Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Winning Multimillion Dollar Verdicts and Still Showing His Sentimental Side


A champion of the underdog and other plaintiffs in need of representation, Theodore H. Friedman has adeptly handled civil and commercial cases for nearly four decades. Since opening his private practice in Manhattan, he has tried hundreds of cases, rising at 4 a.m. to prepare for court. Theodore H. Friedman has argued successfully before the United States Supreme Court and served as trial and appellate counsel in numerous significant cases, including DeLima v. Trinidad Corp., related to ship owners’ negligence; and Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc., which established landlord liability in specific circumstances. In Penson v. Rosenberg, he used his expertise to win a jury award of more than $50 million in an auto-liability case.

For the Practising Law Institute, Theodore H. Friedman has taught classes in trial preparation and conduct in New York and nationwide. He also acted as an invited lecturer at Columbia Law School on similar topics. In other teaching roles, the well-known trial attorney educated students in Israel in various subjects related to U.S. law at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law and served as a Visiting Fellow and Scholar at the University of Oxford’s Wolfson College in Great Britain.

For his accomplishments, Theodore has gained recognition over the years in a number of publications. Outliers: The Story of Success, a book written by Malcolm Gladwell, included two segments on the New York attorney. Calvin Trillin wrote about him in The New Yorker magazine in an article on jury selection, and former New York Supreme Court Judge Donald Sullivan complimented him in the New York Law Journal. A sentimental man as well as an entrepreneur and talented attorney, Theodore H. Friedman joined his sister in commissioning an original clarinet concerto by Einojuhani Rautavaara in honor of Mary Kerewsky Friedman, their late mother. Musicians have performed the piece in Carnegie Hall, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and around the world.

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