Trying a jury trial from a prosecutor or criminal defense attorney's standpoint

Which type of trial, jury or bench best serves the public's interest in justice? How does a defense attorney approach a jury trial as a opposed to a bench trial? What is a voir dire examination and how does this ensure a fair trial? Would a prosecutor prefer a bench trial, because the pressures that are put on a judge may bias him to a guilty verdict? What is a peremptory challenge and should they be eliminated? These questions answered by: Brian M. Fishman has been practicing law in Philadelphia for approximately eleven years. His practice has been dedicated almost exclusively to criminal law although he also handles personal injury and civil right matters.

Personal injury litigation

What exactly is a personal injury case? What is negligence? What is the likelihood that the case will go to trial? What happens if a person was engaging in a dangerous activity when they were injured? What is the difference between compensatory and punitive damages? These questions answered by: Edward Heyburn focuses his practice primarily in the area of personal injury litigation involving automobile negligence, products liability, construction site negligence, and the representation of persons charged with motor vehicle and criminal violations.

What is Atrial Fibrillation?

Senior Cardiologist, Dr Robert Greenbaum, answers these questions: What is Atrial Fibrillation? and what causes this condition? Are men and women equally at risk? What are the signs and symptoms presented in patients with AF? What risks does someone with AF face? How do doctors estimate the risk of stroke in people with atrial fibrillation?

Atrial Fibrillation: Understanding The Treatment Options

Senior Cardiologist, Dr Robert Greenbaum, answers these questions: What is the overall objective in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation? What are the two major strategies that doctor`s use to manage patients with atrial fibrillation? How effective are medications in the treatment of AF? Which patients with atrial fibrillation are candidates for implantation of a permanent pacemaker or ablation therapy?

Traumatic Brain Injury

What is the difference between mild and severe traumatic brain injury? Should someone who has experienced a mild traumatic brain injury still seek medical care? What are the most common causes of severe brain injury amongst children? What are the long term risks for someone who has severe traumatic brain injury? These questions answered by: Dr Ian S. Mutchnick, M.S. works in pediatric neurosurgery at Kosair Children’s Hospital. He has worked hard to become a well-respected surgeon with the help of many wonderful teachers.

Chronic Pain and Injury

What is whiplash and what are the most common causes of it? Why is determining the prognostic factors following a whiplash accident a useful practice? What are the strongest prognostic factors that have been research to date? How can one measure the Quality of Life in a patient who has a whiplash injury and what is the purpose of doing so? These questions answered by: Dr. Dave Walton - Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy at Western University of Ontario.

Depression And PTSD In Aquired Brain Injury

Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Leyla Ziyal answers these questions: What are the signs of depression and PTSD in patients suffering from aquired brain injury? Why does depression and PTSD occur? If depression and PTSD occur how does this complicate things and what can be done to help the patient?

Brain Injury: Rehabilitation Strategy Design And Progress Evaluation

Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Leyla Ziyal answers these questions: What is the aim of rehabilitation after brain injury? What does the process involve? What role do family and carers have in rehabilitation process? What are the timescales for recovery and rehabilitation after brain injury?

Repetitive Strain Injury

What is the meaning of a repetitive strain injury? What habits and lifestyle choices have been seen to provoke a repetitive strain injury today? Is RSI only brought on by physical habits or can a person’s mental state affect it too? These questions answered by: Lawrence Klein - Vice President of Thought Technology Ltd.

Psychiatric Injury

Professor Steven Hirsch - Psychiatrist and Expert Witness answers these questions: 1.To what degree must a person suffer from psychiatric injury in order for them to be entitled to sue or request compensation? 2.How does an expert ensure that the patient is not exaggerating their injury for monetary gain? Are there any signs that this may be the case? 3.Is psychiatric injury a permanent state? What weight does this fact hold in a court of law? 4.What importance is there in taking into account the person’s mental state prior to his accident in determining causality?

Atrial Fibrillation

What is the meaning of cardiac arrhythmia?, How is atrial fibrillation related to an irregular heartbeat? And why is it significant?, Are there symptoms for this?, What risks does someone with AF face?, How is AF managed? All of these questions will be answered by: Dr. Joseph Alpert - Professor of medicine at University of Arizona with a specialty in cardiology and the Editor in Chief, The American Journal of Medicine

Spinal Cord Injury

Is spinal cord injury only a result of direct injury or can it also develop indirectly from the likes of diseases? What happens to the spinal cord that causes damage when an injury occurs? Does timing influence the chances of success with regard to spinal cord surgery as a result of an injury or accident? After the surgery itself, what must be done in order to ensure a full recovery with regard to post-surgery treatments and therapies? All of these questions will be answered by Dr. Justin Brown - Director of the Neurosurgery Peripheral Nerve Program and Co-Director of the Center for Neurophysiology and Restorative Neurology

Nerve Injury

When someone experiences nerve damage as a result of an injury, what happens to their nerves? What kinds of injuries most commonly cause nerve damage? And amongst whom? What is the difference between nerve damage and paralysis? Can a damaged nerve ever heal itself? What is the difference between the central and peripheral nervous systems and how are each affected by injury? These questions will be answered by Dr. Justin Brown - Director of the Neurosurgery Peripheral Nerve Program and Co-Director of the Center for Neurophysiology and Restorative Neurology

Head Injury and Concussions

How can a head injury or concussion be classified?, How can a blow to the head pose a risk of death?, Is head truma always intantly damaging or can it gradually develop?, What kind of head injuries, if any, can non-invasive surgery treat?, Which age group is head trauma most frequently seen? Are medical procedures different depending on age?, Are ca accidents the most common cause of head injury? These questions will be answered by Dr. Brian Gantwerker - President at The Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles

Biofeedback and Repetitive Strain Injury

Can biofeedback be used to identify the habits and strains that will lead a person to develop an RSI? How can biofeedback be used to train a person and promote healthy computer habits so as to avoid muscle strain? Can the use of biofeedback promote a long-term mentality change to computer habits? How so? In a realistic working environment, how can an employee be made aware of the risks of computer habits? Are there any options for them to monitor their actions in order to prevent RSI? These questions answered by: Lawrence Klein - Vice President of Thought Technology Ltd.

