May 4, 2012 Law Day 2012 Abend & Silber was proud to join with the New York State Trial Lawyers Association as we honored Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the nation's leading defenders of civil rights. We thank New York's US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for delivering an inspiring key note address.
January 25, 2011 Federal Court Upholds Life Insuarance Claim. Reported Decision Leads to Settlement A life insurer failed to pay a death benefit to our client, the beneficiary of the life insurance policy. The insurance company claimed that the policy wouldn't have been issued if they had known about what they claimed were "pre-existing" medical conditions. The life insurance company sought to have the case dismissed. The evidence we produced convinced the Court that the case should proceed to trial. The insurance carrier settled before the case proceeded to trial.
December 8, 2010 1.5 Million Dollar verdict for Bus Accident Victim After many years of litigation, trial attorney Richard Abend obtained a 1.5 million dollar jury verdict for our client who sustained serious personal injury in a bus accident. The defendant, New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) had not offered any settlement prior to trial. The jury determined that the defendant NYCTA was one hundred percent at fault for the accident.
October 4, 2010 Abend & Silber Jury Selection Panel Techniques Richard Abend and Josh Silber are scheduled to speak on a panel discussing jury selection techniques in personal injury and medical malpractice cases.
December 6, 2009 Abend & Silber Speak about New Rules Regarding Fee Splitting Richard Abend and Josh Silber will be lecturing on the recent updates to the Rules of Professional Conduct as they apply to referral fees and fee sharing arrangements.
May 26, 2009 Abend & Silber join lawline.com faculty Josh Silber and Richard H. Abend offer an engaging discourse on the typical procedures of malpractice litigation, and outline the strategies a lawyer can employ to maximize performance in court.
May 26, 2009 Obama Selects Sotomayor to the Supreme Court President Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States earlier today.
May 8, 2009 LAW DAY 2009 On May 12, 2009 Richard Abend and Josh Silber will celebrate Law Day by attending the annual New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) Law Day Dinner.
April 24, 2009 Abend & Silber attend NYSTLA’s Lobby Day, Albany, NY On behalf of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA), Richard Abend and Josh Silber will be in Albany, New York on April 27-28 visiting with several members of the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate.
Law Day 2012 » Abend & Silber was proud to join with the New York State Trial Lawyers Association as we honored Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the nation's leading defenders of civil rights. We thank New York's US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for delivering an inspiring key note address.
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