Ross Todd
Ross Todd is the Editor/columnist for the Am Law Litigation Daily. He writes about litigation of all sorts. Previously, Ross was the Bureau Chief of The Recorder, ALM's California affiliate. Contact Ross at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Ross_Todd.
February 28, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Director's Cut: Taking Cues from Cinema When Conducting Direct ExaminationsVeronica Finkelstein, an assistant U.S. attorney in Philadelphia, says the attorney's role during direct testimony is very much akin to that of a movie director.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
February 25, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: AIG's Trial Team at Quinn Emanuel and Mayer Brown Get a Defense Verdict in Delaware Insurance Coverage TrialAfter just two hours of deliberations, jurors sided with Michael Carlinsky and Maaren Shah of Quinn Emanuel and Robert Harrell of Mayer Brown by denying the policyholder's claim for $27.5 million worth of coverage tied to a settlement with the state of Texas.
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
February 25, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsRunners-up this week include litigators from Wilkinson Stekloff; Wachtell; Arnold & Porter; Cleary; Winston & Strawn; Mayer Brown; Latham and Kirkland.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
February 24, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Do Smaller Firms Full of Trial Junkies Have a Better Chance of Attracting and Retaining Future Trial Junkies?Selendy Gay Elsberg founder Faith Gay and managing partner Maria Ginzburg discuss some of the advantages firms like theirs have in the war for future trial talent.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
February 23, 2022 | Litigation Daily
How Pro Bono Lawyers at Paul Weiss Contributed to Sandy Hook Families' Historic Settlement with Remington"When you get a window into an adversary that has basically operated in complete darkness, without any scrutiny — not even regulatory scrutiny — you can imagine how unguarded people are," says Chris Boehning of Paul Weiss.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
February 18, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Lawyers for Sandy Hook Families Reach a Landmark $73M Settlement with Remington"What they lost can never be remedied," says Josh Koskoff of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder of the nine families he and partner Alinor Sterling represent. "But despite their grief, and through their courage and their persistence, they have won a measure of accountability."
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
February 18, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsRunners up this week include teams at Boies Schiller, Ballard Spahr, Cooley, and Kirkland.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
February 17, 2022 | Litigation Daily
'The Art of Storytelling': Jan Dodd of Carlton Fields on the Crossover Skills from Broadcast News to Trial Practice"I think we're kidding ourselves if we don't think that a trial is a story and a drama," says Dodd, a trial lawyer with a background in TV journalism.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
February 16, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Cooley's Mikes—Rhodes and Attanasio—on the 'Barristerization' of the Big Firm Trial Bar and What to Do About It"I think if you had more lawyers who understood the trial dynamic and could really meaningfully assess risk at trial and were willing to do that, you'd have more clients willing to go to trial," says Attanasio, the chair of the firm's global litigation department.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
February 15, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Meet the Plaintiffs Team Pursuing the Price-Fixing Lawsuit Against 16 Elite UniversitiesLawyers at Berger Montague, FeganScott, Gilbert Litigators & Counselors, and Roche Freedman accuse the universities of participating in a price-fixing cartel that artificially inflated what students who receive financial aid paid for undergraduate studies.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
