Leonard L. Finz

Personal Injury, Mediation
100 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 202
Jericho, New York 11753


Personal Injury

Admitted

1953, New York; 1955, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1960, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

New York University, LL.B., 1951

Law School Graduation Year

1951

College

New York University, B.A., 1948

Memberships

Queens County, New York State and American Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; Member, The Fellows of the New York Bar Foundation; New York Supreme Court Justices' Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Biographical

Author: Best Register of Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, 1998; Getting the Most Out of the Settlement Conference, NYCLA, 1999; Opening-the Firepower of Words, QCBA, 1998; Aiming For The Million Dollar Verdict, NYCLA, 1991 ; Justice For DES Victims Now, NYLJ, 1990; Contributing Chapter, The Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Litigation, Legal Aspects of Medicine, 1989; DES Update, NYSTLA, 1988; Accident Reconstruction— An Art and Challenge, NYSBA, 1986; Art of the Opening Statement, NYSBA, 1990; 1986 Legislative Changes in New York Tort Law: An Analysis, NYSBA Journal, 4/87; Damages-The Whole Truth, Judicature, Jan. 1971, Vol. 54, No. 6; The Jury's Role, Court Review, Vol. 11, No. 6, Oct. 1972; Does The Trend In Our Substantiative Law Dictate An Expanded Use of the Special Verdict? Albany Law Review 1973, Vol. 37, No. 2; The Social Guest-A Legal Home of His Own, Trial Vol. 6, No. 3, 1969; A Trial Where Both Sides Win, Judicature, Vol. 59, No. 1, June-July, 1975; Medical Malpractice Overview, National Judicial College, May 1978; Damages- A New Trend, Queens Bar Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 8, May, 1970; Let the Jury Find the Facts, Judicature, Vol. 56, No. 6, Jan., 1973; Professional Malpractice National Impact Decisions, Minnesota Judicial Conference, December 1982; Marquis Who's Who in American Law, 1979, Vol. 2. Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Advocacy, Trial Techniques, Medical Malpractice, 1974-1985, New York Law School. Professor, Business Law, Law in Response to Social Change, 1973-1978, City College of the City University of New York. Faculty Member, National Judicial College, University of Nevada at Reno, Medical Malpractice and Professional Malpractice, 1974-1980. Lecturer: Products Liability Update, NYSTLA, 1988; Litigating Complex Motor Vehicle Cases, PLI, 1987; Products Liability Update, NYSBA, 1987. Chairperson: Demonstrative Evidence NYSTLA, 1988; Trial Practice Skills, NYSBA, 1986; Art of Summation, NYSTLA, 1988; Crashworthiness—Second Impact Litigation,

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