Attorneys Profiles

Carl T. Grasso
Address: Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C.
40 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005
Phone: (212) 471-8525 (Direct Dial)
Fax: (212) 344-3333
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Current Employment Position (s)
Member
Areas of Practice
Litigation
Personal Injury - Plaintiff
Products Liability Law
Bar Admissions
New York, 1980
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1980
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1980
U.S. Supreme Court, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 2000
 
Education
New York Law School, New York, New York, 1979, J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now Polytechnic University), Brooklyn, New York, 1969
B.S.E.E.
Honors: National Society of Scabbard and Blade
Published Works
Co-author of  “New York Trial Notebook,” James Publishing, Inc., 2005

Co-author of Chapter  "The Medical Chart as Evidence " in the Jones and Bartlett publication The Medical Record As A Forensic Resource edited by Campion Quinn, M.D., 2004

Effective Direct and Cross-Examination, Chapter 5, First Annual Civil Litigation Institute Course Handbook, Practicing Law Institute, 1997

Military Justice Within the Reserve Components: A New Chapter in RC Dealings and the UCMJ, The Army Lawyer, p. 64, Oct., 1988

The Statute of Limitations as Applied to Medical Malpractice Actions Brought Under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 117 Military L. Rev. 1, 1987
Representative Cases
Cruz v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 716 N.Y.S. 2d 104 (2nd Dept. 2000)
Alami v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 718 N.Y.S. 2d 604 (2nd Dept. 2000)
Classes/Seminars Taught
Direct Examination of Lay Witness, Herzfeld & Rubin, 2000
Cross Examination of Lay Witness, Herzfeld & Rubin, 2000
Direct Examination of Expert Witness, Herzfeld & Rubin, 2000
Cross Examination of Expet Witness, Herzfeld & Rubin, 2000
Honors and Awards
Received highest rating from Martindale-Hubbell
Bronze Star Medal (U.S. Army), 1971
Legion of Merit (U.S. Army), 1996
Professional Associations and Memberships
Member, New York State Bar Association, 1980 - Present
Member, New York County Lawyers Association, 1980 - Present
Member, Association of Arbitrators (Small Claims Div. N.Y. County), 1995 - Present
Member, American Judges Association, 1999 - Present
Arbitrator, Small Claims Division, N.Y. City Civil Court, N.Y. County, 1995 - Present
Birth Information
1948, Brooklyn, New York