# Professor Maria Patterson comments on how the judge's prior knowledge could impact the attorneys' approach to AIG CEO Hank Greenberg's trial

1 Faculty News September 22, 2016 ![New York Law Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/newyorklawjournal192x144.jpg?itok=CKSBb0Kd)>

Excerpt from the [New York Law Journal](http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202768307874/What-to-Watch-for-in-the-Hank-Greenberg-Trial?mcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=ALL) -- "'Nobody is going to be making grand speeches, as you might to a jury, because what's the point, this judge is presiding,' she said. 'He knows the story here. … What I would do is get the witnesses on, have them testify, and not do a dog-and-pony-show trial.'"

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