INDEX
Amtrak, 52-53,60-62
arbitration, 103-1 04
Barse, J. Joseph, 96
Bazelon, David L., 56
Belli, Melvin, 20,21, 22-23, 71
Belson, James, 38-39
Boyle, Tony, 45
Brown, Gary, 95
Bush, George W., 85
Case, Harlow, 78, 79, 82
Ceppos, Larry, 95
Charles Hamilton Houston medallion, 1 1 1-1 2
Clarke, Dave, 11 1
contingent fee system, 4 1-42
Corcoran, Howard, 60
Corcoran, Thomas, 60
court options, 53-55
damages caps, 42,84-85,88-90
Darrow, Clarence, 100
demonstrative exhibits, 7 1-72
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 63, 68
District of Columbia Superior Court, 50-53, 54, 70, 91
Donovan, James P., 32,45,46-47
Federal Employees Liability Act (FELA), 49, 52
Federal Tort Claims Act, 57
Feres doctrine, 57-58,60
Flannery, Thomas A,, 45
Fortas, Abe, 32
Freeman, Gary, 79-80,81
Frey, Beth, 82
Gale, John, 109
Gasch, Oliver, 50, 58, 59
George Washington University, 2 1, 59, 8 1
Gleason, James, 95
Graham, Denver, 96
Gray, Dan, 82-83
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Haden, Mabel, 80,82
Hamilton, Stephen, 95,96
Harris, Morris, 8
Harris, Saul, 8-9
Harvard University, 17-1 8
Head, Murdoch, 21
Holtzhoff, Alexander, 24-25
Howard University, 108
insurance industry, 93-95
premium structure, 90, 94
See also damages caps
Jack Olender and Associates, 78-79
advertising, 77
diversity in, 82
professional development, 82-83
women lawyers, 80-82
See also Olender, Jack H. – Professional
juries, 43-44,71-73, 74-75
consultants, 100-1 0 1
diversity on, 50-52, 100
Keenan, Kim, 107, 113
King, Rufus, 111, 51-52
Kurtz, John W., 32
Lamberth, Royce, 60
lawyer preparation, 106-1 07
Levin, David, 95
Lewis, Jerry, 109
Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Act, 57,60
malpractice, 94-95
insurance, 93-94
lawyers, 95-97
reform legislation, 84-85
managed care, 85
Margolis, Larry, 59
McCall, Norman, 48-49
McCarthy, Coleman, 108
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 2-3, 5,6
mediation, 79, 103-1 04
Mendelson, Martin, 98
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Montedonico, Joseph, 95,96
Moore, Janetta, 35, 37
Moore, Luke, 29, 109-10
Nash, Brian, 95, 96
National Capital Reciprocal Insurance Company (NCRIC), 94
Newby, Narda, 8 1, 82-83
Oberdorfer, Louis, 61,62
Obwoya, Prince, 63
Olender, Benjamin, 4-6,7, 12, 13-14, 18-1 9, 1 1 1
Olender, Jack H. – Personal
accounting, 12-1 3
bar review, 20-21
birth, 2
childhood, 14-1 5
debate team, 9, 12, 14
family business, 4-5, 12, 13, 18
father, 4-6,7, 12, 13-14, 18-19, 11 1
George Washington University Law School, 59
LL. M, degree, 27
teaching fellow, 21-22,23, 60
grandmother (paternal), 6
law school decision, 12-13, 14
languages, 7-8
mother, 6-7, 11, 19
siblings, 9, 10-1 1, 15, 16
uncles, 8-9
University of Pittsburgh, 12-1 3, 1 5, 16
University of Pittsburgh Law School
activities, 16-1 7
American Jurisprudence Trials, 22
ASCAP contest, 26
Belli seminars, 22-23
courses, 23-24
courtroom experience, 24-25
decision, 17-1 8
Duke Law Journal articles, 22
personal injury law influence, 19-20,21,27
preceptorship, 19-20
University of Pittsburgh Law Review articles, 26
wife (Lovell), 3, 113, 114
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Olender, Jack H. – Professional
Amtrak case, 60-62
association involvement, 84
awards, 11 1-12
