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148 East 74th Street
New York, New York 10021 (New York Co.)
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 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) The firm restricts its practice to the prosecution of cases involving significant damages. Only a limited numbers of matters are accepted so that each can be personally managed by Mr. North. The goal of the firm is to thoroughly develop and to expeditiously process each case to settlement or trial. Statement of PracticeMedical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Professional Liability, Personal Injury, Products Liability. Year Established: 1986
Firm Size: 1
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Address148 East 74th Street
New York, NY 10021, (New York Co.)
PhonePhone: 212-861-5000
Telecopier: 212-861-4055
URL: http://www.lawyers.com/stevenenorth
Website
http://www.north-law.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:30 AM - 07:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 07:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 07:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 07:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 07:30 PM
Steven E. North (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, New York; 1971, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: City College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1963); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1966); New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1967). Lecturer, Grand Rounds, Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, New York, Emergency Medicine for Physicians. Commentator, Court T.V., Eyewitness News, Talk News T.V. Listed: New York Super Lawyers, New York Magazine, 2009; Top 100 Attorneys In the New York Area, New York Times Super Lawyer, 2008; Law Dragon Top 500 Litigators In the U.S.; Best Lawyers in the New York Area, 2005 and 2007; New York Law Journal, Eight Highest Verdicts, 2005 and 2008; Leading Plaintiff Lawyers In America, 2007; Top New York Lawyers, 2006; The New York Area's Best Lawyers; Men's Health Magazine, Malpractice Made Perfect, 2005; Ten Highest Verdicts in New York State, 2004; The Best Lawyers in America; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law; Men of Achievement. Member: The Million Dollar Advocates Forum; American Board of Trial Advocates. Co-Author: Chapter of "Medical Malpractice In New York Third Edition," 2009, New York State Bar Association; "The Plaintiff's Personal Injury Action In New York State," 2009, New York State Bar Association. Contributing Author, "New York Law Journal, Litigation Section". Author: "Damages Update," Trial Lawyers Quarterly, N.Y.S.T.L.A., 1991-2005; "North's Ninety-Nine Pointers on Advanced Deposition Practices", New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1999; "Plaintiff's Proof of Damages in Major Cases," New York State Bar Association, 1999; "Conducting the Deposition of the Defendant Physician in Medical Malpractice Cases," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1999; "Selection and Use of Experts in Medical Malpractice Cases," New York Law Journal, 1996; "Fear of Developing Cancer," Cancer Litigation Bulletin, Leader Publications, 1990; "Direct & Cross Examination of an Economist, New York, County Lawyers Association, 1994; "Proving & Defending Damages," Course Handbook, P.L.I. (1993); "Conducting & Defending Depositions, " New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1993; "Fundamentals of Medical Malpractice Litigation," Course Handbook, P.L.I., 1991; "Contemporary Damage Review and Update," Trial Lawyers Quarterly, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992. Editor; "Deposition Strategy, Law and Forms," Vol. 1 (Introduction and Law), Vol. 5 and 6 (Medical Malpractice), Vol. 8 (Personal Injury), Matthew Bender, 1981 and updates; "Use of Experts in Medical Malpractice Cases," New York Law Journal, 1996; "Cancer Litigation Bulletin," New York Law Publishing Co., 1995, 1994; "Selection and Use of Medical Experts," Practicing Law Institute, 1996; "Direct and Cross Examination of an Economist," New York County Lawyer's Association, 1994; "Fear of Developing Cancer," Cancer Litigation Bulletin, 1994; "Medical Malpractice Course Handbook," Practicing Law Institute, 1992; "Conducting and Defending Depositions," Course Handbook, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1992; "Fundamentals in Medical Malpractice Case Management," Course Handbook, Practicing Law Institute, 1991; "Maximum Personal Injury Damage Recoveries," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1991; North's, Deposition Strategy and Practices, Practicing Law Institute, 2001; "Medical Malpractice Litigation Management and Trial," Course Handbook, Practicing Law Institute, 1990; "Managing the Multi-Million Dollar Case," Course Handbook, Practicing Law Institute, 1988; "Defending the Malpractice Case-Fighting Back," Perinatology 1984, 