Paul Marasco – Qualifications

Selected from a group of more than one million lawyers in the USA, Paul Marasco is one of only 2,500 lawyers who has been certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy*.
*The National Board of Trial Advocacy and The American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys are not affiliated with any governmental authority. Certification is not a requirement for the practice of law in the State of New York. It does not necessarily indicate greater competence than other attorneys experienced in this field of law. The numbers given are as of June 2005.
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Less than 2,500 of the more than one million lawyers in the United States are board-certified civil trial specialists, certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy*. To be so certified, they have to meet all of the rigorous requirements of that Board, including:
  • Having been in practice for at least 5 years
  • Concentrating their practice in personal injury law
  • Submitting an actual trial brief for peer review
  • Participating in at least 45 hours of Continuing Legal Education in the last 3 years
  • Providing references from 10 attorneys and judges who have seen and can objectively comment on their trial skills in the personal injury field
  • Participating in at least 45 days of trial as lead counsel in at least 5 jury cases to verdict
  • Conducting at least 25 direct and 25 cross-examinations of lay witnesses at trial
  • Conducting at least 15 direct and 15 cross-examinations of expert witnesses at trial
  • Presenting at least 8 opening statements at trial
  • Presenting at least 4 summations at trial
  • Conducting jury selection in at least 5 trials
  • Acting as lead counsel in at least 40 cases
  • Passing a written examination
Mr. Marasco has met all of these requirement.

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