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Marijo Adimey will be a speaker at the New York Bar Association Medical Malpractice ConferenceGair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf is pleased to remind colleagues that partner Marijo C. Adimey will serve as faculty at the New York City Bar Association Medical Malpractice Conference on Monday, October 26, 2026.

Marijo will participate in the session “Trial Practice – Presenting and Defending Damages,” scheduled from 3:40 to 4:45 p.m., alongside Hon. Suzanne Adams, Hon. Lewis J. Lubell, Jonathan Erman, Lisa Haniff, and Meryl Schwartz.

The presentation will address one of the most important and challenging aspects of medical malpractice litigation: how damages are effectively presented, evaluated, and defended at trial. For attorneys handling serious injury and medical negligence cases, the way damages are developed and communicated can play a critical role in helping a jury understand the full impact of an injury on a patient’s life.

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Ben Rubinowitz has a new article in the New York Law JournalGair Gair Conason Managing Partner Ben B. Rubinowitz, together with trial attorney Evan Torgan, examines an important challenge facing attorneys representing elderly injury victims in a newly published New York Law Journal column, “The Last Chapter of Life: Part 2—Voir Dire as the Bridge to Summation.”

The article focuses on what the authors describe as the “age discount”,  the tendency for jurors to consciously or unconsciously view the injuries and suffering of an older plaintiff as less significant because that person may have fewer years remaining.

Rubinowitz and Torgan argue that trial lawyers should not wait until closing arguments to address this potential bias. Instead, they explain that the issue should be confronted during voir dire, when attorneys have their first opportunity to uncover jurors’ assumptions and attitudes about age.

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TLU Webinar on trial practice Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf Managing Partner Ben Rubinowitz will be featured in Trial Lawyers University’s TLU Beach 2026 REPLAY – Jury Selection on Friday, September 4, 2026, at 1:30 PM ET.

On Friday, September 4, 2026, at 1:30 PM Eastern Time (10:30 AM Pacific Time), Trial Lawyers University will present “TLU Beach 2026 REPLAY – Jury Selection,” featuring Ben Rubinowitz and Michael Kelly.

Ben Rubinowitz, Managing Partner of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, will share strategies and techniques for one of the most consequential stages of a civil jury trial: jury selection.

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Medical Malpractice Lawyer Marijo Adimey returns to the Medical Malpractice ConferenceGair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf is proud to announce that Marijo C. Adimey has once again been selected to serve as a faculty member for the New York City Bar Association’s Medical Malpractice Conference, taking place on Monday, October 26, 2026.

A respected medical malpractice trial lawyer and frequent lecturer, Marijo has been invited back to share her experience with attorneys from across New York at one of the legal profession’s premier continuing legal education programs.

Marijo will participate in the session “Trial Practice – Presenting and Defending Damages”, from 3:40 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., alongside:

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Personal Injury Lawyer Ben Rubinowitz will be a Faculty Member at the Trial School Symposium in September 2026Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf is proud to announce that Managing Partner Ben B. Rubinowitz will serve on the distinguished faculty for the 2026 Trial School Symposium, taking place November 6–7, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois.

The two-day symposium brings together many of the nation’s most accomplished trial lawyers for an intensive educational program focused on courtroom advocacy, jury selection, case strategy, and trial presentation. Designed for attorneys who want practical skills they can immediately apply in the courtroom, the program emphasizes hands-on learning rather than traditional lecture-style presentations.

A National Faculty of Leading Trial Lawyers

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Serious-Injury-to-the-Elderly-IG-and-Blog-1Ben B. Rubinowitz, Managing Partner of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, and Evan Torgan, Senior Partner at Torgan Cooper & Aaron, have co-authored a new article published in the New York Law Journal titled, “The Last Chapter of Life: Part 1—Persuading the Jury in Cases Involving Serious Injury to the Elderly.”

The article examines one of the most difficult challenges facing trial lawyers: ensuring that elderly injury victims receive full and fair compensation despite the common misconception that advancing age somehow diminishes the value of their losses.

Challenging Age Bias in the Courtroom

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Medical malpractice Lawyer Ben Rubinowitz is teaching jusdgesThis summer, our managing partner Ben B. Rubinowitz will join Hon. Lewis Lubell (Moderator), Olympia Rubino, Esq., and Jason Hoffman, M.D., in presenting a program to judges of the New York State court system on the evaluation of medical evidence in personal injury and medical malpractice litigation.

The program, titled “Medical Evidence in Personal Injury and Malpractice Litigation,” is designed to provide judges with practical tools for analyzing the complex medical issues that frequently arise in these cases.

Medical records, diagnostic imaging studies, and expert testimony often form the foundation of personal injury and medical malpractice lawsuits. The volume and complexity of this evidence can present significant challenges for trial judges. Through real-world examples and demonstrations involving medical specialists, the faculty will explore practical approaches to evaluating medical proof and managing these cases from pretrial motions through trial.

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new article in the NYLJA newly published article in the New York Law Journal examines one of the most important and frequently misunderstood concepts in negligence law: the distinction between minimum safety standards and reasonable care.

In “Minimum Safety Standards in Tort Litigation: The Battle Between ‘Barely Passing’ and Reasonable Care,” authors Ben Rubinowitz, Evan Torgan, and Olympia Rubino explore how codes, regulations, and professional standards are viewed differently by plaintiffs and defendants in tort cases.

Virtually every negligence case involves safety standards. Building codes, OSHA regulations, ANSI standards, and accepted medical practices establish objective benchmarks intended to protect people from foreseeable harm. Yet an important question remains: does complying with those standards necessarily mean that reasonable care has been exercised?

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Trial Lawyer University Hutington Beach,CA June 3 to 6 Managing Partner Ben Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf will serve as a featured lecturer at Trial Lawyers University in Huntington Beach from June 3–6, presenting a series of advanced programs on cross-examination, voir dire, jury selection, direct examination, and closing argument strategy.

Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading trial lawyers, Rubinowitz regularly lectures attorneys throughout the United States on trial advocacy, jury persuasion, witness examination, and courtroom strategy. At this year’s program, he will present multiple workshops and lectures alongside nationally known trial attorney Michael Kelly of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly + Schoenberger, sharing practical techniques developed through decades of courtroom experience handling catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, transportation, and construction accident cases.

On Wednesday, Rubinowitz and Kelly will lead both morning and afternoon workshops titled “Cross Examination: Destroying Defense Experts: A Step by Step Approach to Success.” The workshops will focus on techniques used to challenge difficult defense experts, address complex medical and economic damages, handle pain and suffering claims, and build the foundation for a compelling summation. Demonstrations and real-life examples from hundreds of trials will be featured throughout the presentations.

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Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan Just published a new Expert Opinion in the New York Law JournalManaging Partner Ben B. Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf and trial attorney Evan Torgan of Torgan, Cooper + Aaron have published a new article in the New York Law Journal titled:

“The Bridge From Voir Dire to Final Argument: Using ‘Brutal Honesty,’ Personal Responsibility, and Juror Commitment to Shape the Verdict”

The article examines one of the most important but often overlooked aspects of trial advocacy: the idea that persuasive advocacy begins during jury selection, not during opening statements.

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