Overturning Armando Galarraga’s “Imperfect Game”
Sixteen students at Monmouth University are taking a shot at righting an historic wrong in sports history. In 2010 Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was denied a perfect game, because of an erroneous call by first base umpire Jim Joyce, when Galarraga was an out away from joining a very exclusive list. Major League Baseball’s commissioner refused to overturn the call even though the...Read More
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Philip Pizzuto Joins WCM as Partner in New York & New Jersey Offices
WCM is pleased to announce that Philip Pizzuto has joined us as a partner. Phil is a trial lawyer with nearly 25 years of experience representing insureds, corporations, municipalities and individuals in the New York metro area. He has tried numerous cases to verdict in the New York, New Jersey, and Federal courts in a variety of cases including employment, general liability, toxic torts,...Read More
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What Is The Deal With These Legal Bills? (NY)
Jerry Seinfeld was just involved in a trademark lawsuit stemming from his Netflix series, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” which is pretty funny, and I’m sure Jerry would concede, a fairly transparent excuse for Jerry to hang out with his comic buddies and drive around in fancy cars. I mean, that’s basically the title of the show. Not a bad day’s work....Read More
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Call Your Next Witness – Wendy Sheinberg & Jennifer Hillman
Have you ever watched a movie with a legal issue and thought to yourself, “Wait, could this plot really happen this way?” In Rain Man, for example, Tom Cruise kidnaps his autistic older brother, played by Dustin Hoffman, to extort his brother’s inheritance. Instead of being presented as the somewhat flawed protagonist in Rain Main, Tom’s character probably should have...Read More
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Call Your Next Witness – Dr. Ron Grelsamer
Orthopedic Surgeon and Author — both with regard to orthopedic surgery, and to his expertise on the Beatles — and all around interesting guy to speak with, Dr. Ronald Grelsamer is a true renaissance man. He recently joined me as a guest on the Call Your Next Witness podcast. Frankly, we could have done an entire podcast on the Beatles. (For example, any Beatles fan is familiar...Read More
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Call Your Next Witness – Brandi Percy of Markel
Unlike some of our other guests, who went to law school and then found themselves in the insurance industry, Brandi Percy got her start working as a claim representative in insurance, and THEN went to law school. Her career has taken her through various in-house positions, both in insurance and in the corporate world. We had a great time discussing how her career has progressed, some...Read More
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Call Your Next Witness – Former BXDA Joshua Kirshner
Joshua Kirshner is a former colleague of mine from the Bronx County District Attorney Office who has been a federal law clerk in the Southern District of New York and for the past 10 years, has been a successful criminal defense in New York. And coincidentally, just as Josh and I are former Bronx D.A. colleagues, our mentors — Ben Brafman and Dennis Wade — were former colleagues...Read More
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WCM’s Year in Review – 2021
A year ago, around this time, we wrote a post summarizing our 2020, looking forward to a better year ahead. And…. here we are. Apparently, we jinxed 2021. Sorry about that. Putting WCM aside for the moment, 2021 has not exactly unfolded as hoped or planned. COVID-19 seemed to be on the wane this past Spring. Remember that 3-week period during May/June, when (in the Northeast, at least)...Read More
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Happy Holidays from Your Friends at Wade Clark Mulcahy!
2021 has presented us all with new challenges. Some anticipated, and some, well, of the Omicron variety. WCM continues to grow, in large part due to the loyalty and collaboration of our friends and clients in the United States and abroad. Please accept our Holiday E-Card, offering our gratitude and best wishes for a better 2022. A Happy and Healthy Holiday Season to all! Read More
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Call Your Next Witness – Jeremy Richter
As I note in the intro of this episode, Jeremy Richter makes me feel like I’m not doing enough professionally. He’s a seasoned trial attorney based in Birmingham, Alabama, and also a podcaster, a published author (both fiction and non-fiction), and active social media marketer. Jeremy and I met a few years back in conjunction with the DRI Law Practice Management Group, where we...Read More
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