STEVEN E. NORTH

Education

N.Y.U. School of Law	LL.M.
Brooklyn Law School	J.D.
City College of New York	B.A
Stuyvesant High School

Summary

Specialist in Cases Involving Significant Damages • Successfully Managed and Tried Major Cases in New York and the Country • Listed in Who's Who • Commentator, Court T.V., Eyewitness News, Talk News T.V. • Contributing Author, New York Law Journal • Author of Numerous Publications • Faculty Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Programs • Trial Lawyer and Bar Association Committees • Appointed to Judicial Screening Panels • Served in Public Office • Guest Lecturer at Law Schools.

Background
FEATURED IN

New York Magazine
Men’s Health Magazine
The Best Lawyers in America
Who’s Who in America
Who's Who in American Law
Men of Achievement
The New York Area’s Best Lawyers
Malpractice Made Perfect
Member, The Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
Governor's Judicial Screening Committee
Kings County Judicial Screening Panel
Board of Directors, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (1990-2002)
Mediator, United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Medical Malpractice Mediator, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Contributing Author, New York Law Journal, Litigation Section
Advisory Committee, Civil Litigation Institute, Practising Law Institute
Editor, Cancer Litigation Bulletin, Leader Publications (1994)
Executive Committee, N.Y. County Lawyers Assoc., Tort Law (1992)
Advisory Board on Tort Litigation, Practising Law Institute
Medical-Legal Editor, American Journal of Perinatology (1984-1985)
Advisory Committee, Personal Injury, Practising Law Institute
Special Assistant Attorney General (Bureau Chief; 1972-1975)
Assistant District Attorney, New York County (Homicide Bureau; 1967-1971)

Law School Affiliations

New York University School of Law	Judge, Appellate Argument; Alumni Advisor
Cardozo School of Law	Faculty, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program
Fordham Law School	Roscoe Pound Institute Lecture
Brooklyn Law School	Bridge the Gap Program

Teaching

Lecturer, “Trying the Brain Damaged Baby and Cancer Cases” (2005)
Lecturer, Decisions 2004,“Recent Developments in Tort Law” (2004)
New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
Faculty, “Bridge-the-Gap” Program (2004)
Brooklyn Law School
Lecturer “Trial Techniques” (2003)
American Trial Lawyers Association
Lecturer, “Trial Techniques” (2003)
Fordham Law School
Faculty, “20th Annual Intensive Trial Advocacy Program” (2003)
Cardozo School of Law
Lecturer, “Deposition Skills” (2003)
Practicing Law Institute (N.Y.C. and San Francisco)
Faculty, The Substantive Law of Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice (2002)
Practicing Law Institute
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Editorial Board Member, Bill of Particulars (2002)
Faculty, Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases (2001)
Lorman Education Services
Faculty, Decisions, Damages Update (1991-2001)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association Faculty Chairman,
Advanced Deposition Strategies (1999)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Speaker, New York Society of Anesthesiologists (1999)
Postgraduate Assembly
Faculty, Proving Damages in Major Cases (1999)
New York State Bar Association
Faculty, Proving and Defending Damages (1999)
New York State Bar Association
Faculty, The Management and Trial of the Breast Cancer Case (1998)
New York Law Journal
Faculty, How to Read and Use Medical Records (1998)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Faculty, Trial Practice Workshop (1997)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Faculty, Managing the Medical Malpractice Case (1997)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Faculty Chairman, Negotiating and Settling Damages Cases (1997)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty Chairman, Deposition Skills (1997)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Faculty Chairman, Deposition Law and Strategy (1995)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Faculty, Basic Medical Malpractice (1995)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty, Workshop on Direct and Cross Examination (1994)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty, Examination of the Economist in a Personal Injury Case (1994)
New York County Lawyers Association
Faculty, The Effects of CPLR Articles 50A and 50B on Catastrophic Head Injury (1993)
New York State Head Injury Association
Faculty Chairman, Proving & Defending Damages (1993)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty Chairman, Depositions in Personal Injury Cases (1993)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Faculty Chairman, Conducting and Defending Depositions (1993)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Faculty, Direct & Cross-Examination Skills Workshop (1993)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty Chairman, Fundamentals of Medical Malpractice Litigation (1992)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty Chairman, Fundamentals of Case Management (1991)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty Chairman, Objectifying Brain Damage in Closed Head Injury (1990)
Personal Injury Seminars
Faculty Chairman, Managing the Medical Malpractice Case (1990)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty Chairman, Managing the Multi-Million Dollar Case (1988)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty, Deposition Skills Training Program (1988)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty Chairman, Trial Mechanics and Discovery (1985)
Practising Law Institute (San Francisco and N.Y.C.)
Faculty, Trial Advocacy (1976)
Practising Law Institute
Faculty Chairman, Industrial Fraud Seminar (1973)
(London and Amsterdam)

Publications

Damages Update, Trial Lawyers Quarterly, N.Y.S.T.L.A (1991-1999)
North’s Ninety-Nine Pointers on Advanced Deposition Practices,
New York State Trial Lawyers Association (1999)
Plaintiff’s Proof of Damages in Major Cases, N.Y.S.B.A. (1999)
Conducting the Deposition of the Defendant Physician in
Medical Malpractice Case, N.Y.S.T.A. (1999)
Selection and Use of Experts in Medical Malpractice Cases,
New York Law Journal, November 12, 1996
Fear of Developing Cancer, Cancer Litigation Bulletin,
Leader Publications (1994)
Direct & Cross Examination of an Economist, N.Y. County Lawyers Association (1994)
Proving & Defending Damages, Course Handbook, P.L.I. (1993)
Conducting & Defending Depositions, Course Handbook, N.Y.S.T.L.A (1993)
Fundamentals of Medical Malpractice Litigation,
Course Handbook, P.L.I. (1991)
Managing the Multi-Million Dollar Case, Course Handbook, P.L.I. (1990)
Medical Malpractice Litigation, Course Handbook, P.L.I. (1988)
Trial Mechanics and Discovery, Course Handbook, P.L.I. (1986)
Defending the Malpractice Case - Fighting Back,
American Journal of Perinatology (1984)
Trial Mechanics, Personal Injury Deskbook, Matthew Bender (1983)
Deposition Strategy, Law and Forms (3 Volumes)
Matthew Bender, ( with update) (1981)
..the Whole Truth, Monthly Column,Law and Order Magazine (1973-1975)
Controlling the Deposition: Winning Your Case Before Trial
Personal Injury Annual, Matthew Bender (1978)
Prevention and Detection of Fraud in Industry, Icomtec, England (1973)

Other Affiliations

• National Conference of Christians and Jews, Lawyers Division Annual Dinner Committee • Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts • Life Member, National Eagle Scout Association • Member, Mensa • Member, Lotos Club • Member, Society of Medical Jurisprudence • Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America • Member, New York State Bar Association • Member, Association of The Bar of the City of New York • Member, New York State Trial Lawyers Association • Member, New York State Bar Association, Committee on Certification of Trial Lawyers • Member, Association of The Bar of the City of New York, Courts Committee • 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 • Charter Member, United States Holocaust Museum • Leadership Council, Southern Poverty Law Center • Chairman, Association of the Bar Sub-Committee on Imposition of Legislative Limits on Awards for Non-Economic Damages • Member, New York County Supreme Court Committee on Medical Malpractice Litigation.

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