Background
Schmertz, Herman was born on December 14, 1935 in Jamaica, New York, United States.
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Herman Schmertz
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Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1957). New York University (Bachelor of Laws, 1960).
Career
Worked at Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf (New York, New York) specializing in Negligence, Malpractice, Products Liability, Aviation Law, Trial and Appellate Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1960, New New York 1965, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1967, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1978, United States. Supreme Court. Author: "Requests for Instructions in Medical Malpractice Cases," New York State Bar Journal, 1983.
"Automobile Negligence," Queens Bar Bulletin, 1967.
"Loss of Consortium," Queens Bar Bulletin, 1968. "Products Liability Principles," Queens Bar Bulletin, 1975.
"Comparative Negligence," Queens Bar Bulletin, 1975. "Medical Malpractice: Strategies and Principles," New York State Bar Association, 1986.
Contributing Author: "Personal Injury Annual," Matthew Bender, 1975-1979.
Member of Staff, New York University Law Review, 1958-1959. Lecturer, Hofstra Law School Advance Practice Institute, 1980. Lecturer, 1973-1989, Chairman, New Decisions Course, 1974-1989, New York State Trial Lawyers Academy.
Member: Queens County and Nassau County Bar Associations.
New York County Lawyers Association. New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Editor, Trial Lawyers" Quarterly, 1978-1982).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Author: "Changing Appellate Practice," 1975. "British Claims in United States Courts," 1989).
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Membership
Member: Queens County and Nassau County Bar Associations. New York County Lawyers Association. New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Editor, Trial Lawyers" Quarterly, 1978-1982).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (.
