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Celebrated Trials and Trial Lawyers

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Lloyd Paul Stryker, Class of 1909, was a Manhattan criminal attorney and acted as lead defense attorney during the first Alger Hiss perjury trial.
Nathaniel Goldstein, Class of 1918, served as New York Attorney General from 1943-1954 and as special counsel for the law firm of Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine & Underberg.
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., a landmark decision that helped establish the concept of proximate cause in American tort law.
Sybil Shainwald, class of 1976, is a Women’s Health Advocate and plaintiffs' counsel specializing in social justice and women’s rights.
The 1935 trial of Richard Hauptmann, a German immigrant who was charged and convicted of Kidnapping the Lindbergh baby in 1932.
The Harry K. Thaw Trial, known as “The Trial of the Century,” tried and convicted billionaire Harry Thaw for the murder of Stanford White on the rooftop of Madison Square Garden in 1906. (Hammond and Littleton)
United States v. One Book Called Ulysses, a 1933 court decision in the US Southern District Court of New York, was a freedom of expression case brought about by NYLS alumnus Morris Ernst and Random House publishers.
Vivendi Universal, S.A. Securities Fraud Trial, led by Abby Spanier LLP partner and NYLS graduate Arthur N. Abby, was one of the largest class action lawsuits to go to trial in US history, resulting in a jury verdict finding Vivendi Universal, S.A. liable for securities fraud.