News & Events

HPM&B Partners Nancy Marini and Matthew Sconziano, Counsel Jeannine Foran and Associate Keith Blumenstock attended the Annual Griffin Hospital Gala. The event honored Alan Mathog, Chairman of the Breaking New Ground Capital Campaign that funded the development of Griffin’s Center for Cancer Care. Mr. Mathog was presented with the 2018 Presidents Award at the Gala. ...

Daryl Paxson was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Eye Bank for Sight Restoration at the June 2018 meeting. Also known as the Eye-Bank of New York, it is the world’s first eye bank. Established in New York City in 1944, it is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to restoring sight through ...

The New York State Bar Association Trial Lawyers Section will be hosting their Summer Meeting for 2018 at Hyatt Place Mystic, 224 Greenmanville Avenue in Mystic, Connecticut. The event will take place from August 2nd through August 5th. HPM&B Partner Robert Gibson, Esq. will speak on social media as it relates to screening clients, adverse parties and recent ...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our senior partner Bruce F. Gilpatrick, Esq. on February 4, 2018 at the age of 61.   Bruce graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bernard M. Baruch College C.U.N.Y. in 1977 with a degree in political science and Fordham Law School in 1980 with a ...

We are excited to announce that Nancy Marini, a senior associate in the Bridgeport office, has been promoted to Partner effective January 1, 2018.   Nancy is a 2005 graduate of Albany Law School and a 2002 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Sacred Heart University.  She has worked with our Bridgeport partners for most of ...

Chuck Bach has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America(c) as the New York City Lawyer of the Year in the area of Medical Malpractice – Defense. The Best Lawyers in America(c) is the oldest lawyer-rating publication in the United States. Best Lawyers names a single lawyer in each practice area in each metropolitan area ...

This program will provide useful information and instruction for practicing attorneys, in-house counsel and specifically trial lawyers with both plaintiff and defense orientations, as to how to utilize the New York Litigation Coordinating Panel with respect to litigating and coordinating numerous related products liability, mass torts and other matters pending in the New York County ...

Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP (HPM&B) is pleased to announce the promotion of three of the firm’s leading attorneys to partner and the promotion of a new Of Counsel member.     On January 1, 2017, Adam M. Dlugacz, Erin K. Kelley, and Patricia A. Thornton joined the partnership in the New York office.  The firm also promoted one attorney, Corey E. ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mining prospective jurors’ Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts is common practice for many attorneys looking to spot biases that might cost their clients a fair trial.   The American Bar Association has said the searches are ethical, and a ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court bolstered arguments that attorneys ...