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STEVEN E. NORTH
148 East 74th Street    New York, New York 10021
(212) 861-5000
Web Sites
north-law.com
E-Mail
snorth@north-law.com

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 Best Lawyers - 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 - Former Homicide Prosecutor - Guest Lecturer at Law Schools.

Background

Listed In
New York Super Lawyers Top 100 Attorneys In New York Area - 2008
New York Magazine's New York Area's Best Lawyers - 2008
Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America - 2007
Best Lawyers in the New York Area - 2005-2007
Top New York Lawyers - 2006
New York Law Journal, Eight Highest Verdicts - 2005
Men's Health Magazine - Malpractice Made Perfect - 2005
Ten Highest Verdicts 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
Governor's Judicial Screening Committee
Kings County Judicial Screening Panel
 Board of Directors, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (1990-1992)

Appointments

N.Y.S. Commission on Judicial Conduct, Referee
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 Teaching Affiliations

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

Teaching

Faculty, Annual Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (1997-Present)
Cardozo School of Law

Guest Lecturer, Advanced Medical Malpractice Cases (2007)
New York State Bar Association

Guest Lecturer, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York (2006-2008)

Lecturer, Grand Rounds, Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, New York
Emergency Medicine for Physicians (2006)

Lecturer, "Trying the Brain Damaged Baby and Cancer Cases" (2005)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Faculty, Decisions, Damages Update (1991-2005)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Faculty, How to Read and Use Medical Records (2004-2005)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Faculty, "bridge-the-Gap" Program (2004)
Brooklyn Law School

Lecturer, "Trial Techniques" (2003)
Fordham Law School

Lecturer, "Deposition Skills" (2003)
Practising Law Institute (New York City and San Francisco)

Faculty, The Substantive Law of Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice (2002)
Practising Law Institute

Editorial Board Member, Bill of Particulars (2002)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Faculty, Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases (2001)
Lorman Education Services

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, The Management and Trial of the Breast Cancer Case (1998)
New York Law Journal Seminars

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 New York City)

Faculty, Trial Advocacy (1976)
Practising Law Institute

Faculty Chairman, Industrial Fraud Seminar (1973)
(London and Amsterdam)


Publications

Medical Malpractice Chapter,
The Plaintiff's Personal Injury Action In New York State,
NYSBA (2009)

Medical Malpractice Chapter,
The Plaintiff's Personal Injury Action In New York State,
NYSBA (2009)

Medical Malpractice Chapter,
The Plaintiff's Personal Injury Action In New York State,
NYSBA (2009)

Anatomy of a Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Case: Intake to Note of Issue
Medical Malpractice In New York, Third Edition
Co-Author, NYSBA (2009)

Damages Update, Trial Lawyers Quarterly, N.Y.S.T.L.A (1991-2007)

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 Case
, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (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,
New York State Trial Lawyers Association (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 Desk Book, 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 Su--Committee on Imposition of Legislative Limits on Awards for Non-Economic Damages - Member, New York County Supreme Court Committee on Medical Malpractice Litigation.