Russ M Herman
Medical Negligence
HHKC has been representing victims of medical negligence for over half a century. We have litigated these cases in many states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. We handle a full range of claims from nursing and hospital negligence, to pharmaceutical liability cases, to failure to diagnose spinal injury resulting in quadriplegia. We also handle cases involving defective medical products (such as Rezulin and Propulsid), healthcare litigation, professional liability, hospital liability, hospital negligence, and medical product liability cases.
What makes our medical negligence practice so uniquely effective is Joseph A. Kott, M.D., J.D. Dr. Kott is a neurosurgeon who has been board certified for over 20 years. His curiosity and drive motivated him to attend Loyola Law School at night, while maintaining a full medical practice during the day. After receiving his Juris Doctorate, Dr. Kott joined HHKC in 1996. He has received numerous awards and often lectures to both lawyers and physicians. The addition of Dr. Joseph Kott gives us the advantage of having an in-house physician/trial lawyer to evaluate medical issues effectively and knowledgeably.
Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar
820 O'Keefe Ave
New Orleans LA 70113-1116
Tel: 504 581-4892
E-mail: rherman@hhkc.com
Board Certified Medical Malpractice Lawyer - American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
PRACTICE GROUPS
- Bankruptcy
- Business and Commercial Law
- Civil Rights Litigation
- Class Action/Complex Litigation
- Complex Business Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- ERISA
- Explosions & Fires
- Family Law
- Highway Defect
- HMO/Managed Care Litigation
- Maritime/Offshore Personal Injury
- Medical Negligence
- Motor Vehicle
- Personal Injury or Wrongful Death
- Product Liability
- Professional Negligence
- Railroad Litigation
- Tobacco Litigation
RUSS HERMAN is a Senior Partner of Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, L.L.P. He graduated from Tulane University with a B.A. Degree and L.L.B. in 1966. In 1977, he was chosen "Outstanding Trial Lawyer" by the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, and was LTLA President in 1980-81.
He has authored over 200 articles, papers and books in various aspects of Civil Trial Practice and has been published in various works including Am Jur; Trials; Shepard's/McGraw Hill; The National Business Institute; Trial Magazine; The Forum; and Personal Injury Annual by Matthew Bender.
Mr. Herman is a principal faculty member of The Professional Education Group (P.E.G. ~ Minnesota, MN) and has served on the faculties of the Practicing Law Institute and The National College of Trial Advocacy. He has lectured at Tulane, L.S.U., Loyola, Georgetown, Hastings and other law schools.
Mr. Herman served as President of the (ATLA) Association of Trial Lawyers of America (1989-1990); President of the Civil Justice Foundation (1987-1988); and President of the Roscoe Pound Foundation (1991-1993). He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Liability attorneys; a Diplomate of the National College of Advocacy, a Fellow and Director of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA),a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, and a Barrister of the American College of Barristers. In July of 2001, Mr. Herman was selected for The Leonard M. Ring Champion of Justice Award, which is the highest honor bestowed by ATLA. He has also received the ATLA Lifetime Achievement Award (1999) and the Joe Tonahill Award (1998); Pursuit of Justice Award (American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) 2005) and; City Business' Top 100 Leaders in Law for 2005 and 2006.
Mr. Herman has been selected for listing by Naifeth and Smith in their book "Best Lawyers in America" in Personal Injury, Maritime, Complex Litigation and Appellate Trial Practice areas.
He is the author and performer of ATLA's best selling, 6-Volume Video Trial Practice Series, "Courtroom Persuasion: Art, Drama & Science" and a 443-page book by the same title published by West Group, Clark Boardman Thomson and ATLA Press and is the author for West Group's two-volume series Louisiana Personal Injury. Current CLE programs by Mr. Herman: The Cutting Edge in Courtroom Persuasion and Storytelling and the Model for Winning at Trial are produced by The Professional Education Group (P.E.G.).
The National Law Journal named Mr. Herman as one of Louisiana's top ten litigators, and the American Law Journal highlighted Mr. Herman in its June 1999 issue. Fortune Magazine featured his litigation accomplishments in the July 3, 2000 issue.
In April 2003, the Third Edition of Chamber's USA "America's Leading Business Lawyers" (2003-2004) listed Mr. Herman as the leading individual trial lawyer in Louisiana in General and Commercial Litigation.
In 2004, a jury returned a $591,000,000 verdict in Scott v American Tobacco, et al. (96-8461, Orleans Parish, Civil District Court). Mr. Herman was lead trial counsel in this case. Mr. Herman is Court Appointed: Liaison and Lead Counsel in In Re Propulsid: MDL 1355 case; Liaison Counsel and Member of PSC Executive Committee and In Re Vioxx: MDL1657.
In 2005, Mr. Herman was selected from over 15,000 nation-wide nominees as one of American's 500 Leading Lawyers and Jurists by "Lawdragon" publications and in 2006, as one of America's Top 500 Litigators. In 2007, he was selected by "The Legal 500" as one of the 500 top litigators in the country. And again in 2008 as one of the 500 Top Litigators in the U.S.
Russ Herman was named 2007 Lawyer of the Year by Lawyers USA on December 19, 2007, citing his role as the lead negotiator for Plaintiffs in reaching the recent $4.85 Billion Settlement with Merck in the Vioxx Litigation.
Russ Herman and the Firm have been retained in 2008 as Special Counsel to the Council of the City of New Orleans.
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