Mr. Gerald M. Stern

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  store.politalx.com/0307388492/The_Buffalo_Creek_Disaste - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/6/2008    Last Visited: 11/20/2008  

  This is the story of their triumph over incredible odds and corporate irresponsibility, as told by Gerald M. Stern, who as a young lawyer and took on the case and won.
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  Comment: Gerald M. Stern was a partner of a Washington DC law firm and the lead counsel for the survivors of the Buffalo Creek disaster.A massive coal-waste refuse pile collapsed and millions of gallons of water and sludge devastated sixteen small communities in the valley below.Hundreds of survivors sued the coal company for damages.This is the story of the lawsuit that uncovered corporate irresponsibility and created a new precedent where anyone can recover for mental suffering even when they are physically unharmed but "mentally scarred".After Stern graduated from law school he joined the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, then joined an important Washington law firm whose clients were corporations fighting the governement.
  
  Stern got a chance to represent some of the survivors of the Buffalo Creek disaster.
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  Stern explains the need and rationale for "piercing the corporate veil" (p.83).
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  Summary: Win for Stern overshadowed "win" for victims
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  I felt like it was more a story about Stern.The author seemed to become more boastful.It also seemed like he spent a long time thoughtfully writing the beginning of the book, then rushed to finish it at the end.The end was not as compelling as the beginning.The end was slightly unsatisfying.Overall, this is an interesting book that tells the story of what happened in Buffalo Creek and a self-appraisal of how Stern thinks his lawyering was during the case.

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  www.blackwell.com/library_services/blackwell_recommends - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/1/2008    Last Visited: 12/15/2008  

  Gerald Stern
  
  Random House
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  In The Scotia Widows, Gerald M. Stern, the groundbreaking litigator and acclaimed author of The Buffalo Creek Disaster, recounts the epic four-year legal struggle waged by the widows in the aftermath of the disaster. Stern shares a story of loss, scandal, and perseverance-and the plaintiffs' fight for justice against the titanic forces of "Big Daddy Coal."
  
  Confronted at nearly every turn by a hostile judge and the scorched-earth defense of the Scotia mine's owners, family members also withstood the opprobrium of some of their neighbors, most of whom relied on coal mining for their livelihoods. Meanwhile, Stern, representing the widows of the disaster on contingency, amassed huge bills and encountered a litany of formidable obstacles. The Eastern Kentucky trial judge withheld disclosure of his own personal financial interest in coal mining, and a popular pro-coal former Kentucky governor served as the lead defense counsel.

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  www.usmra.com/scotia_widows.htm - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 8/20/2009  

  by Gerald Stern
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  In The Scotia Widows, Gerald M. Stern, the groundbreaking litigator and acclaimed author of ', 185)"; onMouseout="hideddrivetip()" style="text-decoration: underline;">The Buffalo Creek Disaster, recounts the epic four-year legal struggle waged by the widows in the aftermath of the disaster. Stern shares a story of loss, scandal, and perseverance-and the plaintiffs' fight for justice against the titanic forces of "Big Daddy Coal."
  
  Confronted at nearly every turn by a hostile judge and the scorched-earth defense of the Scotia mine's owners, family members also withstood the opprobrium of some of their neighbors, most of whom relied on coal mining for their livelihoods. Meanwhile, Stern, representing the widows of the disaster on contingency, amassed huge bills and encountered a litany of formidable obstacles. The Eastern Kentucky trial judge withheld disclosure of his own personal financial interest in coal mining, and a popular pro-coal former Kentucky governor served as the lead defense counsel.

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  buffaloreport.com/articles/030417peytonjudges.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/17/2003    Last Visited: 1/15/2005  

  In a brief from the commission, Executive Director Gerald Stern argued "judges may be pressured by political parties to become involved in partisan political activity, including campaigns for non-judicial office, endorsing other candidates and making political speeches on behalf of political organizations."

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  www.fuckthefeds.com/ag/annualreports/ar94/finalag.txt - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/25/2001    Last Visited: 5/23/2003  

  The Special Counsel for Financial Institution Fraud, Gerald M. Stern, took a lead role in the negotiation of a global settlement between the Ruling Family of Abu Dhabi and other Abu Dhabi parties on the one hand and the Department of Justice and other agencies and institutions of the United States on the other.

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  www.fuckthesecretservice.com/ag/annualreports/ar94/fina - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/26/2001    Last Visited: 3/29/2005  

  The Special Counsel for Financial Institution Fraud, Gerald M. Stern, took a lead role in the negotiation of a global settlement between the Ruling Family of Abu Dhabi and other Abu Dhabi parties on the one hand and the Department of Justice and other agencies and institutions of the United States on the other.

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  All-about-qui-tam.org - HCA agrees to record Medicare... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/18/2002    Last Visited: 9/21/2008  

  The team was headed by Gerald M. Stern, a seasoned litigator working with Phillips & Cohen, and the firm's partners, Peter W. Chatfield and Stephen L. Meagher.
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  "The more we dug into the records and the more we deposed current and former HCA employees, the more substantiation we found of ways HCA had defrauded Medicare," said Stern.

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  Arnold & Porter LLP - Publication Articles - Pro Bono - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/28/2000    Last Visited: 12/29/2005  

  Jerry Stern, the partner in charge of pro bono for the firm, headed our trial team.
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  One, The Buffalo Creek Disaster, about the case itself, was by Jerry Stern.

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  Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP - What's New - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/18/2010    Last Visited: 1/18/2010  

  The award winners were chosen by a panel of five judges, including the Honorable Francis A. Nicolai, Supreme Court Justice and Administrative Judge of the Ninth Judicial District; Carol L. Van Scoyoc, Chief Deputy Corporation Counsel for the City of White Plains; Anthony J. Enea, Esq., a member of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP, and President of the Westchester County Bar Association Jeffrey G. Miller, Pace Law School's vice dean for academic affairs; and Gerald Stern, special counsel to the New York Judicial Institute and senior faculty to the Town and Village Justice Education Program at the Office of Court Administration.

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  Collegium Ramazzini - External Links - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 3/14/2006  

  (Author, Gerald M. Stern )
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  Stern, who was the lead attorney for a law firm that represented the survivors of this disaster, tells the story of the victims and relates the legal intrigues that formed litigation against the coal corporation responsibile for the disaster.

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