John Anthony Bonina

Medical Malpractice, Mediation
Suite 1800, 16 Court Street
Brooklyn, New York 11241


Medical Malpractice

Admitted

1962, New York

Law School

Brooklyn Law School, LL.B., 1961

Law School Graduation Year

1961

College

Villanova University, B.S., 1959

Memberships

Brooklyn Bar Association (Member: Committees on: Tort Law, 1977—; Cooperation Between Attorneys and Physicians, 1973—); New York State Trial Lawyers Association (First Vice President, 1994-1995; Chairman, Medical Malpractice Committee, 1978; Lecturer, Video Trial Techniques and Medical Malpractice, 1978-1980; Use of Video Technique as part of Discovery, 1981; Direct Examination of the Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Case, 1982; Summation Techniques, 1983; Preparing for Medical Malpractice Trial, 1984; Bad Faith in negotiation of a negligence claim, 1985; Direct Examination of Expert Witness in Products Liability cases, 1986; Voir Dire Demonstration as both Plaintiff and Defendant in personal injury cases, 1987; Cross Examination of the Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice cases, 1987; Program Chairman and Lecturer: How to try a case series, 1985; Sophisticated Trial Techniques on Jury Selection in complex litigation, 1986; Co-Lecturer: with Professor Margaret Berger, Brooklyn Law School, Rules of Evidence and Cross Examination of the Expert Witness, 1985; Program Chairman, Expert Witness in Litigation from Pre-trial through Trial, Nov. 1990; Trial Practice Workshop, 1996; Program Chair, Killer Cross Examination, May 26, 1998 and June 2, 1998); Chairman, Cross Examination in the 21st Century, December 1998 to December 1999; Bay Ridge Lawyers Association; Kings County Defenders Association; Columbian Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Catholic Lawyers Guild.

Biographical

Referee, Appellate Division, Second Department on Incompetent Procedures, 1975-1991. Plaintiffs National Lead Counsel, Defective Heart Valve Litigation, 1979-1985. Medical Malpractice Panelist Kings County, 1978-1990. LAWPAC Trustee, 1993—, (Fund Development Chair, 1993—). Founder, Committee for a Safe Place to Work. Lecturer: Comparative Negligence, Columbian Lawyers Association, 1979; When Does The Injured Worker Have A Liability Claim, Columbian Lawyers Association, 1995; Medical Decision Making In The Nineties - Where Does The Patient Fit In?, National Italian American Bar Association, 1995; Cross Examination of an expert witness in Products Liability cases, Practicing Law Institute, 1988.

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