Steven E North
Steven E. North | |
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| Born | October 16, 1941 Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A. (1963), J.D. (1966), L.L.M. (1967), |
| Alma mater | Stuyvesant High School, City College of New York, Brooklyn Law School, N.Y.U. School of Law, |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Website | www |
Steven E. North (born October 16th, 1941) is an American Attorney lawyer who specializes in representing persons who suffer injuries caused by medical malpractice. He is a lecturer at law and medical schools, television commentator, former homicide prosecutor, and author.[1]
He is the member of New York State Bar Association.[2]
Many cases handled by Steven E. North P.C. have been featured in The New York Times, the New York Daily News and national law publications.[3][4]
Career
Legal Career
As an Assistant District Attorney in New York County, North began his legal career. The 1968 Columbia University Students for a Democratic Society protests were prosecuted by him. North led the D. A.'s Homicide Bureau investigation into the March 6, 1970 Greenwich Village townhouse explosion caused by Weather Underground (Weatherman) bomb-making in the basement. Other notables escaped but were apprehended after the blast killed three Weathermen.[5]
North became a Bureau Chief as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York, pursuing criminal justice corruption cases involving judges, lawyers, and police personnel. After defending physicians in medical malpractice cases, he became an associate. He joined various plaintiff firms as a partner. In 1986, North founded a legal office in an upper East Side townhouse in Manhattan. He shuttered it during the COVID-19 epidemic in 2021 and became “of counsel” to Merson.[6]
North focused his private litigation practice on medical malpractice victims who sustained devastating injuries. He tried several cases and set New York State and national records for top verdicts year after year. "Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year"; member of the New York Law Journal's "Medical Malpractice Hall of Fame"; member of the “Who's Who” of top tort lawyers; and one of New York City's top 100 lawyers. North is a referee for the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, a mediator for the US Southern District Court, a member of the Practicing Law Institute's Advisory Board on Tort Litigation, and a member of the Governor's Judicial Screening Committee.[6]
Teaching career
North has substantial medical-legal writing and teaching expertise. He was an Appellate Argument Judge and Alumni Advisor at NYU Law. The Cardozo Law School Intensive Trial Advocacy Program hosted him as a visiting professor. North guest lectured at Fordham Law School's Roscoe Pound Institute Lecture on Trial Techniques and Brooklyn Law School's Bridge the Gap Program. He chaired many continuing legal education programs, including Managing the Multimillion Dollar Case, Trial Mechanics and Discovery, Deposition Skills, Damages Update, Workshop on Direct and Cross Examination, Medical Malpractice Case Management, and Objectifying Brain Damage.[5]
North has taught at medical schools and hospitals in addition to law school. Over numerous years, he presented at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine senior resident retreat and Jacobi Hospital grand rounds. North spoke at the New York Society of Anesthesiologists' Post Graduate Assembly and Lenox Hill Hospital's urology grand rounds. North was Medical-Legal Editor of the American Journal of Perinatology and Cancer Litigation Bulletin.[5]
Notable publications
- Anatomy of a Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Case: Intake to Note of Issue - Medical Malpractice In New York, Third Edition Co-Author, New York State Trial Lawyers Association[2]
Honors and awards
References
- ^ "Medical Malpractice Attorney New York STEVEN E. NORTH | FreeLegalAid". Freelegalaid.com.
- ^ a b c "THE PLAINTIFF'S PERSONAL INJURY ACTION IN NEW YORK STATE" (PDF). NYSBA.org.
- ^ "Steven E. North". Merson Law PLLC. 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Doc: Earlier surgery wouldn't have reversed patient's condition". VerdictSearch.
- ^ a b c "Steven E. North Attorney: A Titan in New York's Personal Injury Arena". Bru Times News.
- ^ a b "North & Deutsch LLP Ranking | BCGSearch.com". Bcgsearch.com.
- ^ Buffa, Denise (31 January 2004). "2004 Jury Award Amputee". New York Post.
- ^ "Top 100 Attorneys". The New York Times. 4 September 2011.
- ^ "New York's highest awards". New York Law Journal. 5 June 2004.