negligent conduct was,…