A Motion to Suppress Evidence

What is a motion to suppress evidence? If a motion to suppress evidence is granted, how will this affect the trial? What method of evidence gathering will generally lead to a lawyer filing a motion to suppress? These questions answered by: Brian M. Fishman has been practicing law in Philadelphia for approximately eleven years. His practice has been dedicated almost exclusively to criminal law although he also handles personal injury and civil right matters.

Criminal conviction for first-time offenders

In what cases would a first time offender avoid a criminal conviction? Is a first time offender more likely to avoid a criminal conviction with a jury or bench trial? How often does a first time offender go on to reoffend? Is it in the best interest of justice for a first time offender to receive a criminal conviction? These questions answered by: Brian M. Fishman has been practicing law in Philadelphia for approximately eleven years. His practice has been dedicated almost exclusively to criminal law although he also handles personal injury and civil right matters.

Combat Sports and Chiropractic 2

What is the definition of a combat sport? What is the importance of technique and training in such sports? What issues related to combat sport does chiropractic care tend to? What is the most common injury that combat athletes experience? How is it treated? These questions answered by Dr. Pietro Baio - Dr. Pietro Baio is a certified chiropractor with a BS and MA in Exercise Science whose specialty is sports rehabilitation and exercise physiology.

Anticoagulants

Senior Cardiologist, Dr Robert Greenbaum, answers these questions: What is an anticoagulant and why is anticoagulant medicine necessary? What are anticoagulant medicines used for? Why are they prescribed to people with Atrial Fibrillation? What are the risks and benefits associated with anti coagulation therapy in people with atrial fibrillation? Are there newer anticoagulant medications that are currently in development that may prove to be safer as well as more effective for stroke prevention than currently available anticoagulants?

First Five Minutes

After somebody has suffered a severe trauma, how important are the first few minutes? If you are the first to the scene of an injury, how important is it to stop the blood flow and how is this done? What did we learn from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan that can help in a civilian medical emergency? How can army regulation first aid kits be useful in civilian life? These questions answered by: Dr. Andre Campbell, who is Professor of Clinical Surgery at University of California, San Francisco

Pancreatic Cancer and Clinical Trial

What is the purpose of clinical trial in the research of pancreatic cancer? What is the meaning of informed consent, and why is it important? What is the placebo effect and why does this cause some patients to shy away from clinical trials? Why is pancreatic cancer an ideal cancer with which to partake in clinical trial? These questions answered by: Dr Andrew E. Hendifar, , MPH, is a physician in Cedars-Sinai’s Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, which houses a full range of specialty centers to diagnose and treat most forms of cancer.

Interviewing the criminal client for the first time

What is the basic method when interviewing a client for the first time? How can your client be encouraged to be as honest as possible? If the client tells their attorney details of another unconnected crime, should the attorney pass on this information or is it included in the attorney client privilege? When should the attorney pass on information to the police that their client has shared with them, which would damage their clients case but when the victim in question is still under the threat of immediate danger? These questions answered by: Brian M. Fishman has been practicing law in Philadelphia for approximately eleven years. His practice has been dedicated almost exclusively to criminal law although he also handles personal injury and civil right matters.

Eligibility to have record expunged or receive a pardon

What is the difference in having a criminal record expunged and receiving a pardon? When would a record be expunged? In what cases would a criminal conviction lead to a pardon? How common is it to have a record expunged and what are the benefits? These questions answered by: Brian M. Fishman has been practicing law in Philadelphia for approximately eleven years. His practice has been dedicated almost exclusively to criminal law although he also handles personal injury and civil right matters.

Sexual Assault or Related Crimes

What are the most common defense tactics when defending an accused rapist? How does a prosecutor prove guilt in rape, when the defendant may say that the sex was consensual? How often is it necessary for the alleged victim to give testimony in court and what affect does this have on the jury? These questions answered by: Brian M. Fishman has been practicing law in Philadelphia for approximately eleven years. His practice has been dedicated almost exclusively to criminal law although he also handles personal injury and civil right matters.

Brian Fishman

עו`ד איילת סבג

איילת סבג, עורכת דין ומגשרת בהכשרה, עוסקת 17 שנה בתביעות רשלנות רפואית, נזיקין וביטוח, ובעלת נסיון עשיר וייחודי בתחומה.

Ulli Wiesmann

Omer Harpaz

Leyla Ziyal

Steven Hirsch

Edward Heyburn

יעל אוספובט

אני מתמחה בסוגיות קריירה וניהול, החל מחיפוש עבודה, פוליטיקה ארגונית, קידום לתפקידי ניהול בכירים בעולם הטכנולוגי הנדסי

Neil Sankar