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About Michael Glass Esq.

Michael Glass has been litigating personal injury and medical malpractice cases for more than 30 years. He has been involved in many cases resulting in million and multimillion-dollar recoveries. Michael graduated magna cum laude from St. John's University (which he attended on a sports scholarship), with a 3.989 average. He thereafter attended St. John's University School of Law on a full academic scholarship. Michael graduated from St. John's Law School third in his class. During that time, he served as an editor of the St. John's Law Review, the school's law journal, and received the New York State Trial Lawyers' Louis Harolds Award for Excellence in the field of Tort Law. Michael has been a partner with RGLZ since 1988, and concentrates in the prosecution of complex personal injury, medical malpractice, and nursing home abuse cases. He regularly lectures to other lawyers on a variety of personal injury topics for the various New York State Bar Associations. He has also published seminar pieces for the New York State Bar Association on several trial-related subjects. He was admitted to the bar in 1982, and is a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Nassau/Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association.

A Guide to Openings and Summations: Part Seven

2018-02-13T17:52:19-05:00By |Categories: Attorney Articles|Tags: , , , , , , |

Repackage the Evidence in a Way that is Useful for the Jury More than 2000 years ago, Aristotle wrote about the importance of refreshing the memory of the audience frequently. Nowhere is that dictate more true than in summation. An old trial lawyer's proverb is: "Tell the jury what you expect to prove in opening [...]

A Guide to Openings and Summations: Part Six

2018-02-13T17:39:39-05:00By |Categories: Attorney Articles|Tags: , , , , , , |

Prep from Day One It is too late to think about summation as the last witness is leaving the stand and the judge is instructing the jurors to return the next day to hear summations and charge. Preparation for an organized summation should begin before the trial even starts; with a summation folder or summation [...]

A Guide to Openings and Summations: Part Five

2018-02-13T17:38:18-05:00By |Categories: Attorney Articles, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Law of Summations: Don’t Cross the Line Summation represents your final opportunity to persuade the jury. By the time of summation, jury analysis proves that virtually all of the jurors have already formed opinions as to who should win and who should lose. The role of summation, therefore, is to sway those few jurors [...]

A Guide to Openings and Summations: Part Four

2018-02-13T17:33:59-05:00By |Categories: Attorney Articles|Tags: , , , , , , |

Today, we’re going to look at twelve simple rules that a plaintiff’s attorney should follow during the course of an opening statement. By keeping these things in mind, you’ll keep yourself from making simple mistakes that could compromise either your case, or your standing with the jury. According to studies, jurors believe that lawyers waste [...]

A Guide to Openings and Summations: Part Three

2018-02-13T17:29:42-05:00By |Categories: Attorney Articles|Tags: , , , , , , |

IV.  PREPARING THE OPENING AND CLOSING WITH A VIEW TO JURY BIASES Empirical testing by social scientists confirms what trial lawyers intuitively know. Jurors come to court with built in biases which play a significant role in their decision making process. Biases are like software silently running in the background of the juror's mind, providing [...]

A Guide to Openings and Summations: Part Two

2018-02-13T17:25:19-05:00By |Categories: Attorney Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Two of the most influential experts on trial advocacy in the last five years have been attorney, Rick Friedman, and jury consultant, David Ball. Together, they offer trial attorneys, and particularly plaintiff's trial attorneys, a compelling template for the presentation of the case. A. Rules of the Road Rick Friedman, author of Rules of the [...]

A Guide to Openings and Summations: Part One

2018-02-13T17:13:41-05:00By |Categories: Attorney Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Opening statement is one of the most powerful tools in the lawyer's arsenal of persuasion. At no other point in the trial will counsel so completely have the undivided attention and interest of the jurors. In opening, counsel has the first opportunity to mold the jury's impression of the parties and the case. Make the [...]

Bad Faith Insurance Claims in New York: When the Carrier Fails to Pay

2018-10-31T18:09:46-04:00By |Categories: Attorney Articles, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |

    A homeowner’s insurance policy is a contract between the homeowner and the insurance company to fairly pay damage claims as they arise. It is a contract in which the insured pays a premium for the peace of mind, or comfort, of knowing that he or she will be protected in the [...]

Nursing Home Abuse – What to Look For

2022-05-21T10:41:49-04:00By |Categories: Attorney Articles, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Negligence|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Michael Glass of RGLZ explains what constitutes abuse or neglect in a nursing home, as well as what to look for and be suspicious of. You can take action against neglectful nursing homes. Discussed in Part 1 is an overview, as well as a discussion of falls and understaffing. Discussed in [...]

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