Background
Bower, Mark R. was born on October 18, 1947 in Mountain. Vernon, New York, United States.
Bower, Mark R. was born on October 18, 1947 in Mountain. Vernon, New York, United States.
State University of New York at Binghamton (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1972). Spoken languages: German.
Worked at Fuchsberg & Fuchsberg (New York, New York) specializing in Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury. Admitted to the bar, 1972, New York, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1977, United States.
Supreme Court. New York University Law School Moot Court Judge, 1973-1980. Author: "Crystallization of Beliefs in the Conscientious Objector," New York University Review of Law & Social Change, 1971.
Contributing Editor, Trial Lawyers Quarterly: "Malpractice Panels and Issues of Fact," 14/2 Trial Lawyers Quarterly. "Discovery of Peer Committee Reports," 15/1 Trial Lawyers Quarterly.
"Changes in Theories of Liability in Medical Malpractice Panel Hearings," 15/3 Trial Lawyers Quarterly.
"Defending Motions for Summary Judgement in Malpractice," 17/1 Trial Lawyers Quarterly. "Blocking the Distribution of an Underinsured Defendant"s Estate," 16/1 Trial Lawyers Quarterly. "Not War But Peace When a Physician Should Settle A Malpractice Suit," 17/4 Trial Lawyers Quarterly.
"Baseless Affirmative Defenses," 5/4 Medical Liability Reporter.
"Trial Preparation of the Hostile Medical Malpractice Panelist," Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 18/1. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Medical Liability Reporter.
"Unauthorized Interviews With the Plaintiff"s Doctors: "Anker" Revisited," Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 20/1. 9/9 Verdicts, Settlements & Tactics-"Unauthorized Interviews With the Plaintiff"s Physicians," 2/19 New York Doctor, "Cry of the Wolf".
"Discovery of Plaintiffs Medical Information & Protection of Privilege in Des Litigation," 12/7 Verdicts, Settlements & Tactics 222, July 1992, reprinted 22/4 North.Y.S. Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 1992.
Lecturer: "Discovery in Medical Malpractice Cases," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1983 and New York State Bar Association, 1983. "The Trial of a Medical Malpractice Case," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1983. "Medical Malpractice: Handling and Trying the Case," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1985.
"Preparation and Trial of the Malpractice Case," 1989.
Program Chairman, "Handling a Medical Malpractice Case," Suffolk County Bar Association and New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1986. Company-Chairman Program, "Automating the Law Office," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1988.
Lecturer: "Handling a Medical Malpractice Action: Avoiding the Pitfalls of the New Loans," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1989. Lecturer: "Litigation Under the Safe Place to Work Statutes," New York State Bar Association, 1991.
Member, Ethics Committee, New York County Lawyers Association, 1993.
Assistant Counsel, Judicial Screening Committee, First Judicial Department, 1988-1989. Member, Medical Malpractice Panel in Supreme Court: Queens, 1974-1981. Kings County, 1984-1986.
New York County, 1984-1986.
Bronx County, 1984-1990. Member: Queens County Bar Association (Member, Speakers Panel, 1984).
New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Medical Malpractice Committee, 1981. Speech Panel, 1989).
Military: Lieutenant United States.
Army, 1972.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Medical Liability Reporter. "Unauthorized Interviews With the Plaintiff"s Doctors: "Anker" Revisited," Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 20/1. 9/9 Verdicts, Settlements & Tactics-"Unauthorized Interviews With the Plaintiff"s Physicians," 2/19 New York Doctor, "Cry of the Wolf".
"Discovery of Plaintiffs Medical Information & Protection of Privilege in Des Litigation," 12/7 Verdicts, Settlements & Tactics 222, July 1992, reprinted 22/4 North.Y.S. Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 1992.