Richard L. Newman

Personal Injury, Mediation
1000 Lafayette Boulevard
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604


Personal Injury

Admitted

1979, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; 1982, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of Wisconsin-Madison, J.D., 1979

Law School Graduation Year

1979

College

State University of New York at Albany, B.A., summa cum laude, 1976

Memberships

Connecticut (Member, Medical-Legal Committee) and American Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1993—; Public Interest Committee); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Biographical

Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Hon. Edmond O. Burke, Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, 1978. Author: Physician Liability For Suicide of Noncustodial Patient, Connecticut Medicine, 1998; 62:297-299. Legal Malpractice and Burden Shifting in Connecticut, 15 CTLA Forum 125, May/June, 1997; Stamford Hospital vs. Vega: Connecticut Affirms Right to Patient Self-Determination, Connecticut Medicine 1996; 60:481-83. Co-Author: PTSD in Civil Litigation: Recent Scientific and Legal Developments, 37 Jurimetrics Journal 257-267, 1997; Tort Remedies in Connecticut, Lexis Law Publishing, 1996; Proving Damages, Product Liability Practice Guide, 1988. Member, Ethics Committee, Danbury Hospital.

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