 Lawton W. Squires
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Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C.
40 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 |
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(212) 471-8500
(212) 471-8494 (Direct Line) |
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(212) 344-3333 |
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Mr. Squires handles complex litigation matters from
inception through trial to verdict in the State and Federal
Courts. His practice encompasses products liability, labor
law, construction accidents, general liability, attorney and
judicial disciplinary proceedings, professional malpractice
and motor vehicle matters. In addition to representing
clients in the New York state Courts, Mr. Squires represents
clients before many of New York States’ regional
professional disciplinary agencies including: the
Departmental Disciplinary Committee; the Grievance
Committee; the Committee on Character and Fitness; the
Commission on Judicial Conduct; the Office of Professional
Discipline; and the Office of Professional Medical Conduct.
A trial attorney for more than twenty years, Mr. Squires has
served as the Managing Trial Attorney for United States
Fidelity & Guaranty Company, The St. Paul Insurance
Companies and The St. Paul Travelers Companies in New York.
He also has represented the Zurich American Insurance group
as its New York Supervising Trial Attorney.
An Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School, Mr.
Squires has taught Trial Advocacy since 1990. He has also
taught practicing attorneys as a faculty member of The St.
Paul Companies National Trial School and as a continuing
legal education lecturer for the Defense Association of New
York, the New York State Bar Association, the Bronx Black
Bar Association and the Metropolitan Black Bar Association.
Mr. Squires’ published articles include “Intra-Family
Immunity,” “Can You Rely on Plaintiff’s Co-Efficient of
Friction Test?”, “No, No!!! Bad Dog!!!”, and “A Federal
Practice Primer for Claims Examiners.” Mr. Squires has had
numerous verdicts noted and published by the New York Law
Journal and the New York Jury Verdict Reporter
including: The Matter(s) of the Hon. Duane A. Hart (1 & 2
- before the The NYS Court of Appeals and the NYS Commission
on Judicial Conduct, respectively); Fuller-Mosley v. Litemakers; Perlmutter
v. A. Colarusso & Son; Amaya v. Trinity Church;
Giambanco v. Rankin Healy Memorial Association;
Dawid v. Stamford Livery Service; Konshina v.
Gorbunov, D.D.S.; Gurvas v. Burg; Novin
v. Hilton Hotels Corp.; Heller v. Lehrer-McGovern,
Inc., et al.; Kaczorowski v. Consolidated Edison, et
al.; Bahlke v. Glen Oaks Village Owners, Inc.;
and Sharon v. El San Juan Hotel & Casino.
Mr. Squires holds the highest legal ability rating of “AV,”
a professional rating awarded to attorneys who demonstrate
the highest professional and ethical standards. The Black
Law Students’ Association of New York Law School has awarded
Mr. Squires its Distinguished Alumni Award. The Institute of
Jewish Humanities also has recognized Mr. Squires with its
Lawyer of Achievement Award.
Lawton W. Squires co-starred as the lead defense attorney,
opposite Catherine Crier of Court TV fame, who played the
lead prosecutor in The Media Center at The New York Law
School's production of The Trial of Travis Bickle,
from the facts of the Martin Scorsese classic film, Taxi
Driver, starring Robert De Niro and Jodi Foster on
January 28th, 2008. The Media Center annually produces mock
trials to advertise and publicize New York School's Trial
Advocacy and Clinical Legal programs.
A graduate of The State University College at Oneonta, New
York, and of The New York Law School, Mr. Squires served as
a member of the National Mock Trial Team. He also was a
member of the Executive Board of the Moot Court Association.
Mr. Squires is on the Board of Directors of the Defense
Association of New York. He also is a member of the New York
State Bar Association.
Mr. Squires is a Member of Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C. and is
admitted to the New York State Bar and to the United States
District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of
New York.
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