This firm takes a small number of cases involving serious personal injury or death resulting from doctor or hospital negligence.
We pride ourselves upon our close and confidential relationship with each of our clients and upon our thorough preparation of every aspect of each case.
Lawyers Associated with the Firm
Bruce G. Clark, A.B., J.D.
Born 1940 in New York City. Admitted to the Bar 1966.
Education:
- Graduate of Colgate University with Honors
- Graduate of Columbia University School of Law
- Mt. Sinai Medi-Legal Institute
- New York University School of Medicine, course in Neuroanatomy
Teaching:
- Hofstra University School of Law Special Professor of Advanced Trial Advocacy, 1993-present
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy, faculty member from 1980-present
- Visiting lecturer St. Johnís School of Law, Emory University School of Law, Practicing Law Institute
- Lecturer at the Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association 1997 on "The Liability of Health Maintenance Associations"
Articles Published:
- "Million Dollar Verdicts," Queens Bar Bulletin
- "Referral Fees and Professional Responsibility," Queens Bar Bulletin
- "Screening Medical Malpractice Cases," Queens Bar Bulletin
- "Lawyer Duty," New York Law Journal
- "The Expert Witness: Law and Trial Tactics." a chapter in the textbook Medical Malpractice in publication by the Lawyers and Judges Publishing Company
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- New York Academy of Trial Lawyers
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
Peter L. Gale, A.B., L.L.B.
Born Chicago, Illinois, 1936, Admitted to the New York Bar 1965, Pennsylvania 1966,
United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1969, Eastern District of New York
Education:
Education:
- Harvard College
- Wilkes College (B.A. 1958)
- Cornell University, Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Assistantship in Mathematics, (1958-1962)
- Cornell University School of Law (L.L.B. 1965)
Valerie Ullman Taylor, A.B. J.D.
Admitted to the Bar in New York, Connecticut and District of Columbia 1993,
United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1995.
Education:
- University of Michigan (A.B.)
- American University (J.D.)
Associations:
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- New York County Lawyers Association
- New York State Bar Association
Particular focus on orthopedic injuries.
Roderic A. Weekes, M.D.
Education:
- B.A., Yale University, New Haven, CN
- M.D., Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Residency: Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, OR. Surgery, 1971-72
- Residency: Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical Center, Providence, RI. Surgery, 1968-1971
- Residency: UCLA-MLK Hospitals, Los Angeles, CA. Surgery, 1975-1976
- Residency: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Boston, MA. Anesthesia, 1997
- Internship: Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical Center, Providence, RI. Medicine & Surgery, 1967-1968
Attending Experience:
- Goldwater-Coler Hospital, Roosevelt Island, NY. 1992-1996, General Practice
- Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. 1982-84, Surgery
- Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. 1984-1986, Trauma Surgery, Emergency Department
- General Surgery, Private practice, Los Angeles, CA 1973-1982. Appointed to California Board of Medical Quality Assurance by Gov. Edmund Jerry Brown.
Proffesional License:
- New York
Foreign Languages:
- French
- Spanish
Military Service:
- Surgeon, United States Navy (Lieutenant Commander) Vietnam War Era, 1972-1973
Additional:
- LIU, New York, Certificate in Paralegal Studies, 2001
