Roy W. Breitenbach
Roy Breitenbach
Great Neck
New York (NY)
Business Litigation
Antitrust Litigation
Health Care
Profile
Partner/Director of Garfunkel Wild, P.C., which he joined in 1994. He is a Co-Chair of the firm’s Litigation and Arbitration Group, and a member of the Appellate Litigation, Environmental Practice, and Personal Service and Estate Planning Groups. His practice predominantly focuses on representing health care providers, business entities, and individuals involved in antitrust or other disputes with competitors, “business divorces,” complex commercial and real estate disputes, healthcare reimbursement disputes, and will contests.
Mr. Breitenbach has extensive commercial trial and arbitration experience. Through the years he has tried (both jury and non-jury) and arbitrated numerous matters involving antitrust, restrictive covenant, exclusive contract, business dissolution and liquidation, breach-of-contract, breach-of-fiduciary duty, real estate, commercial, medical staff privilege, civil rights, trusts and estates, and bankruptcy issues. He also has written and lectured to other lawyers extensively on trial practice, evidence, and civil litigation issues.
Prior to joining Garfunkel Wild, P.C., he was an associate in the Litigation Department at Kelley Drye & Warren, where his practice focused on antitrust and complex commercial litigation. While attending college and law school, Mr. Breitenbach worked in the real estate title insurance field as a title officer, claims examiner, and title searcher.
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About Roy Breitenbach
Admitted: 1992, New York
Professional Webpage: www.garfunkelwild.com/ATTY_BIOS/B/BreitenbachBIO.htm
Bar/Professional Activity:
- United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; United States District Court - Southern, Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of New York; New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division; Connecticut Supreme Court; New York State Bar Association; Nassau County Bar Association; American Bar Association
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Mr. Breitenbach also is involved in a number of community and religious activities, including membership in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; the Knights of Columbus; the Arthritis Foundation; and the Catholic Lawyers Guild. He serves as the Cub Scoutmaster for Pack 178, Huntington, New York, and is a baseball coach with the Huntington Sports League.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- PRESENTATIONS: Hot Legal Issues in Provider-Health Plan Relations - Winning the Battle, 35th Annual Institute sponsored by The New Jersey Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, The Borgata Hotel and Casino Spa, Atlantic City, NJ (October 13, 2011); What to Do When a Payor Audits, Annual Meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, October 3, 2011, Crowne Plaza in Warwick, RI; Litigating to Win Through Advanced Trial Advocacy, National Business Institute (February 11, 2011) Hilton Long Island, Melville, NY; Strategies to Protect Your Business, Long Island Association (March 12, 2009) Melville, NY; Trial Techniques for Effective Litigation, National Business Institute Seminar (June 24, 2008) Melville, NY; Title Law in New York, National Business Institute Seminar (September 17, 2007) Plainview, NY; E-Discovery - Applying the New FRCP Changes, National Business Institute Seminar (July 24, 2007) Plainview, NY; How to Get Your Expert Testimony Admitted into Evidence, National Business Institute (June 8, 2007) Garden City, NY; The Art of the Settlement National Business Institute (April 24, 2007); Non-Competes: Enforceable or Not?, Physicians and Physician Organizations Law Institute (February 5-6, 2007) Las Vegas, NV; Conducting Depositions: Practical Strategies that Win Cases, (January 31, 2007) Plainview, NY; Internet Strategies for Legal Professionals (August 18, 2006). PUBLICATIONS: "Silent PPOs-What They Are And How To Handle Them," Health Care Law Monthly, August 2011; "Antitrust Developments Offer Long-Awaited Guidance to Providers," New York Law Journal, July 25, 2011; "Eight Things You Need to Know About Noncompetition Covenants," Journal of the American College of Radiology (Volume 8, Number 7) July 2011; "Managing the Fact Discovery Tsunami", New York Law Journal, Litigation Section, January 18, 2011; Physician Restrictive Covenants Enforced Somewhat Reluctantly, CT Law Tribune, May 2007; Restrictive Covenants in Dental Practice Employment Agreements, Queens County Dental Society Bulletin, March/April 2007; The Basics of Restrictive Covenants, Journal of the American College of Radiology (Volume 3, Number 10) October 2006; GW Partners quoted on special liability risks associated with obese patients, Healthcare Risk Management, May 2006
Educational Background:
- Mr. Breitenbach received his B.A. (summa cum laude) from St. John’s University in 1988. While in college, he was a state championship debater and competitive speaker. He received his J.D. (cum laude) from St. John’s Law School in 1991, where he served as an Editor of the St. John’s Law Review. Mr. Breitenbach is admitted to practice law in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, Northern, and Western Districts of New York; as well as all New York and Connecticut state courts. He practices extensively with the United States Provider Reimbursement Review Board and has been admitted to practice pro hac vice in New Jersey state court as well as federal courts located in Florida and Kentucky. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Connecticut Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, and the American Health Lawyers Association.
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