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Edward L. Birnbaum

Edward L. Birnbaum

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Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C.
40 Wall Street
New York, New York  10005
(New York Co.)

Telephone: 212-471-8540
Telefax: 212-344-3333
http://www.herzfeld-rubin.com



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Practice AreasLitigation; Trial Practice; Personal Injury; Product Liability; Professional Liability; Tort Law
 
EducationNew York University, LL.B., 1964, Queens College, B.A., 1961
 
Admitted1964, New York; 1967, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
 
MembershipsNew York State Bar Association (Chairman, Committee on the Supreme Court, 1982-1986; Chairman, Action Unit #6, 1988-1991; Member, House of Delegates, 1986-1990; Member, Committee on Judicial Campaign Conduct, 2007—); New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Judiciary Committee); Nassau County Bar Association; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Association Justice.
 
BornBrooklyn, New York, August 2, 1939
 
BiographyAuthor: "Defendant's Trial Tactics," Product Liability, 1978; Articles: "Unique Evidentiary Issues in Product Liability Trials," Complex Product Liability: Proving and Defending the Product Liability Case, New York State Bar Association, 1985; "Discovery in Defense of Product Liability Trials," Discovery in Medical Malpractice, Product Liability and Personal Injury Cases, Practicing Law Institute, 1986; "Outlining Medical Proof in an Opening Statement," Medicine and Medical Evidence in Personal Injury Cases, Practising Law Institute, 1986. Co-author: "Defendant's Use of Experts," Products Liability in the 1980's, Litigation, Legislation and Practical Engineering, 1983; "Use of Experts in a Product Liability Lawsuit," Product Liability Litigation, 1983; "Hazardous Warnings: A New Perspective in Product Liability," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1984; "Trial Practice Under New York Evidentiary Laws—Privileges," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1985; "Discovery in Product Liability Actions—A Defendant's Perspective," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1985. "Accident Reconstruction and the Seat Belt Defense Litigating the Complex Motor Vehicle Case," Practising Law Institute, 1987; "Power Advocacy, 'Voir Dire: How to Win Friends and Influence Jurors,'" N.Y. State Bar Association, 1993. Co-Author: "Preparation of Pleadings," Chapter 12, Product Liability Practice Guide, Matthew Bender & Co., 1987; "Motions as to the Parties," Chapter 4 (revisions), Federal Litigation Guide, Matthew Bender & Co., 1987; "Motions for Summary Judgement," Chapter 5 (revisions), Federal Litigation Guide, Matthew Bender & Co., 1989; "Vehicle Accident Reconstruction," New York State Bar Association, 1989; "Effective Direct and Cross-Examination," Chapter 5, First Annual Civil Litigation Institute course handbook, Practising Law Institute, 1997; "Discovery—The Defense Approach," Product Liability, New York State Bar Association, 1997; "Products Liability: Progress after Kum Ho Tire," New York State Bar Association, 1999; "The Medical Chart as Evidence," New York Trial Notebook, James Publishing, Inc. 2005; with Campron Quinn, M.D., "The Medical Records as a Forensic Resource," Jones and Bartlett, 2004; New York Trial Notebook published by James Publishing, 2005. Selected as a 2006 and 2007 New York Super Lawyer by blue ribbon panel of lawyers.
 
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