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a ae ee ein ore a ee etn tence o dapamtialn ie atom Rl ae _ . . ; ee : : San Francisco’ attorney Melvin M. Belli on January 17th at the i | J. St. Francis Hotel (San Francisco). The release stated Mr...Belli- would ‘discuss trial and substantive law, criminal and ‘civil law, trial and tort trends, procedures, vior dire, : and’opening statements through final argument and appeal. — ‘ According to the release, Belli would. also discuss modern » damages, medical problems and would show autopsy. film.,. The. [f » reléase’-described: "TheYBell i. Seminar..Foundation" as a charital . organization forthe perpetuity. of. postgraduate legal educatidit . dectures.and that Belli lectures were free to law students anda _ “medical students, doctors, judges, and professors. The releaak . ; as follows: . . ve ~ yeep Po pe pe ‘ on, ety FOO MANN ew FO” states. furth YSN Belli , “called: 'The ‘King.of Torts, ' was:-recently élected chairman of the’ Board of Directors: of the International Acadur of: .Trial: lawyers at: a meeting held at Coronado... He is past» “of: that organization .and past President of the National Asso » Cliation of Claimants Compensation Attomneys. re NES ONTO IS Be AW &Whe _ “particularly noted for being a pioneer in the use of def ‘stratiye ‘evidence, Belli is equally regarded as an author of % , numerous: books';.which includes ‘Modern Trials, * ‘Ready. for tidh | Plaintiff, ‘'.'Modern Damages, |" 'The Adequate Award' and ‘'Tria’ ‘i and ‘Tort Trends," His“latest book, “'Life and Law ‘in’ Japan,’' -deals: with the Girard: case which developed international legai., ‘and political-interests.". —. ; . SB | "Time" magazine (published by Time, Inc., 540 North Michiesn | _ Avenue, Chicago 11; Illinois) issue of January 26, 1955S, : | “ page 23)..has an article about Melvin M. Belli under the caption rs ae > “The Law".and subtitled "Plaintiff's—Counsel." The article - described Belli as a recognized, if not the revered, leader in the phenomenal field of. U. S. law.- personal injury. It is set forth that. Belli's-most noteworthy contribution to tort 12. . trials is the use of “demonstrative evidence." It set. forth 33,......, Phat Belli would take his skeléton nahed "Elmer" into the *oe" court room and’ show"the jury by expert's testimony exactly 15 where the plaintiff. broke a bone... A photograph of Belli: with 16 the skeleton appeared with the article. . ere i Be, rate sete ee . Fe 7 _ . . ; The "Time" article mentioned some of Belli's cases. Among 1g «SC. : those included wexe one for victims of the defective polic , vaccine distributed by California Cutter Laboratories in 1955 _ and one for relatives of victims of the nation's worst air *, Crash ~ the collision of two airplanes over Grand Canyon on June 30, 1956. It also mentioned that Belli had pending in Louisiana a case against two cigarette manufacturers and th~: “it had been filed on behalf of a woman whose husband died-c-. . lung cancer. The last subhéading of the article is capticnirin