STEVEN E. NORTH
950 3rd Ave address, New York, New York 10022
(212) 861-5000
Web Sites
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 Magazine's New York Area's Best Lawyers - 2005-Present
Top New York Lawyers - 2006-Present
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers - 2021
Avvo Rating 10 out of 10 (Highest Rated) - The World's Largest Legal Directory -2011
New York Super Lawyers Top 100 Attorneys In New York Area - 2008
Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America - 2007
New York Law Journal, Eight Highest Verdicts
Men's Health Magazine - Malpractice Made Perfect
Ten Highest Verdicts New York State
The Best Lawyers in America
Law Dragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in American Law
Men of Achievement
Martindale Hubbell - Highest Rating for Ethics and Ability
Member
The Million Dollar Advocates Forum
American Board of Trial Advocates
Governor's Judicial Screening Committee
Former, Kings County Judicial Screening Panel
Former, Board of Directors, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
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 - 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
Faculty, Annual Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (1997-2011)
Cardozo School of Law
Guest Lecturer, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York (2006-2011)
Faculty, Decisions, Damages Update (1991-2011)
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Guest Lecturer, Advanced Medical Malpractice Cases (2007)
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, 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
Updated Medical Malpractice Chapter,
The Plaintiff's Personal Injury Action In New York State, Medical Malpractice Chapter (NYSBA 2012 ed. and 2021 2nd ed.)
The Plaintiff's Personal Injury Action In New York State, NYSBA (2009)
Damages Update, N.Y.S.T.L.A. (1991-2011)
Anatomy of a Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Case: Intake to Note of Issue
Medical Malpractice In New York, Third Edition Co-Author, NYSBA (2009)
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)
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 (Past & Present)
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, American Association for Justice - 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.
