Our Partner Ben Rubinowitz willl Lead a NITA studio 71 Webnar on Direct Examination at Trial. As described by NITA; “During direct examination the focus should be on the witness, not the lawyer. You want to let the witness tell the story and you can do so by asking open-ended…
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New York Injury Attorney Howard Hershenhorn: Opening Statement in a Construction Accident Case
This presentation is part of the New York State Bar Association Construction Site Accidents seminar 2011. Howard Hershenhorn is a partner at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf. Mr. Hershenhorn has extensive experience in high profile personal injury cases in the areas of medical malpractice, automobile accidents,…
Stephen Mackauf To Speak At New York State Bar Association Seminar-Medical Malpractice-2012
Our partner Stephen Mackauf will speak at the New York City Seminar, Medical Malpractice-2012. He will discuss Deposition and Trial Examination of the Defendant. This seminar is sponsored by The New York State Bar Association and is being held State wide. The New York City Seminar is scheduled for March…
Ben Rubinowitz: Cross Examination of a Construction Site Foreman (Chris Sallay)
For more than 25 years Ben Rubinowitz has volunteered his time teaching younger, less experienced lawyers and law students how to try cases. Based on his expertise, Mr. Rubinowitz was asked to Chair the New York State Bar Association Program on Construction Site Accidents. This is an honor bestowed on…
Ben Rubinowitz To Be Team Leader of Renowned NITA Program:Building Trial Skills: National Session
Ben Rubinowitz will be the Team Leader of Building Trial Skills: National Session, one of the preeminent programs of The National Institute for Trial Advocacy. The program will be held in Louisville, Colorado from July 10-24, 2010 at The NITA Education Center. “During the two weeks you will practice, then…
Ben Rubinowitz To Speak about Trial Practice Techniques from Jury Selection through Summation
On May 13, 2010 at 6:00 PM Ben Rubinowitz will be the featured speaker at the Nassau Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association to be held at Westbury Manor, Wesbury, New York. Ben will be speaking about Trial Practice Techniques from Jury Selection through Summation.
Ben Rubinowitz Co-Author of “Exposing Biased Testimony On Cross”-New York Law Journal
Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan co-authored “Exposing Biased Testimony On Cross” which appeared in The New York Law Journal on February 23, 2010. The article discusses the basic elements necessary to properly attack the biased witness. The factors discussed include, Cross on Friendship, Cross On The Absence Of A Subpoena,…
New York Trial Advocacy
From The New York Law Journal, Thursday, July 31, 2008; Our partner, Ben Rubinowitz, and Evan Torgan, a member of Torgan & Cooper,” write that too often, trial lawyers use demonstrative exhibits only in the one part of the trial during which the exhibit is offered – usually direct examination.…
TRIAL ADVOCACY
Our Partner, Ben Rubinowitz, will be a Team Leader at NITA’S Trial Advocacy Program to be held at Hofstra University School of Law from August 8th to 13th. Ben has served as a Team Leader for more than 25 years. This program is an intensive Trial skills program in which…
New York Personal Injury Actions, Expert Witnesses
In Guzman v 4030 Bronx Blvd. Assoc. L.L.C., Appellate Division, First Department, Decided on June 19, 2008 The Court held; “While plaintiffs’ expert is qualified to render an opinion on the extent of plaintiff Tyrone Guzman’s neurological deficits and may testify that those deficits are consistent with a history of…