Representative Healthcare Transactions

• Represented internist in merger of practice with 30-member group. Drafted memorandum of exchange, office lease, adoption agreements for operating agreement and employment agreement, and analyzed transaction and provisions for compliance with the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and New York State Statutes.
• Drafted Physicians' Employment Agreements for large multi-office physician practice in New York City. Agreements contain tailored provisions for compensation and restrictive covenants.
• Review employment agreements for residents and fellows exiting Medical Center programs.
• Drafted informed consent forms for use in physicians' offices for compliance with State statutes.
• Represented numerous physicians in communications with OPMC and represented five physicians before hearings.
• Drafted employment agreements for physician billing company located in New Jersey.
• Reviewed and re-drafted contracts with large children's hospital and billing company.
• Represented non-profit physicians' group by obtaining immunity from civil suits in return for providing medical treatment in the West Indies.
• Formed PLLC's and PLLP's for private physicians. Drafted operating agreements and employment agreements.
• Reviewed and negotiated numerous employment agreements for physicians joining practices in New York, New Jersey, and Maryland.
• Represented hospital in physician Due Process Quality of Care Hearings.
• Represented foreign distributor in arbitration over distribution of medical equipment.
• Provided guidance to hospital and several physicians regarding fraud and abuse regulatory issues for transactions.
• Represented hospitals in responding to federal subpoena in fraud and abuse investigations.

Recent Speaking Engagements

• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), Current Topics in Life, Health, and Disability/Healthcare Practices, Williamsburg, Virginia, July 27, 2011. 
• LeClairRyan In-House CLE Seminar, The Next Salvo Against Healthcare Fraud and Abuse: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, September 6, 2011. 
• The Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) Healthcare Roundtable: Healthcare Exchanges: Where New Jersey Stands, Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, New Jersey, December 6, 2011. 

Presentations

• Mock Trial Presentations for New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation nurses and residents, How to Avoid Medical Malpractice Litigation, Winter, 1993. 
• Medical Malpractice Theory and Trends in Ophthalmology Malpractice to residents at Montefiore Medical Center, November 14, 1994, May 11, 1998, November 6, 1998, January 31, 2000, January 15, 2001. 
• Litigation Avoidance and Handling Complications, Ophthalmology Department, Montefiore Medical Center, May 20, 2005. 
• From Complications to Malpractice: Litigation Avoidance for Ophthalmologists, New York Ophthalmological Society, Union Club, December 12, 2005. 
• From Complications to Malpractice: Litigation Avoidance for Dentists/Oral Surgeons, October 12, 2006. 
• Litigation Avoidance for Oral Surgeons, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Department, Montefiore Medical Center, October 12, 2006. 
• Ophthalmology in Litigation, FOJP Service Corporation, November 21, 2008. 
• From Complications to Malpractice: Litigation Avoidance for Ophthalmologists, Montefiore Ophthalmology Department, November 8, 2010.
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Articles

• Defending Ophthalmology Malpractice Suits: Why Similar Type Cases Comes In Waves, Ophthalmology Management, December, 2010 
• Informed Consent Makes A Difference In LASIK Litigation, Ophthalmology Times, October 14, 2004 
• Slipping Towards Litigation: Mistakes Physicians Make When Complications Develop, Focus, No. 2, Page 3, 1998.

Reported Cases

• Stewart v. ___, 6 A.D. 3rd 506, 889 N.Y.S. 2d 449, 2009, WL 4672168, 2009, N.Y Slip Op. 09156, N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. December 10, 2009 (NO. 111381/05, 1729).
• Brown v. ___, 66 A.D.3d 422, 886 N.Y.S.2d 392, 2009 WL 3172150, 2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 07156, N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., October 6, 2009 (NO. 1115, 105230/02).
• Lipschitz v. ___, 65 A.D.3d 573, 884 N.Y.S.2d 442, 2009 WL 2449258, 2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 06167, N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., August 11, 2009 (NO. 2006-03585, 2008-05342, 47446/98). 
• Carmona v. ___, 22 Misc.3d 1138(A), 880 N.Y.S.2d 871, 2009 WL 782565, 2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 50505(U), Unreported Disposition, N.Y. Sup., March 23, 2009 (NO. 25879-2003). 
• Peniston v. ___, 10 A.D.3d 450, 780 N.Y.S.2d 916, 2004, N.Y. Slip Op. 06422, N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., August 23, 2004 (NO. 2003-08461, 7359/03 
• People v. ___, 147 Misc.2d 672, 558 N.Y.S.2d 800, 1990 WL 101962, N.Y. Sup., June 6, 1990 (NO. 1646, 2772/89).