Most of our attorneys are hired from law school and trained in house. Senior attorneys work with junior attorneys on a case by case basis, and present in house seminars from time to time on topics releveant to our practice.

Several of our partners have lectured to legal and medical groups in continuing legal and continuing medical programs. The firm has also sponsored its own seminars.

Our seminars have featured our own attorneys:

James M. Furey, on

• Economic Proof for the Present and Future - Trial and Appellate Issues
• Effective Discovery in the Litigation Process
• Controverting Claims of Damages Arising from Disfigurement

Thomas G. Leverage, on

• Recent Case Law Developments in Economic Proof
• Litigation Involving New York Labor Law Section 241(6), Rule 23 and the use of Experts
• Defense of Elevator Litigation from the Perspective of the Premises Owner

James M. Furey Jr., on

• Malpractice Issues in Radiology
• Interviews with Subsequent Treating Physicians
• Case Study of an Orthopedic Malpractice Action
• Nursing Home Insurance Coverage Issues under the Public Health Law
• The Antisubrogation Rule, Intentional Acts and Unintended Results:The Limits of Coverage
• Damage Control with Economic Experts
• New Technology and the Law

Stuart Manzione, on

• Contracts to Insure and Additional Insured Coverage

Susan Williams, on

• New York and Federal Law Regarding Expert Testimony
• Discovery and Trial Testimony

Susan W. Darlington, on

• Requirements and Uses of the Expert Witness Response CPLR 3101(d)

Frank Catelli, on

• Sexual Harassment Awareness
• Depositions

We have also featured speakers in various specialties including neuroradiology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, psychiatry, rehabilitation, economics, and engineering.

Topics Addressed in these seminars have included:

• Challenging Economists' Reports and Testimony
• Supplemental Needs Trusts as Settlement Tools, Benefits and Pitfalls
• Direct and Cross-Examintation of Neurological Experts
• Defense of Elevator Litigation from the Perspective of the Premises Owner