Bar/Professional Activity:

• New York Supreme Court, NY County, Medical Malpractice Steering Committee New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Co-Chair, Medical Malpractice Committee 2006-2008) International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow Nassau County Bar Association New York Bar Association American Bar Association New York County Bar Association American Association of Justice The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (past Member of Medical Malpractice Committee), 2007

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• "Medical Malpractice Study: Disproving Frivolous Myth," The National Law Journal, July 3, 2006 "Harvard Study Ends Myth of Frivolous Malpractice Suits," New York Law Journal, May 26, 2006 "The Impact of Arons: A Look at the Court of Appeals Decision to Allow Ex Parte Interviews of Treating Doctors and Where We Go from Here," Bill of Particulars-New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, Spring 2008  "A HIPAA Primer," Bill of Particulars-New York State Trial Lawyers, Winter 2006 Women's Health Issues and Malpractice, Program Chair/lecturer, New York State Bar Association, 2003 Handling the Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Medical Malpractice Case," Program chair/lecturer, New York State Bar Association, 2007 Medical Malpractice in NYC Supreme Court: Key Issues Today, Program chair/lecturer- New York State Supreme Court, New York County  Basic Civil Practice: The Trial, Lecturer, New York State Bar Association, 1995-1997, 2000 Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer: The Trial,: Law Journal Seminars-Press, 1998, 2000 Keeping Pace: A Guide for the Up-to-Date Litigator, New York State Bar Association, 1998 How to Begin a Civil Action in New York State: A Roadmap Through Pre-Trial Discovery and Motion Practice," Practising Law Institute, 1998 Winning Your Case at the Deposition: Effective Tools for the Practicing Litigator, New York State Bar Association, 2000 How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, New York State Bar Association, 2001 The Trial, New York State Bar Association, 2002 Law Journal Seminars, Medical Malpractice Program on Video, 2002 Practical Skills: How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, New York State Bar Association, 2003 Practical Skills: How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, New York State Bar Association, 2004 Medical Malpractice Litigation, New York State Bar Association,2005  Practical Skills: Basics of Civil Practice - The Trial, 2005 "Practical Skills: Basics of Civil Practice-The Trial," New York State Bar Association, 2005 "Prescription for Improving the Way Health Care and Legal Systems Deal with Unanticipated Outcomes in Medical Care," Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2006  

Verdicts and Settlements:

• A $9,200,000 settlement in a Brooklyn medical malpractice case in which doctors and hospital employees fail to timely diagnose and treat a small bowel obstruction which resulted in systemic infections, multiple surgeries, lengthy hospitalization, and the need for a kidney transplant. A $8,000,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case for a woman who contracted vulvulus (an intestinal blockage) following colon surgery.  A $6,100,000 settlement in a Dutchess County medical malpractice case involving the death of a woman after giving birth.A $4,500,000 settlement in a legal malpractice case involving a woman whose lawyer failed to file the proper paperwork with the court when she had a claim against her doctor for failing to properly treat her brain tumor.A $3,800,000 verdict for a man who was struck by a car and suffered a severely broken leg.A $3,000,000 settlement in a medical malpractice for a child who suffered Erb's Palsy following a negligent delivery by his mother's obstetrician.A $3.4 million settlement for a woman who suffered significant leg injuries when thrown from a boat after an engine exploded.$2.7 million settlement in a medical malpractice case claiming a failure to administer anti-coagulation medication to a 78 year old woman following surgery resulting in a stroke.A $2,500,000 verdict in a Rockland County medical malpractice case in which a gynecologist transected a 68 year old woman's ureter resulting in the loss of a kidney.A $2,250,000 in a legal malpractice case for a man who hired a law firm to represent him in an action against his doctor for losing a kidney. The firm was negligent in their representation of their client and as a result of the lawyer's oversight, the medical malpractice case was dismissed.A $2,250,000 settlement in an Erie County medical malpractice case in which doctors failed to timely diagnose and treat acute gastrointestinal bleeding in a 60 year old man.A $2,175,000 million in a medical malpractice case in which doctors it was claimed that there was a failure to diagnose a meningioma.A $2,125,000 verdict for the estate of a Kings County man who died of complications because of a dental procedure.A $2,150,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case claiming the failure to properly repair a rectal laceration following a prostatectomy.A $2,000,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case for a man who underwent unnecessary prostate cancer surgery.A $2,000,000 settlement in medical malpractice case involving the failure to diagnose breast cancer.A $1,900,000 settlement for a woman who suffered loss of her spleen and psychological trauma following an automobile accident.A $1,900,000 settlement in a Richmond County medical malpractice case in which doctors failed to diagnose preeclampsia in a woman suffered a cerebral bleed a few days after giving birth.A $1.8 million verdict in a medical malpractice case for a child who suffered Erb's Palsy following negligent delivery by his mother's obstertrician.A $1,750,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case in which doctors failure to diagnose colon cancer in a 67 year old man.A $1,700,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case in which am ophthalmologist failed to timely diagnose and treat a post-cataract surgery infection resulting in loss of vision in an eye.A $1,600,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case involving the failure to take an adequate biopsy of a patients ulcer and thereby failure to diagnose gastric cancer.A $1,600,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case in which a gynecologist failed to perform a prophylactic oopherectomy on a woman who developed ovarian cancer and who had suffered breast cancer and had a positive family history of ovarian cancer.  A $1,600,000 in a medical malpractice case settlement for a child who suffered Erb's palsy following negligent delivery by his mother's obstetrician.A $1,450,000 settlement in an Ulster County medical malpractice case in which doctors failed to timely diagnose a woman's breast cancer.A $1,450,000 settlement in a Dutchess County medical malpractice case in which doctors failed to timely diagnose breast cancer.A $1,000,000 settlement in a Broome County medical malpractice case involving the failure to timely diagnose melanoma.

Educational Background:

• Lehigh University, Bachelor of Science, 1976 Hofstra University, Juris Doctor, 1979