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December 20, 2019 9:31 am | Posted in
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An article entitled “Maximizing Monetary Recoveries for Traumatic Brain Injury” is featured in Fortune, Entrepreneur, and Bloomberg Businessweek magazines. The article addresses The Flomenhaft Law Firm’s focus on neuroscience in achieving success for its clients.Read More >>
November 6, 2019 7:34 am | Posted in
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Michael Flomenhaft is a peer-reviewer for the accuracy and appropriateness of articles submitted for publication for Trial magazine. Trial is the American Association for Justice’s award-winning magazine for attorneys, law professors, judges and others in the legal community. Trial brings readers news of the latest legal trends and developments, informative […]Read More >>
October 12, 2019 1:23 pm | Posted in
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On October 12,-13, 2019 Michael Flomenhaft participated in the invitation only BrainMind Summit hosted by Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. On October 14, 2019, he also attended a closed door break out session on the Science of Consciousness. In both sessions, from all over the world, distinguished […]Read More >>
September 28, 2019 12:52 pm | Posted in
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Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics has invited Michael Flomenhaft to be a speaker at their March 20-22, 2020 17th Annual World Congress at the LA Convention Center. Mr. Flomenhaft will discuss the effects of concussion on sensory systems and advanced legal approaches and responses to these issues.Read More >>
September 7, 2019 10:07 am | Posted in
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On September 7, 2019, Michael Flomenhaft spoke at the 4th annual RSDSA/CRPS Long Island awareness event. Michael Flomenhaft discussed a typically unrecognized consequence of CRPS/RSD pain: its potential for adverse effects on the brain. His talk encompassed CRPS/RSD and their relationship to asymmetric and accelerated brain atrophy, brain rewiring, brain […]Read More >>
September 2, 2019 11:38 am | Posted in
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On August 27, 2019, Michael Flomenhaft discussed how chronic pain affects the brain on Reverend Terry Lee’s Real Life Times News radio show. Although pain is felt in the body, it actually registers in the brain. Yet little attention is given to the brain effects of chronic pain. You can […]Read More >>
March 17, 2019 1:47 pm | Posted in
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One of the great challenges of coping with concussion is that many of its harms are hidden.Read More >>
January 1, 2019 4:17 pm | Posted in
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On January 1, 2019, Michael Flomenhaft discussed traumatic brain injury (“TBI”) on Reverend Terry Lee’s Real Life Times News radio show. The program caters to issues facing Brooklyn’s Caribbean community. His remarks included discussion of car accidents as a leading cause of TBl, explaining that in such accidents, whiplash rather […]Read More >>
October 17, 2018 8:50 am | Posted in
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On October 17, 2018, Michael Flomenhaft participated in “The Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Concussion,” CLE sponsored by Fordham Law School. He spoke on a panel entitled The Hidden Harm of Traumatic Brain Injuries. Mr. Flomenhaft discussed the often contrasting neurological versus neuroscience views on concussion. In particular, he showed […]Read More >>
July 28, 2018 1:39 pm | Posted in
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On October 17, 2018, Michael Flomenhaft will speak on The Hidden Harm of Traumatic Brain Injuries, a panel for “The Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Concussion” CLE, sponsored by Fordham Law School. Because most brain injury is undetectable by conventional medical examination and imaging, a vast spectrum of harm eludes diagnosis despite […]Read More >>
April 10, 2018 4:41 pm | Posted in
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On April 10, 2018, Michael Flomenhaft lectured on “Concussion: Neuroscience versus Medical Perspectives.” He participated in a Law and Neuroscience Speakers Series sponsored by Fordham Law School. This seminar for students included contributions by leading neuroscientists, psychologists, medical researchers, and lawyers to enable students to participate in new research and ideas. […]Read More >>
March 6, 2018 5:04 pm | Posted in
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On March 6, 2018, Michael Flomenhaft lectured to a seminar class on Law and Neuroscience at Fordham Law School. Mr. Flomenhaft discussed the role of functional and anatomical brain testing and investigations, and their impact on jurisprudence. He was pleased to substitute for Ruben Gur, PhD, Brain Behavior Laboratory, University […]Read More >>
February 21, 2018 11:06 am | Posted in
