Paul S. Devine

Paul S. Devine is a partner of the firm's Long Island, New York office and has over 27 years of experience as a trial lawyer, recording more than 100 verdicts in state and federal courts. Mr. Devine has successfully defended public and school transportation providers and is experienced in municipal liability, products liability, civil rights claims, construction worksite accidents, railroad accidents and catastrophic injury cases. He appears frequently in the Appellate Divisions of New York's First and Second Judicial Departments, successfully arguing appeals in those courts. He is Chairman of the Trial Lawyers' Section of the Nassau County and Suffolk County Bar Associations and is a member of the Defense Research Institute ("DRI").  Mr. Devine possesses an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Direct Dial
516.281.9850
Fax
516.281.9801
E-mail
pdevine@goldbergsegalla.com
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Practice Areas

• Villanova University, B.A., 1974
• Loyola University, J.D., 1979

• New York - All Courts
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court Southern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

• Defense Research Institute
• New York State Bar Association
• Torts Insurance and Compensation Law Section
•  Trial Lawyers Section
• Trucking Industry Defense Association
• Nassau County Bar Association
• Chairman, Trial Lawyers' Section
• Suffolk County Bar Association
• Chairman, Trial Lawyers' Section
• Defense Association of New York, Inc. 
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel

• Northport Lacrosse Club, Executive Officer
• Mepham High School Mock Trial Team, Coach
• Attorney Volunteer for Student Courthouse Tours, Nassau County Bar Association

• Presenter, "Cross Examination," New York State Bar Association Seminar: Practical Skills - Basic Practice - The Trial, November, 2005
• Presenter, "Volunteer Sports Coaches and Protection from Personal Liability," Nassau County Bar Association Seminar, October, 2005
• Presenter, "Cross Examination," New York State Bar Association Seminar: Practical Skills - Basic Practice Seminar - The Trial, 2004
• Presenter, "Students Victimized by Students: Bullying, Harassment and Hazing," for the Nassau County Bar Association Community Relations and Public Education Committee, November, 2003
• Presenter, "Cross Examination," New York State Bar Association Seminar: Practical Skills - Basic Practice - The Trial, 2002
• Presenter, "Objections," New York State Bar Association Seminar: Sweating the Small Stuff - The Basics on Motions, Objections and Discovery, October, 2000
• Presenter, "Cross Examination," New York State Bar Association Seminar: Practical Skills - Basic Practice - The Trial, March, 2000
• Presenter, "Defendant's Perspective," New York State Bar Association Seminar: How to Handle a Neck and Back Injury Case, October, 1998
• Presenter, "Trial Techniques - Plaintiff's and Defendant's Perspectives of Using Medical Evidence at Trial," New York State Bar Association Seminar: Medicine in the Courtroom, October, 1997
• Presenter, "Summations - Defendant's Perspective," New York State Bar Association Seminar: How to Handle a Neck and Back Injury Case, April, 1997
• Presenter, "Cross Examination," New York State Bar Association Seminar: Practical Skills - Basic Practice - The Trial, September, 1996
• Presenter, "The Discovery Plan," New York State Bar Association Seminar: Fishing Expeditions and Searching for the Smoking Gun: A Civil Litigator's Guide to Discovery Under New York Law, May, 1996
• Presenter, "Discovery," New York State Bar Association Seminar: How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, October, 1991
• Presenter, "Premises Cases: Perils and Pitfalls," Nassau Academy of Law, Nassau County Bar Association Seminar: Selecting the Ideal Jury in a Civil Trial, March, 1991
• Presenter, "Athletic Field Liability," Recreation Safety Institute, 1990
• Presenter, "Direct Examination of Law Witnesses," New York State Bar Association Trial Practice Skills Seminar, December, 1989

Honors

• Named to Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition
• Named to New York Super Lawyers