Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf

Infobox_Company
company_name = Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf
company_
company_type = Partnership
foundation = New York, New York, USA (1923)
location = New York, New York, USA
industry = Legal services
key_people = Robert Conason, Stephen Mackauf, Ernest Steigman, Anthony Gair, Ben Rubinowitz, Jeffrey Bloom, Howard Hershenhorn,
homepage = [http://www.gairgair.com/index.html www.gairgair.com]

Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf is a Plaintiff's personal injury law firm specializing in construction accidents, medical malpractice, products liability, civil rights, police misconduct and all types of personal injury litigation. It was originally founded in 1923.

The firm has more lawyers selected by "The Best Lawyers in America" than any other plaintiff's personal injury firm in New York.

GGCS&M has long been the top firm for serious personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice cases. GGCS&M's decades of achievements are due to its selectivity, structure, and aggressive trial preparation.Fact|date=September 2008 Seven of Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf's partners have been listed in the "Best Lawyers in America": Robert Conason, Stephen Mackhauf, Ben Rubinowitz, Jeffrey Bloom, Anthony Gair, Howard Hershenhorn and Seymour Boyers. Each of these seven has achieved multiple-million dollars verdicts. ["The New York Area's Best Lawyers", 2008 edition, "New York Magazine", December 24-27, 2007]

The true measure of the firm's success, however, is evidenced by its long track record of impressive court victories and pre-trial settlements. While no amount of money can ever replace what have been lost by injury or death,Fact|date=September 2008 the noteworthy results obtained by the lawyers at GGCS&M provide the means for securing necessary medical treatments and for rebuilding the lives of its clients and their families [ "New York Super Lawyers" 2006 edition, 2006]

Firm History

Gair Gair, Conason, Steigman and Mackauf is New York's city oldest plaintiff's personal injury Law firm, founded by the late Harry A. Gair in 1923.

Harry Gair was in his time the United States most prominent trial lawyer in the field of negligence, or accident law, and unequalled as a court room nemesis to opposing medical witnesses [ The Lawyer Who Hasn't Lost A Case In Ten Years by Will Chassan, Pageant Magazine, vol. 9, No 11, May 1954 ] .

The firm became known as Gair & Gair when Mr. Gair's wife, the late Harriet E. Gair, became a partner. Harriet Gair was an important figure in New York's legal structure. She began working at the firm at the age of 15 as a secretary, and when she received her law degree from NYU 68 years ago, she was one of the first women to do so.She became the President of the New York Women Bar Association and she is considered a pioneer of the Legal profession.

In 1969, Robert L. Conason, Harry Gair's protege and hand picked successor became a member of the firm which became known as Gair, Gair & Conason. The firm has been known as Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman and Mackauf since 1990. It gained further prominence when it represented the mother of Amadou Diallo.

Notable verdicts and settlements

GGCS&M has achieved compensation by verdict or settlement exceeding more than $1 million in 250 cases in the last ten years. Notable verdicts and settlements include:

* $103 million for a child injured at birth
* $90 million for a child with cerebral palsy resulting from birth injury
* $26 million for a pedestrian struck by a truck
* $17 million for a man who was rendered partially incontinent as a result of medical malpractice in failing to diagnose a spinal malformation
* $16 million settlement for an asbestos handler who fell 23 feet from a scaffold
* $12 million for the wrongful death of a man crushed by an elevator
* $12 million for a bicyclist struck by a Transit Authority bus
* $10 million for a woman who was seriously injured when a 35-ton Construction crane fell on her legs at an Excavation site
* The firm represented the mother of Amadou Diallo, who was shot at 41 times by officers of the New York Police Department's Street Crimes Unit. The city of New York agreed to pay $3 million to the family of Amadou Diallo. This amount is the largest amount that has ever been paid by New York City in a wrongful death action for the death of a single individual with no dependents. [ TRAGIC DIALLO KIN GET RECORD SETTLEMENT FROM CITY, The New York Post, January 7, [2004} ] [ Daniel Wise, New York Law Journal, [http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1073157008315 New York City to Pay $3 Million to Settle Shooting Death Claim] , January 7, 2004]

Practice Areas

The firm specialises in the following areas of law:
* Medical malpractice
* Automobile accidents
* Construction accidents
* Product liability
* Premises liability
* Civil Rights violations
* Police brutality & Police misconduct
* Legal malpractice
* Aviation litigation

elected writings by members of the firm

*"Proving Medical Malpractice by a Physician Who Performs Elective Plastic Surgery", Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy, Vol. XX, No. 2, December 2002, by Anthony Gair
*"Presentation of Damages in a Personal Injury Case - The Plaintiff's Perspective," New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section Digest, 2002, by Anthony Gair and Howard Hershenhorn
*"The Use of Photographs in Personal Injury Cases", New York Law Journal, July 29 2004, by Ben B. Rubinowitz
*"Voir Dire in Medical Negligence Cases: A Plaintiff's Perspective", New York Law Journal, October 27 2004, by Ben B. Rubinowitz
*"Medical Malpractice: Using Defendants' Evidence Against Them", New York Law Journal, December 30 2004, by Ben B. Rubinowitz
*"Culpable Conduct/Comparative Fault Issues as Applicable to a Products Liability Case," Products Liability in New York, Strategy and Practice, New York State Bar Association, 1997, by Anthony Gair and Rhonda E. Kay
*"Harvard Study Ends Myth of Frivolous Malpractice Suits" New York Law Journal, May 26 2006, by Jeffrey B. Bloom
*"Damages in Tort Actions" 7 Volumes, Matthew Bender, by Robert L. Conason
*"Recent Trends in New York Product Liability, a review of significant 1995 Decisions" New York State Bar Journal, Journal of Negligence, Insurance and Compensation Law, 1995, by Howard Hershenhorn
*"Trial of an Obstetrical Malpractice Case" Law Journal Seminars Press, , 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, by Stephen Mackauf
*"Using Operative Terms From Jury Charge in Cross-Examination", New York Law Journal, July 26 2007, by Ben Rubinowitz
*"Auto Insurance: Uninsured, Underinsured and Accident Litigation" Lorman Education Services, by Christopher Sallay

References

ee also

*Amadou Diallo
*Anthony Gair
*Harry Gair

External links

* [http://www.gairgair.com/index.html Firm's website]
* [http://www.bestlawyers.com/aboutus/default.aspx Best Lawyers in America]
* [http://www.pcnr.com/news/2006/0802/Front_Page/004.html Putnam Valley Loses Elder Politician as Harriet Gair Passes Away at Age 100]
* [http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1073157008315 New York City to Pay $3 Million to Settle Shooting Death Claims]