1985; "Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, and Personal Injury Discovery, Law and Tactics," Course Handbook, Practicing Law Institute, 1985. "Trial Mechanics," Personal Injury Deskbook Matthew Bender, 1983; "Controlling the Deposition: Winning Your Case Before Trial," Personal Injury Annual, Matthew Bender, 1978; Contributing Editor, "Law and Order," Magazine, Monthly Column, "The Whole Truth," 1973-1975; "Prevention and Detection of Fraud in Industry, Incomtec, England, 1973. Continuing Legal Education: Faculty, 23rd Annual Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Cardozo Law School, 2006. Lecturer: "Trying the Brain Damages Baby and Cancer Cases," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 2005; "Unraveling Medical Records," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 2004. Faculty: Decisions, Damages Update, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1991-2005; How to Read and use Medical Records, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 2004-2005; "Bridge-the Gap" Program, Brooklyn Law School, 2004; Lecturer: "Trial Techniques," American Trial Lawyers Association-Roscoe Pound Institute-Fordham Law School, 2003; 20th Annual Intensive Trial Advocacy Program" (2003), Cardozo of Law; "Deposition Skills" (2003), Practicing Law Institute (New York City and San Francisco); Faculty, The Substantive Law of Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice (2002), Practicing Law Institute; Editorial Board Member, Bill of Particulars (2002), New York State Trial Lawyers Association; Faculty, Faculty, Bridge the Gap, Brooklyn Law School Practicing Law Institute, 2002; Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases (2001) Lorman Education Services; Faculty, Knowing the Vital Aspects of Your Case, New York State Bar Association, 2001; Faculty, Trial of Breast Cancer Case, Law Journal Seminars, 2000; Faculty Chairman, Depositions in Action, New York State Trial Lawyer's Association, 2000. Faculty Chairman: "Depositions in Action," New York State Trial Lawyers' Association, 1997; "Negotiating and Settling Personal Injury Cases," Practicing Law Institute, 1997; Advanced Deposition Practices, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1999; Advanced Deposition Strategies, 1999, New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Faculty: Proving Damages, New York State Bar Association, 1999; Managing the Medical Malpractice Case, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1999; Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Lecturer New York State Trial Lawyer's Association, 1999; The Management and Trial of the Breast Cancer Case, 1998. Speaker, New York Society of Anesthesiologists (1999), Postgraduate Assembly; Proving Damages in Major Cases, New York State Bar Association, 1999; Mock Trial, "Anesthetic Mishap in the Plastic Surgeon's Office," New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, (1998). Faculty: Trial Practice Workshop, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1997; New York Law Journal Seminars; Trial Practice Workshop, 1997; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; Managing the Medical Malpractice Case, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1997; Deposition Skills, New York State Trial Lawyer's Association, 1996; Overlooked Damages, New York State Trial Lawyer's Association, 1996; Basic Medical Malpractice, Practicing Law Institute, 1996; Basic Medical Malpractice, Practicing Law Institute, 1995; Workshop on Direct and Cross Examination, Practicing Law Institute, 1994; Examination of the Economist in a Personal Injury Case, 1994; Workshop on Direct and Cross Examination, Practicing Law Institute, 1994; Examination of the Economist in a Personal Injury Case, NY County Lawyers Association, 1994; The Effects of CPLR Articles 50A and 50B on Catastrophic Head Injury, New York State Head Injury Association, 1993; "How to Read & Use Medical Records," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute; Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Faculty, Cardozo Law School, 1992; Annual Decisions Program, New York State Trial Lawyer's Association, 1992. Faculty Chairman: Negotiating and Settling Damages Cases, Practicing Law Institute, 1997; Deposition Skills, 1997; Deposition Law and Strategy, New York State Trial Lawyer's Association, 1995; Deposition Law and Strategy, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1995; Conducting and Defending Depositions, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1993, 1993; Law School Faculty: Judge and Faculty Advisor, Lawyering Program, New York University School of Law, 1992. Faculty Chairman, Fundamentals of Medical Malpractice Litigation, Practicing Law Institute, 1991; Faculty Chairman, Management and Trial of Major Medical Malpractice Litigation, Practicing Law Institute, 1990; Faculty Chairman, "Objectifying Brain Damage in Closed Head Injury," Personal Injury Seminars, 1990; Expert Witness Examinations, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1990; Successful