Background
Harley, Robert George was born on August 16, 1939 in Jersey City. Son of Philip C. and Ellen (O'Grady) Harley.
Harley, Robert George was born on August 16, 1939 in Jersey City. Son of Philip C. and Ellen (O'Grady) Harley.
Georgetown University (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1965).
Worked at Harley & Browne. Admitted to the bar, 1966, New York and United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
United States.
Supreme Court. Expert Commentator, Court Television Author: "Trial Lawyers Meeting in Dublin," New York State Bar Journal, 1993. "The Direct Examination of the defendant," New York Law Journal, 1995.
Company-Author: "Toxic Torts," Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1977. "What"s lieutenant Worth: A Guide to Personal Injury Awards and Settlements," Kluwer, 1985.
"Personal Injury Handbook: Forms and Procedures," James Publishing Group, 1991.
"Trial Lawyers Meeting in Dublin," New York State Bar Journal, November 1992. "Medical Malpractice: Strategic and Practical Principles," New York State Bar Association, 1993. Lecturer: Advanced Litigation Skills Using Video, Practising Law Institute, 1987.
Security Cases: Rape and Assault, Brooklyn Bar Association, 1988.
Basic Medical Malpractice, Practising Law Institute, 1989. Direct and Cross Examination of the Expert Witness in a Medical Malpractice Case, Trial Lawyers Section, New York State Bar Association, 1989.
Handling a Civil Lawsuit, New York State Bar Association, 1991 and 1995. Pending Federal Tort Legislation, New York State Bar Association Annual Convention, 1995.
Speaker, "Trial of an Obstetrical Malpractice Case" and "Failure to diagnose breast Cancer," New York Law Journal Seminar, 1996.
Winning Openings and summations, New York State Bar Association, 1996. Annual Conference Law Society of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, 1994. Member, Medical Malpractice Mediation Panel: Supreme Court, Queens County, 1974-1991.
New York County, 1983-1991.
Participant, Report on Medical Malpractice of the Committee on Medicine and Law of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1975. Consultant to the Special Advisory Panel on Medical Malpractice, State of New York, 1975-1976.
Participant Report on Medical Malpractice of the Ad Hoc Committee on Medical Malpractice, Association of the Bar of New York City, 1989. Listed in Who"s Who in American Law since 1994.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Medicine and Law, 1974-1977.
Special Committee on Environmental Law, 1977-1978. Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, 1985-1988. Special Committee on Medical Malpractice, 1986, Chair, 1994.
Committee on Products Liability, 1988-1991).
New York State (Member: Committee on Tort Reparations, 1986. Executive Committee, Trial Lawyers Section, 1989) and American Bar Associations.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, International Practice Section). Association of Personal Injury Lawyers of The United Kingdom (Member, International Practice Section).
Member, Medical Malpractice Mediation Panel: Supreme Court, Queens County, 1974-1991. New York County, 1983-1991. Participant, Report on Medical Malpractice of the Committee on Medicine and Law of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1975.
Consultant to the Special Advisory Panel on Medical Malpractice, State of New York, 1975-1976.
Participant Report on Medical Malpractice of the Ad Hoc Committee on Medical Malpractice, Association of the Bar of New York City, 1989. Listed in Who"s Who in American Law since 1994.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Medicine and Law, 1974-1977. Special Committee on Environmental Law, 1977-1978.
Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, 1985-1988.
Special Committee on Medical Malpractice, 1986, Chair, 1994. Committee on Products Liability, 1988-1991). New York State (Member: Committee on Tort Reparations, 1986.
Executive Committee, Trial Lawyers Section, 1989) and American Bar Associations.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, International Practice Section). Association of Personal Injury Lawyers of The United Kingdom (Member, International Practice Section).
Married Emily Ann Kerecz, May 30, 1964. Children: Philip Robert, Matthew Bela, Jeremy Thomas.