Education
University of California Berkeley School of Law. University of Southern California.
University of California Berkeley School of Law. University of Southern California.
Ginsburg, whose Los Angeles, California-based practice had previously concentrated on medical malpractice, was a friend of the Lewinsky family. Ginsburg represented Lewinsky for four months, before being replaced. He also was involved in the case of the death of college basketball star Hank Gathers, as well as the legal dispute regarding the remains of entertainer Liberace and the landmark Meneeley v.
National Spa & Pool Institute case over diving injuries in a sub-standard swimming pool.
He tried more than 300 cases in 21 states and participated in more than 350 mediations/arbitrations. The feat is now known as the "Full Ginsburg".
Ginsburg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of a lawyer who had worked on Lyndon Johnson"s Senate staff
He moved to Los Angeles with his family in the early 1950s.
Ginsburg graduated from Hamilton High School and studied political science and drama at University of California, Berkeley. He received his law degree from University of Southern California in 1967 and passed bar examination in 1968. He was a national board member and President and Trustee of the American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation.
Ginsburg died April 1, 2013, at his Sherman Oaks, California home after a battle with cancer one week after his 70th birthday.
He was a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and served as a member of the Los Angeles Chapter Executive Committee.