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Robert Chance joined Russo and Gould LLP after completing a year-long judicial clerkship with the New Jersey Superior Court. Robert assisted the Honorable Judge Kevin T. Smith in preparing motions, drafting opinions, and tackling complex legal issues.
Robert attended the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. During his time at Drexel Law, Robert was an active member of the moot court board, participating in multiple nationwide competitions. Robert dedicated much of his time in law school to providing pro bono legal services, specifically through his participation with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, the Philadelphia Legal Assistance Employment Advocacy Project, and as a fellow with the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project teaching a yearlong high school course in constitutional law and oral advocacy. Prior to joining law school, Robert attended the University of Maryland where he earned a bachelor's degree in history.
David Gould, with the assistance of his mentor Joseph Fegan, successfully defended a damages-only traumatic brain injury (TBI) case in the Supreme Court Suffolk County before Judge George Nolan. Christine Cirola v. Karen Johnson, Index No.: 617768-21. A total of 11 witnesses were called over a span of two weeks. The plaintiff''s attorney argued that his client sustained "a mild TBI" as a result of the accident and he requested that the jury award his client $1,000,000 in compensation.
Representing a national self-storage company in a Philadelphia lawsuit, Russo & Gould''s Chuck Stokes forced a Plaintiff to withdraw her claims against the client, and obtained court approval of the dismissal of the client just minutes before the jury panel was brought into the courtroom.