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Jeff Herman (Jeffrey Herman; born 1959) is a trial lawyer who specializes in representing victims of sexual abuse. He is most noted for exposing the clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Miami and the Archdiocese of Denver. Herman is also noted for his landmark $100 million verdict on behalf of a client who was sexually abused by Rev. Neil Doherty, one of the largest verdicts ever against an individual priest. Said to be driven by his commitment to break the silence on child sexual abuse, Jeff consistently represents alleged victims of abuse. For over a decade, Herman has made national headlines exposing sexual predators and the institutions that protect them. He has been featured in ''The New York Times'', ''USA Today'', ''Forbes'', People, and ''New York'' magazine and is a contributor to ''The O'Reilly Factor'', MSNBC, and CNN.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379152/ )〕〔〔 Herman has been recognized for his unique child forensic interviewing technique and he trains professionals from various child welfare organizations on how to help sexually abused children heal through disclosure. While on MSNBC discussing the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, Herman coined the term "pedophile speak", describing the way pedophiles talk about and justify abusing children.〔 While discussing the sexual abuse lawsuits he filed against Kevin Clash, Herman told ''The Baltimore Sun'' it has been his goal to "listen to sexual abuse victims and give them a voice." In an op-ed piece for Reuters about bringing down powerful men accused of rape, Herman said the role of the internet in sexual abuse cases is changing and it can play a positive, equalizing role enabling victims to come forward and speak up in support of others. Herman is the founding and managing partner of Herman Law. According to the Miami New Times, "Herman is the country's leading attorney when it comes to handling high-profile sexual abuse lawsuits." ==Legal career== Herman earned his Juris Doctorate in 1985 from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and began practicing in Florida later that year. He had a successful practice as a commercial litigator before shifting exclusively to sexual abuse cases. Herman credited the shift to a search for meaning that has been fulfilled by seeking justice for victims of abuse. Herman first gained national attention by representing victims of clergy sexual abuse in over 100 cases against the Archdiocese of Miami. In 2003, he represented the victim in the first sexual abuse lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Miami allowed to go to trial. For years, the Catholic Church was able to have sexual abuse cases dismissed on statute of limitations technicalities. Herman became one of the first attorneys to successfully defeat this strategy- arguing that the archdiocese committed fraud by keeping a priest's sexual abuse history secret.〔 In 2011, Herman won a $100 million verdict for a victim of Father Neil Doherty, a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami accused of drugging and raping church youths. The result was the nation's largest jury verdict for a sexual abuse case in 2011 and one of the year's top 20 verdicts overall. In 2014, Herman won a $5.25 million verdict for a boy in a sexual abuse lawsuit against Charter Schools USA. The verdict is believed to be among the highest ever in a charter school sexual abuse case.〔David Smiley, ("Jury awards $5.25 million to boy in Downtown Miami Charter School sex assault case" ), ''Miami Herald'', 2014-04-15〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeff Herman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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