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Charlie Popp joined Russo & Gould after serving as a judicial clerk with the Office of Legal Research of the Connecticut Superior Court. During his clerkship, Charlie gained experience over a wide range of matters including real estate transactions, contract disputes, medical malpractice suits, derivative actions, and administrative appeals.
Charlie attended CUNY Law School where he was a member of the Defenders Clinic, Law Review, and Moot Court. While in law school, Charlie interned with the Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice across several practice areas including Legal Aid's Criminal Appeals Bureau, Wrongful Convictions Unit, and Bronx Trial Office.
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.