class action litigation, 103-1 04
defense cases, 97-99
demonstrative exhibits, 7 1-72
District of Columbia Bar member, 28
doctor seminars, 86
federal court, 52-55
appointments, 29-30
fees, 29, 31
judges, 55
first law practice, 28-29, 32, 33
guardian ad litem, 31
negligence cases, 34
Foundation, 108-1 0, 1 1 1
hours, 83-84
and Judge Sirica, 45-47
and jurors, 43-44,49-52,71-73,74-75, 100-101
kidney patient case, 69-70
on legislative changes, 90-9 1
leisure pursuits, 1 13
on malpractice reform legislation, 84-85, 88-90
media criticism of, 76-77, 87
obstetric malpractice cases, 35-37, 39-41, 42-44
Pennsylvania Bar member, 20
personal injury law cases, 55-56, 57-59
on physician discipline, 9 1-93
professional development, 107
qualities of, 74, 76
reading habits, 107
settlement qualms, 1 0 1-1 03
tenant law cases, 63-66
United Mine Workers counsel, 45-46
wronghl life claims, 68-69
Olender, Kate Harris, 6-7, 1 1, 19
Olender, Love11 Ruckman, 3, 1 1 3, 1 14
Olender Foundation, 108-1 0, 1 1 1
Earl Davis Prize, 108
Peacemaker Award, 108
preceptorships, 20, 23
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railroad cases, 52-53
Reeve, Christopher, 109
Robinson, Sandra, 80-8 1
Sirica, John J., 45, 46-47
Smith, J. Clay, 82
sovereign immunity, 5 6
St. Elizabeth’s, 31
Street Academy, 110
Thompson, William S., 108
Trachtenberg, Stephen J., 8 1
trial delays, 90-91
United Mine Workers, 45-46
U. S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 29-30, 56, 88
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 44,48, 52-53, 56, 69, 70, 72, 91, 98
U.S. Supreme Court, 32, 89
University of the District of Columbia David Clarke School of Law, 108, 110-1 1
video in courtroom, 38,70
Wallace, Mike, 43
Walsh, Leonard, 98, 99
Washington, Walter, 109
Washington Hospital Center, 35, 39
Welch, Harry, 96
Welch, Mason, 96
Wiesel, Elie, 109, 112
Wood, Willie, 97-98
Yablonski, Joseph A. (“Chip”), 45-46
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TABLE OF CASES
Antoine v. Unitedstates, 791 F. Supp. 304 (D.D.C. 1992), 57, 60
Batson v. Kentucky, 476 US. 79 (1986), 50-52, 100
Broin v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., 641 So. 2d 88 (Fla. App. 3 Dist. 1994), 103
Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950), 57-58, 60
Greater Southeast Community Hospital v. Williams, 482 A. 2d 394 (D.C. 1984), 68-69,72
Greco v. United States, 893 P. 2d 345 (Nevada 1995), 67-68
Houston v. Bechtel Associates, 522 F. Supp. 1094 (D.D.C. 1981), 57-58, 60
Janetta Moore v. Washington Hospital Center, [no citation] 35-38,3940, 69, 73
Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue Apartment Corp., 439 F. 2d 477 (D.C. Cir. 1970), 64-65
Laws v. Georgetown University Hospital, 656 F. Supp. 824 (D.D.C. 1987), 58-59
Leahy v. Columbia Hospitalfor Women, 1988 WL 36139 (D.D.C. 1988), 43-45
Marusa v. District of Columbia, 484 F. 2d 828 (D.C. Cir. 1973), 56
McCall v. Shields Associates, 617F. Supp. 244 (D.D.C. 1985), 48-49
Space Aero Products v. R. E. Darling Co., 382 US. 843 (1965), 32
Spar and Lustine Realty Co. v. Obwoya, 369 A. 2d 173 (D.C. 1977), 63-64,65
Washington v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 477 F. Supp. 1 134 (D.D.C. 1979),
60-62
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