John Richardson
Paralegal
John Richardson joins the Steinger, Iscoe & Greene legal team as a Paralegal. Mr. Richardson earned his law degree from the State University of New York and was admitted to practice law in New York and Florida in 1986. He brings more than a decade of experience as a Personal Injury litigator and has tried cases for both Plaintiffs and Defendants. His experience includes Automobile, Trucking, and Railroad accidents, as well as Products Liability, and Premises Liability cases.
Mr. Richardson also holds a Ph.D. in Communication, has taught at the university level, and published several academic articles in peer-reviewed journals. He also has several years experience as a jury consultant, where he conducted mock trial experiments, and assisted trial teams with jury selection and witness preparation. Steinger, Iscoe & Greene applauds John Richardson's commitment to his clients and ongoing pursuit of excellence in the practive of Personal Injury law.
Education
Niagara University
College of Liberal Arts
B.A., summa cum laude, Political Science, 1983
State University of New York at Buffalo
Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence
J.D., 1985
University of Missouri at Columbia
School of Journalism
M.A., 1999
Michigan State University
College of Communication Arts & Science
Ph.D., 2004
Legal Experience
Schuler, Wilkerson, Halvorson & Williams, 1986-1989
West Palm Beach, FL
Litigation associate. Prosecuted personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, contract, medical malpractice, and FELA claims.
Paxton, Crow, Bragg, Smith & Keyser, 1989-1994
West Palm Beach, FL
Litigation associate. Defended personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, contract, insurance coverage/bad faith, airport security, and construction claims.
Dickstein, Richardson & Reynolds, 1994-1996
West Palm Beach, FL
Litigation partner. Defended personal injury, wrongful death, and insurance coverage/bad faith claims.
Bar Admissions:
Florida, 1986 to 1996 (Retired in good standing; re-taking Florida Bar exam in February, 2009)
Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, 1994
New York, 1985 to 1993 (Retired in good standing)
Reported Cases (Selected)
National Security Fire & Casualty Co. v. King, (Fla. App., 4 Dist., 1995), 656 So.2d 1338.
Lead trial counsel for defendant, National Security Fire & Casualty Company, in bad faith action alleging failure to timely respond to a policy limits demand.
The Wackenhut Corporation v. Lippert, (Fla., 1992), 609 So.2d 1304.
Lead trial counsel for defendant, The Wackenhut Corporation, as agent of Delta Airlines, in seminal airline tariff case establishing liability limitations on carry-on baggage.
Florida East Coast Railway v. Southeast Bank, N.A., as Guardian of the Property of Juan Cedillo, (Fla. App., 4 Dist., 1991), 585 So.2d 314.
Co-counsel for plaintiffs in negligence action involving minor child severely injured while climbing between rail cars at a street crossing.
CSX Transportation Inc. v. Whittler, (Fla. App., 4 Dist., 1991), 584 So.2d 579.
Co-counsel for plaintiffs in FELA and negligence action arising out of motor vehicle/pedestrian accident wherein plaintiff was struck as he entered the street at premises he visited while on duty for railway.
Academic Experience
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2004-2005
Department of Communication,
Assistant Professor
The University of Michigan, 2004
Department of Communication Visiting Lecturer
Michigan State University, 2000-2003
Graduate Assistant
University of Missouri at Columbia, 1997-1999
Graduate Assistant
Academic Publications
Richardson, J.D., Huddy, W.P., & Morgan, S.M. (2008). The hostile media effect, biased assimilation and perceptions of a presidential debate. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38(5), 1255-1270.
Friedman, B.Z., & Richardson, J.D. (2008). A national disgrace: Newspaper coverage of the 1963 Birmingham campaign in the South and beyond. Journalism History, 23(4), 224-232.
Richardson, J.D. (2005). Switching social identities: The influence of editorial framing on reader attitudes toward affirmative action and African Americans. Communication Research, 32, 503-528.
Richardson, J.D., & Lancendorfer, K.M. (2004). Framing affirmative action: The influence of race on newspaper editorial responses to the University of Michigan cases. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 9(4), 74-94.
Fico, F., Richardson, J.D., & Edwards, S.M. (2004). Influence of story structure on perceived story bias and news organization credibility. Mass Communication and Society, 7, 301-318.
Richardson, J.D. (2004). Isolating frequency scale effects on self-reported loneliness. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 236-244.
Richardson, J.D. (2003). Uses and gratifications of Agnostic Refuge: Case study of a skeptical online congregation. Journal of Media and Religion, 2, 237-250.
Academic Conference Presentations
Richardson, J.D., Huddy, W.P., & Morgan, S.M. (2005, November). Partisan perceptions of a 2004 presidential debate. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston.
Friedman, B.Z., & Richardson, J.D. (2005, October). “A national disgrace”: Newspaper coverage of the 1963 Birmingham campaign in the South and beyond. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Journalism Historians Association, San Antonio, TX.
Richardson, J.D. (2005, May). The influence of editorial framing on reader attitudes toward affirmative action and African Americans. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York.
Richardson, J.D., & Lancendorfer, K.M. (2004, May). Newspaper editorial responses to the University of Michigan affirmative action decisions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Richardson, J.D. (2003, November). Suggestions for rapprochement of the communication apprehension person-situation debate. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL.
Richardson, J.D. (2003, August). Birmingham in black and white: Newspaper encodings of the 1963 civil rights confrontation. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Doctoral Honors Seminar, Bowling Green, OH.
Richardson, J.D. (2003, July). Beyond modern racism: Backlash and brutality on The Shield. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Kansas City, MO.
Richardson, J.D., & Fico, F. (2003, July). Do mass communication studies test measures for unidimensionality? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Kansas City, MO.
Richardson, J.D. (2003, May). Communication apprehension, extraversion-introversion and anticipated happiness in social situations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
Richardson, J.D. (2002, November). The communibiological paradigm revisited. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Fico, F., Richardson, J.D., & Edwards, S.M. (2002, August). Influence of story structure and reader partisanship on perceived story bias and news organization credibility. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Miami Beach, FL.
Richardson, J.D. (2002, April). Effects of byline gender on audience perceptions of sports journalists. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV.
Whitten, P., & Richardson, J.D. (2002, February). Telehealth: Using telecommunication technologies to enhance delivery of health care for women. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Women's Health Conference, Washington, D.C.
Whitten, P., & Richardson, J.D. (2001, August). Toward a conceptualization of telemedicine acceptance. In R. Bashur (Chair), State-of-the-art telemedicine/telehealth: An international perspective. Symposium conducted by the World Health Organization and the University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor.
Honors and Awards
National Communication Association
Top Four Paper, Communication Apprehension Commission, 2003
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Top Three Student Paper, Entertainment Studies Interest Group, 2003
Broadcast Education Association
Top Three Student Paper, Gender Issues Division, 2002
Michigan State University
Telecommunication Academic Achievement Grand Prize, 2003
University of Missouri
Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society, 1999
SUNY at Buffalo, Faculty of Law & Jurisprudence
Robert J. Connelly Trial Technique Award, 1985
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