Mariano v. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, et al.

Summary

In this legal malpractice case, plaintiff seeks to recover damages against defendant law firms for their representation related to business and investment matters.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Mariano, Steven
Defense: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Kasowitz Benson Torres

Judge: David Haimes
Jurisdiction: 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Judicial Complex

Case Number: CACE17021733
Industry: Legal
Practice Area: Malpractice

Plaintiff

Mariano, Steven

Defense

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Kasowitz Benson Torres

Represented By:
Farha, Griffin (Williams & Connolly LLP)
Hoover, Kylie (Williams & Connolly LLP)

Lay Witnesses

Expert Witnesses

Mason, Dr. Joseph Ph.D. (Economics & Accounting)

Live Sessions

Live/Upcoming (times are updated as information becomes available)

Session links become active around 15 minutes before scheduled start time

			Description	Start Time
			Steven Mariano v. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Kasowitz Benson Torres 08/05/2026 AM	09:45 AM EDT

AUG

			Description	Start Time
			Steven Mariano v. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Kasowitz Benson Torres 08/03/2026 PM	02:48 PM EDT

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On Demand

Sessions are uploaded each evening and are available on demand the next morning

			Description	Start Time
		4h 23m 2s	Steven Mariano v. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Kasowitz Benson Torres 08/04/2026 PM	12:50 PM EDT
		3h 23m 27s	Steven Mariano v. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Kasowitz Benson Torres 08/04/2026 AM	08:40 AM EDT

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			Description	Start Time
		2h 14m 23s	Steven Mariano v. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Kasowitz Benson Torres 08/03/2026 PM (PT 2)	02:54 PM EDT
		2h 39m 2s	Steven Mariano v. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Kasowitz Benson Torres 08/03/2026 AM	08:55 AM EDT

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Sessions

Attorney
Witness
Witness Expertise
Type
Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:21:00	Opening Statement	Burns, Warren
00:47:34	General Case Activities
00:51:22	Opening Statement	Burns, Warren
01:54:22	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

JUL

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:31	Witness Cross Examination	Farha, Griffin	Mariano, Steven	In Person
01:40:45	Break
02:03:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Mariano, Steven	In Person
02:55:08	General Case Activities
03:19:37	Break
03:29:12	Witness Direct Examination	Capozzoli, Joseph	Hibler, Glenn	In Person
03:42:45	General Case Activities
03:54:44	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Shields, Thomas	In Person
01:18:25	General Case Activities
01:36:01	Break
01:52:43	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Shields, Thomas	In Person
02:24:07	General Case Activities
02:40:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:26	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Shields, Thomas	In Person
01:09:22	Break
01:26:46	Witness Cross Examination	Hoover, Kylie	Shields, Thomas	In Person
02:34:19	Break
02:51:56	Witness Direct Examination	Hoover, Kylie	Shields, Thomas	In Person
03:38:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Shields, Thomas	In Person
03:52:17	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Hoover, Kylie	Shields, Thomas	In Person
03:54:25	General Case Activities
04:01:04	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Horowitz, Gary	In Person
01:10:27	Break
01:28:30	Witness Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Horowitz, Gary	In Person
02:07:27	General Case Activities
02:23:31	Break
02:37:13	Witness Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Horowitz, Gary	In Person
03:53:35	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:35	Witness Direct Examination	Scherer, William "Bill"	Howell, Terry Ann	In Person
00:10:55	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Gluckhow, Paul	In Person
00:20:40	General Case Activities
00:23:19	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Horowitz, Gary	In Person
00:31:52	General Case Activities
00:55:26	End of Session

Mariano v. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, et al.

Summary

Live Sessions

Live/Upcoming (times are updated as information becomes available)

On Demand

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination		Pesch, Christopher	Video Recording
00:12:35	Witness Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Mariano, Steven	In Person
01:12:11	General Case Activities
01:21:34	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:47	Witness Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Mariano, Steven	In Person
00:58:22	Break
01:20:10	Witness Cross Examination	Farha, Griffin	Mariano, Steven	In Person
02:50:34	Break
03:13:12	General Case Activities
03:14:40	Witness Cross Examination	Farha, Griffin	Mariano, Steven	In Person
04:00:53	General Case Activities
04:10:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:14:32	Witness Direct Examination	Hazzard, Veronica	Fulton, John	In Person
00:34:14	Witness Cross Examination	Hoover, Kylie	Fulton, John	In Person
01:44:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hazzard, Veronica	Fulton, John	In Person
01:55:39	Break
02:14:50	General Case Activities
02:24:00	Witness Cross Examination	Shapiro, Jay	Horowitz, Gary	In Person
04:10:22	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Horowitz, Gary	In Person
01:25:57	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Shapiro, Jay	Horowitz, Gary	In Person
01:29:01	Break
01:52:27	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Peng, Leslie	In Person
02:51:40	General Case Activities
02:52:49	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:28	Witness Cross Examination	Hoover, Kylie	Peng, Leslie	In Person
01:08:41	Break
01:22:35	General Case Activities
01:23:36	Witness Cross Examination	Hoover, Kylie	Peng, Leslie	In Person
01:31:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Peng, Leslie	In Person
03:22:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Peng, Leslie	In Person
00:12:57	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Hoover, Kylie	Peng, Leslie	In Person
00:18:35	General Case Activities
00:20:58	Witness Direct Examination		Kobinger, Martin	Video Recording
01:00:02	Break
01:14:33	General Case Activities
01:15:56	Witness Direct Examination		Antonopoulos , George	Video Recording
01:55:12	Break
02:06:51	General Case Activities
02:08:10	Witness Direct Examination		Khatri, Waqas	Video Recording
02:49:02	General Case Activities
02:57:12	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:34	Witness Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Sluka, Michael	In Person
01:44:58	General Case Activities
01:45:44	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:37	Witness Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Sluka, Michael	In Person
01:25:04	Break
01:54:16	General Case Activities
01:57:52	Witness Cross Examination	Cary, Robert	Sluka, Michael	In Person
02:52:02	General Case Activities
03:16:17	Break
03:23:15	General Case Activities
03:25:47	Witness Cross Examination	Cary, Robert	Sluka, Michael	In Person
03:29:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Sluka, Michael	In Person
03:32:26	General Case Activities
04:03:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:03	Break
00:07:45	General Case Activities
00:10:51	Break
00:13:46	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Alfieri, Anthony	In Person
01:56:36	Break
02:04:25	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Alfieri, Anthony	In Person
02:20:43	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:42	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Alfieri, Anthony	In Person
01:11:05	Break
01:24:14	Witness Cross Examination	Cary, Robert	Alfieri, Anthony	In Person
01:51:16	General Case Activities
01:58:05	Break
02:10:10	General Case Activities
02:12:26	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Schrier, Martin	In Person
03:52:14	General Case Activities
04:06:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:15	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Schrier, Martin	In Person
01:46:04	General Case Activities
01:48:21	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:07	Witness Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Schrier, Martin		In Person
00:06:55	Witness Cross Examination	Hoover, Kylie	Schrier, Martin		In Person
00:39:26	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nicholson, Darren	Schrier, Martin		In Person
00:44:59	Witness Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Mason, Dr. Joseph Ph.D.	Economics & Accounting	In Person
01:02:46	General Case Activities
01:11:47	Break
01:23:52	General Case Activities
01:26:32	Witness Direct Examination	Burns, Warren	Mason, Dr. Joseph Ph.D.	Economics & Accounting	In Person
02:25:17	General Case Activities
02:36:12	End of Session