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On February 21, 2018, Michael Flomenhaft and Benedene Cannata shared their perspectives for a CLE on “The Future of Neuroscience and Law,” sponsored by Fordham Law School. As a member of the Board of Advisors for the Neuroscience and Law Center at Fordham Law School, Mr. Flomenhaft contributed to the […]Read More >>
November 16, 2017 11:36 am | Posted in
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On November 16, 2017, Michael Flomenhaft a member of the Board of Advisors for the Neuroscience and Law Center at Fordham Law School, spoke to its Neurolaw Club about his career in neurolaw. He shared his perspectives on how neuroscience applies to his practice and its growing importance to the […]Read More >>
September 26, 2017 9:43 am | Posted in
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In a November 3, 2015 interview on CUNY TV: Science & U!, Michael Flomenhaft, in discussing O.J. Simpson’s culpability, anticipated the controversy now surrounding Aaron Hernandez. According to professors J.Amy Dillard and Lisa A. Tucker in their Opinion featured in The New York Times, “Is C.T.E. a Defense for Murder?” dated September 22, […]Read More >>
May 11, 2017 10:49 am | Posted in
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On May 11, Benedene Cannata was again sworn in to continue as one of the Deans of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, a position she has had the privilege to enjoy since 2006. Deans are responsible for what the academy presents in terms of legal education courses. […]Read More >>
April 21, 2017 11:06 am | Posted in
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On June 13, 2017 Michael Flomenhaft is being featured as the attorney lecturer in a CLE webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association on neuroscience and the law.Read More >>
April 1, 2017 11:42 am | Posted in
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Michael Flomenhaft shares his perspectives on Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), commonly known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS).Read More >>
February 18, 2017 10:14 am | Posted in
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On February 17, 2017 Michael Flomenhaft delivered a lecture on “Neuroscience and Justice” sponsored by Harper College pre-Law and Integrated Neuroscience departments at SUNY at Binghamton. This lecture explored divergences between medicine and neuroscience in addressing issues confronting judges and juries. Conflicting understandings between these disciplines have emerged strongly on […]Read More >>
March 1, 2016 10:34 am | Posted in
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Michael Flomenhaft shares his perspectives in an ABA Journal article written by Kevin Davis, “Personal injury lawyers turn to neuroscience to back claims of chronic pain,” ABA Journal, March 1, 2016. Michael Flomenhaft has pioneered the introduction of advanced brain imaging applications to confirm objectively severe chronic pain which is […]Read More >>
January 28, 2016 8:37 pm | Posted in
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Dr. Bennet Omalu,M.D., the neuro-pathologist who identified chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in National Football League players, believes that brain trauma is the underlying explanation of the O.J. Simpson story. In the 1/28/2016 New York Post article by Mark Sanchez, entitled: ˜Concussion” doc bombshell:˜Bet” OJ Simpson has CTE, Dr. Omalu agrees with Michael […]Read More >>
January 26, 2016 10:16 am | Posted in
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Dr. Bennet Omalu,M.D., the neuro-pathologist who identified chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in National Football League players, believes that brain trauma is the underlying explanation of the O.J. Simpson story. In the 1/28/2016 New York Post article by Mark Sanchez, entitled: ˜Concussion” doc bombshell:˜Bet” OJ Simpson has CTE, Dr. Omalu agrees with Michael […]Read More >>
November 3, 2015 4:52 pm | Posted in
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Michael Flomenhaft addresses current neuroscientific understandings regarding how pain alters the brain and legal ramifications. Traditionally, severe pain has not been linked with adverse brain changes. But this strong linkage which neuroscience establishes calls for an expanded understanding of both the brain and immune consequences of severe chronic pain, as well […]Read More >>
November 3, 2015 10:18 am | Posted in
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Watch CUNY TV: Science & U! November 3, 2015 (last segment of episode)Read More >>
November 20, 2014 10:21 am | Posted in
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Opening remarks by Michael Flomenhaft, Esq.Read More >>
September 5, 2013 10:44 am | Posted in
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Michael Flomenhaft was honored to be twice invited to lecture at Fordham Law School’s seminar on Neuroscience and Law. Our firm is very appreciative of Professor Deborah Denno’s acknowledgement of our work in this field. Watch the three part lecture on Neuroscience in the Courtroom:Read More >>