Management of the Solo Law Practice, Practicing Law Institute, 1989; Faculty Chairman, Managing the Multi-Million Dollar Case, Practicing Law Institute, 1988; Faculty, Deposition Skills Training Program, Practicing Law Institute, 1988-1992; Personal Injury Case Management, New York State Bar Association, 1987; Faculty, Trial Advocacy Course, Practicing Law Institute, 1979-1992; Industrial Fraud Seminar, Incomtec, London and Amsterdam, 1973. Appointments: State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Referee, 2006; Member, Advisory Committee, Civil Litigation Institute, Practicing Law Institute, 1996; Chairman, Association of Bar Subcommittee on Investigation into imposition of Legislative Limits on Awards for Non-Economic Damages, 1995; Mediator, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1994; Mediator, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1994; Member, Advisory Committees Solo Law Practice, Practicing Law Institute, 1991; Member, Advisory Board on Tort Litigation, Practicing Law Institute, 1989; Special Assistant Attorney General (Bureau Chief), 1972-1975; Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorneys Office, (Homicide Bureau) 1967-1971. Faculty Chairman, Deposition Strategy and Practices, Practicing Law Institute, 2001. Professional Listings: Best Lawyers in America, 1997; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1995; Who's Who in American Law, 4thEds; 1995; Men of Achievement, 12th Ed., 1987; Rated "Highly Qualified" by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory; Who's Who in Society, 1986. Member: Mensa; National Eagle Scout Association; Charter Member, United States Holocaust Museum; Leadership Council, Southern Poverty Law Center; National Conference of Christians and Jews (Member, Annual Dinner Committee); Lotos Club; Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Professional Memberships: The Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1998; American Board of Trial Advocates; New York State Supreme Court Special Committee on Medical Malpractice, 1997; Assistant Counsel, Governors' Judicial Screening Committee; Kings County Judicial Screening Panel; New York County Lawyer's Association (Executive Committee, Medical Malpractice Section); New York State Bar Association (Committee on Trial Advocacy Competition; Committee on Certification of Trial Lawyers); Board of Directors, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1990; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Society of Medical Jurisprudence; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Civil Court Committee), 1980-1983; Legal Referral Service Committee, 1979-1988; Medical Malpractice Committee; Member, NYS Trial Lawyers Association; Member, NYS Bar Association; Committee on Certification of Trial Lawyers; Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Legal and Continuing Education Committee; Member, Association of the Bar of The City of New York, Medical Malpractice Committee; Chairman, Association of the Bar Sub-Committee on Imposition of Legislative Limits on Awards for Non-Economic Damages; NYS Commission On Judicial Conduct Referee -2007; Faculty chairman, Continuing Legal Education Programs; Mediator, United States District Court, Southern District of New York; Medical Malpractice Mediator, Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Reported Cases: New York Law Journal, Cardone v. Gunsberger, et al., Vol. 234, December 27, 2005, Verdict Search N.Y. Vol. 21, March 8, 2004; Allen v. Mary Immaculate Hospital, Verdict Search. N.Y. Vol. 21, March 15, 2004, October 10, 2000; Estate of Johnson v. Cobbs; Dombrowski v. Cafaro, N.Y. Jury Verdict Reporter, Vol. 25, May 18, 1998; Ippolito v. Weiser, N.Y. Jury Verdict Reporter, Vol. 25, June 22, 1998; Capuano vs. Kingsboro Medical Group, N.Y. Jury Verdict Reporter, Vol. 13, August 14, 1995; Carannante v. Miller, N.Y. Jury Verdict Reporter, Vol. 12, April 24, 1995; Petrakis v. Antenucci, New York Verdict Reporter, Vol. 10, June 14, 1993, New York Law Journal, May, 1993, P.6, Col. 6; Reynolds v. Health Insurance Plan, N.Y. State Jury Analysis, Vol. 2, Nov. 1, 1991; Blake v. Meyers, N.Y. Jury Verdict Reporter, Vol. 4, Nov. 18, 1985; LaRosa v. Palladino, New York Daily News, April 1, 1983; Martziel v. Parkway Hospital New York Law Journal, May 26, 1981. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Trial Practice; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; Professional Liability; Wrongful Death; Hospital Liability; Birth Trauma; Brain Injury; Brain Damage; Erbs Palsy; Cerebral Palsy; Spinal Injury; Cancer Malpractice; Obstetric Malpractice; Surgical Malpractice; Orthopedic Malpractice; Failure to Properly Treat; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Municipal Torts; Libel and Slander; Work Site Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Head Injury; Third Party Wrongful Death; Professional Licensing; Professional Malpractice; Civil Practice.Email: Steven E. North
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