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Wrongful Death Case: Voir Dire as a Bridge to Summation
In their Trial Advocacy column, Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan write that obtaining a just and proper award from a jury for pain and suffering in a wrongful death case can be challenging. An effective trial attorney must thoroughly prepare for all stages of the trial, including a voir dire that explores the feelings and beliefs of the potential jurors, and a strong summation that relates those feelings and beliefs to the evidence.
Elite Trial Lawyers: Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz
Introducing America's Elite Trial Lawyers
The National Law Journal and Law.com this year teamed to select law firms that are doing the most creative and substantial work on the plaintiffs side. The result is our inaugural list of America's Elite Trial Lawyers. The 50 firms named here pulled in big victories in complex cases that have a wide impact on the law and legal business.Videotaping IMEs: a Corollary to Defense Surveillance
In their Trial Advocacy column, Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan write: Our first article on the topic of secretly taping so-called "independent medical examinations" was met with wide criticism by certain members of the defense bar. However, if we are to achieve fairness in the adversarial process, and if trials are to remain reliable means of discovering the truth, then both sides must be permitted to use covert video surveillance where appropriate.When Critical Facts Are Left Unsaid
In their Trial Advocacy column, Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan write: Weaknesses in the opposition's case are often not readily apparent in the facts contained in their own record. Nevertheless, powerful and persuasive weaknesses might well be found in what those very records do not say, but, indeed, should say.Direct Examination of the Economist
In their Trial Advocacy column, Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan write: Conducting an effective direct examination of an economist presents several challenges, such as maintaining the jury's attention through the presentation of relatively dry subject matter, and conveying the complicated financial terms and calculations to lay jurors in a language that they can understand.Case for the Rhetorical Question as a Summation Technique
In their Trial Advocacy column, Ben Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan of Torgan & Cooper write: The rhetorical question is an effective and persuasive tool for summation. It is subtle in its delivery and potent upon its receipt. When used properly, it can persuade a jury without the insult of a more heavy-handed approach. A seasoned and accomplished trial attorney has to ask, what could be better?Judge Faulted for Using Staff as Babysitters, Prayer Sessions
A State Supreme Court justice from the Bronx should be censured for using her staffers to watch her child while she was on the bench and inviting them to pray with the judge in her chambers, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct recommended unanimously on Thursday.Judge Faulted for Using Staff for Child Care, Prayer Invitations
The state Commission on Judicial Conduct unanimously recommended Thursday that a state Supreme Court justice from the Bronx be censured for asking staffers to pray with her in her chambers and watch her child while she was on the bench.TRENDING STORIES
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