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A View from the Bench

A View from the Bench – Episode 5 – Evidentiary Rules with (Ret.) Judge Paul Grimm

Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by the Hon. Paul Grimm, a former trial lawyer and judge in the U.S. District Court in Maryland who left the bench in 2022.

April 16, 2024

A View from the Bench – Episode 4 – Sentencing with (Ret.) Judge Nancy Gertner

Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by the Hon. Nancy Gertner, who in 1994 was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, where she served until retiring in 2011 to teach at Harvard Law School.

February 28, 2024

A View from the Bench – Episode 3 – The Future of Civil Jury Trials with (Ret.) Judge Mark Drummond

Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by retired Judge Mark A. Drummond, a former trial lawyer who subsequently served as a judge for 20 years, to discuss the value of civil jury trials, and describe and debate several innovations that are being introduced to civil jury trials, such as jurors asking questions, lawyers providing daily summations, expert witnesses testifying back-to-back, jurors discussing evidence before deliberation, and judges limiting the length of trials.

February 8, 2024

A View from the Bench – Episode 2 – Appellate Advocacy with (Ret.) Judge Andre Davis

Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by retired Judge Andre Davis, a former federal prosecutor, law professor, and federal judge who left the bench in 2017 to serve as Baltimore’s City Solicitor for almost three years.

January 23, 2024