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Daniel S. Ratner, Managing Partner of HPM&B, was quoted in an article featured in the New York Law Journal on March 2, 2012.  The article focused on a bill introduced in Albany that would prohibit any party in cases involving personal injury, medical, dental or podiatric malpractice or wrongful death from conducting ex parte interviews ...

Gabrielle DeYoung joined the firm in 2001.  Prior to the joining the firm, Ms. DeYoung served as a law clerk to a panel of judges in Connecticut  Superior Court in Stamford.  She is an experienced litigator in federal practice and state court practice in New York and Connecticut.  Her practice includes the defense of pharmaceutical ...

Laura Del Vecchio joined the firm in 2004.  She represents healthcare professionals and medical institutions in actions involving claims of medical malpractice, general negligence, civil rights violations and employment discrimination claims.  She also handles petitions for Assisted Outpatient Treatment pursuant to Kendra’s Law. Click here to read more

On March 8, 2012, Tony Heller lectured at DRI’s (Defense Research Institute) Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar in New Orleans, Louisiana. He discussed the defense of malpractice actions seeking recovery for diabetic amputation against the vascular surgeon, the endocrinologist, the podiatrist and those involved in wound care and defense strategies that involve inevitable ...

On February 8, 2012, Vincent Gallo presented a lecture to the nursing staff at St. John’s Riverside Hospital.  This presentation was entitled “Pressure Sores and Decubitus Ulcers:  Litigation Implications and Minimizing Legal Liability”.

We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Bridgeport, Connecticut office located at 855 Main Street, Suite 1100 Bridgeport, CT 06604 Phone: (203) 382-9700 Fax: (203) 382-9730 We Welcome Partners Madonna A. Sacco David J. Robertson Heidi M. Cilano And Associates Jeremy P. Chen Rachel E. Katz Nancy M. Marini Sinead Rafferty Azadeh ...

Denise A. Holzka presented on May 24, 2012 at the Environmental Contractors Association’s seminar on Avoiding Infectious Disease Liability in Healthcare Facilities without Increasing Costs. The panel discussion addressed the increased risk of renovation projects in occupied healthcare facilities and how proper training and procedures can reduce this risk for contractors and healthcare facilities.

Eight attorneys at Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP were included 2011 Best Lawyers® in America.  Charles L. Bach, Jr., Elizabeth Cornacchio, Robin R. Dolsky, Anthony M. Heller, Garrett P. Lewis, Rosary A. Morelli, Luke M. Pittoni and Daniel S. Ratner are selected based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.  For more than 25 years, Best Lawyers lists have earned the ...

On June 13, 2012, Madonna Sacco lectured to the Center for Sleep Disorders at Yale Medical School and Yale New Haven Hospital on the legal ramifications of driving with sleep disorders.

Ten attorneys at Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP were included in 2011 New York Super Lawyers®.  Only five percent of lawyers in the state are selected. Charles L. Bach, Jr., Elizabeth Cornacchio, Louise A. Derevlany, Austa S. Devlin,Robin R. Dolsky, Robert B. Gibson, Denise A. Holzka, Garrett P. Lewis, Rosary A. Morelli and Luke M. Pittoni are chosen for this honor. Peer nominations and evaluations were combined ...