Explore updated precedents, valuation principles, and strategies for effective damage awards in personal injury cases.
This course offers personal injury litigators a comprehensive review of recent updates in damages law, focusing on New York State precedents and valuation principles. Topics include calculating pain and suffering, addressing economic damages, punitive damages, and strategies for challenging excessive or insufficient awards. With real-world case examples and practical guidance, this course equips attorneys to effectively present and defend damage claims, ensuring fair outcomes for their clients.
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Partner at Schwartzapfel Lawyers
He focuses on negligence cases with catastrophic injuries and wrongful death. For the Academy's Annual Update, Damages Presenter since 2018, when the topic was added. He earned his BA with Honors from SUNY Albany and JD from St. Johns University School of Law, where he has also taught as an adjunct professor. Member of the exclusive "Million Dollar Advocates Forum" and named by The National Trial Lawyers as a "National Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Lawyer." He currently serves on the Academy's Board as Vice President for the First Department.
Partner at Ziff Law Firm
Christina Sonsire is a partner at the Ziff Law Firm in Elmira, New York where she represents plaintiffs in personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Christina currently serves on the Academy's Board of Directors as Vice President for the Third Department. She also sits on the Judicial Screening Committee, responsible for interviewing candidates for the New York State Court of Appeals and making recommendations to the Governor. Christina attended law school at the University of Montana, was an undergraduate soccer star at Georgetown University and has always been involved with public service.
