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Contact:
Michael R. Coston
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn, LLP
Phone: 516-248-1700
Email: mcoston@forchellilaw.com
Partner Donald Jay Schwartz selected
as a Scoring Judge for the New York Regional Student Trial
Advocacy Competition
Mineola, March 02, 2007 — Attorney Donald Jay Schwartz,
a partner at the Mineola based law firm of Forchelli, Curto,
Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn LLP (The Firm), has
been selected to serve as a Scoring Judge for the New York
Regional Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC) scheduled
for March 3 and 4, 2007 at the New York County Supreme Court
in New York, NY.
Sponsored by the Association of Trial Lawyer’s of
America, STAC is an annual nationwide trial competition
involving 224 teams from 125 law schools. The goal of the
three hour moot court trial is to inspire excellence in
trial advocacy. Mr. Schwartz’s role as a Scoring Judge
will be to evaluate the performance of the students involved
in the competition.
“I am excited to participate in the New York Regional
Student Trial Advocacy Competition,” explained Mr.
Schwartz. “As a litigator with over 30 years of experience,
I take my role as a Scoring Judge seriously and look forward
to watching the students as they exhibit their legal talents
and abilities in the moot court setting.”
Donald Jay Schwartz is partner-in-charge of the The Firm
Litigation Department and has an advanced level of expertise
in all aspects of commercial litigation, involving such
areas as real estate, corporate, partnership, commercial
landlord and tenant, employer and employee rights, insurance
law and personal injury.
Mr. Schwartz is a member of the New York State District
Attorneys Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers
Association, the Jewish Lawyers Association of Nassau County
and the New York State Bar Association. He is also a member
of the Nassau County Bar Association and serves on a number
of its committees, including the Grievance Committee, which
is by appointment only, where he holds the position of Vice
Chairman.
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