Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, The American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
• Member, The Nassau County Bar Association
• Member, Manhattan Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, The Brooklyn Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
• New York, 1976
• Connecticut, 1994

Verdicts and Settlements:

• $490,000.00 verdict for a 58 year old Queens woman against a dentist who had inserted upper and lower bridges that were ill fitting and had open margins requiring the re-treatment by a subsequent provider. The Jury awarded the plaintiff $450,000.00 for pain and suffering and $40,000.00 for future dental expenses. This verdict was affirmed on appeal. Queens County. Dental Malpractice, 2009
• $275,000.00 verdict for a 46 year old Bronx resident who sustainmed paraesthesia to the left side of his lip as a result of the improper administration of a mandibular block injection. Bronx County. Dental Malpractice, 2010
• $3,903,500.00 verdict for a 35 year old female who treated with a general dentist in the Bronx for a root canal on an upper molar. The dentist caused the plaintiff to sustain trigeminal neuralgia. She suffered severe piercing debilitating pain that radiated from the root canalled tooth to her right ear, which followed the pathway of the nerve. She underwent gamma knife surgery of the brain, which provided her temporary relief, though she continued under heavy medication to date to try and dull or control the pain. This is the largest reported verdict for a dental malpractice case in New York State. Bronx County. Dental Malpractice, 2010
• On January 20, 2011 Manhattan Jury awarded an 18 year old woman $310,000.00 for damages caused by an orthodontist. At the age of 10 the plaintiff presented to the defendant orthodontist for braces. At that time it was evident that her right cuspid and bi-cuspid were transposed, left cuspid and bi-cuspid were transposed and that her mouth had overcrowding. The doctor told the family that he would bring the teeth down in the transposed position and straighten her teeth with braces. He never discussed any alternative treatment. There existed other forms of treatment, one of which was to extract the four bi-cuspids to alleviate the overcrowding problem and the issue with the transposed teeth. The plaintiff will require restorative treatment to make her teeth appear normal. After a week long trial the Jury awarded the plaintiff $200,000.00 for future dental treatment, $15,000.00 for past pain and suffering and $95,000.00 for future pain and suffering. Albert W. Chianese was the trial attorney for the plaintiff., 2011
• $1,350,000.00 settlement against a hospital that misdiagnosed a cyst in a young woman's jaw, which led to improper follow up and treatment by an oral surgeon. Years later the cyst reoccurred in the same area and required removal of three quarters of her jaw. Subsequent to the removal of her jaw a graft from her fibula was taken and attached to a titanium plate that was used to replace her jaw. A skin graft from her hip was taken to replace the gum tissue in that portion of her mouth. Implants, restorations and further bone grafts will be required to replace the teeth in that area. The expert for the defendant alleged that had the pathologist properly read the slide the treatment that was performed years later would have been required at that time., 2011

Educational Background:

• Fordham College, 1969