Office Location
99 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
T 212.286.8585
F 212.490.8966
ny@hpmb.com
Areas of Practice
Medical Liability Defense
Products Liability & Mass Tort
Appellate Practice
Healthcare & Risk Management
Education
Albany Law School of Union University: JD, 1977
St. John’s University: BA: Magna Cum Laude, 1974
Bar Admissions
New York
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
United States District Court, Northern District of New York
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
United States District Court, Western District of New York
Charles L. Bach, Jr.
Partner
A founding member of HPM&B, Mr. Bach has successfully defended hundreds of complex, high exposure lawsuits on behalf of the nation’s most prestigious academic medical centers, physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. In addition to trying dozens of cases to verdict, Mr. Bach has successfully argued appeals to the United States Court of Appeals, the New York State Court of Appeals and the Appellate Divisions of New York State Supreme Court. With his experience as a trial lawyer and his training as an appellate attorney, Mr. Bach offers unique analytical insight to his clients.
Mr. Bach has lectured extensively to national and local physician organizations. He has been recognized by his peers as one of the “The Best Lawyers in America” and a “Super Lawyer” for many years. Mr. Bach has an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, that publication’s top distinction.
Upon graduation from the Albany Law School of Union University in 1977, where he was an editor of the Albany Law Review, Mr. Bach served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Office of the District Attorney of Bronx County.
Voted 2024 Lawyer of the Year for Medical Malpractice Law in Defendants
Verdicts & Cases
Defense Verdict
HPM&B recently obtained a defense verdict in New York Supreme Court, Kings County after...
Read MoreCongratulations to Charles L. Bach, Jr. for being named Best Lawyers 2025 Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year in New York!
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Summary Judgment Dismissal
Senior Partner Charles Bach, Managing Partner Adam Dlugacz and...
Read MoreHPM&B Partner Charles Bach obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a medical negligence case
HPM&B Partner Charles Bach obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a medical negligence case on behalf of a skilled hand surgeon who was named as a defendant by the plaintiffs. The case was tried in New York County...
Read MoreHPM&B Blocks Foreign Co-Defendants's Attempt to Evade Liability Under New York's Long-Arm Statute
On behalf of a major medical institution, HPM&B’s Charles L. Bach,...
Read MoreHPMB's Motion to Dismiss Nine of Ten Causes of Action Granted in Commercial Litigation Lawsuit
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Read MoreDefense Verdict in New York County Medical Malpractice Action
After a three-week trial, a unanimous New York County jury rendered a defense verdict in favor of five board-certified neonatologists affiliated with a premier New York City academic medical center. Plaintiffs claimed...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in Queens County Medical Malpractice Action
A Queens County jury determined that a board-certified otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon met the standard of care when he treated a patient with recurrent olfactory neuroblastoma. This rare cancer of the sinus had recurred in this patient on...
Read More$10 Million Medical Malpractice Action In Queens County Discontinued After Plaintiff's Experts Were Subjected To Preclusion Under Frye/Parker
Plaintiffs alleged that a now 12-year-old boy suffered a severe right hemiparesis, cognitive delays and impaired speech as a result of labor mismanagement. On behalf of HPM&B’s clients, a major academic medical center and several maternal...
Read MoreDefense Verdict In The Southern District Of New York
On May 3, 2017, after an emotional trial in federal court involving the alleged wrongful death of a 31-year-old mother of four, a jury delivered a unanimous verdict in favor of two defendant obstetricians represented by HPM&B partners Chuck Bach...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in New York County
On November 9, 2015, Charles L. Bach, Jr. obtained a unanimous defendant’s verdict in New York County in a medical malpractice case brought against our client, a national leader in neurological surgery.Plaintiff alleged that our client...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in Kings County
On October 6, 2004, in a Brooklyn courtroom, Charles L. Bach obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a a Manhattan hospital and its chief of...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in New York County
On March 15, 2005, Charles L. Bach obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a Manhattan plastic surgeon against whom plaintiff sought $2 million in damages. Plaintiff, a 64-year-old woman,...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in New York County
Charles Bach obtained a defense verdict for a prominent hand surgeon in October, 2007 in a New York County case in which plaintiff claimed that defendant’s surgical and post-operative care were improper thereby causing the...
Read More$25 Million Lawsuit
Chuck Bach successfully defended the staff of Harlem Hospital against allegations of prenatal and pediatric malpractice in a hotly-contested trial during which plaintiff’s counsel sought more than $25 million in...
Read MoreBrain Injury Claim Dismissal in New York County
The Supreme Court, New York County (Schlesinger, J.) has set aside a $9.25 million verdict and dismissed a complaint against an HPM&B client, a neurosurgeon who had been found 50% liable. Plaintiff's...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in the Bronx
On July 1, 2010, Charles L. Bach, Jr., received a defense verdict on behalf of a major metropolitan area medical center in the Supreme Court, Bronx County in a...
Read MoreDefense Verdict In Nassau County
Charles L. Bach, Jr. obtained a defense verdict in Nassau County on behalf of a renowned gastroenterologist who had perforated the colon of his then 50-year-old ulcerative colitis patient during a routine screening...
Read MoreDefense Verdict In New York County
Following two weeks of trial, HPM&B obtained a unanimous defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court in a wrongful death case brought by the estate of a local nephrologist against a urological...
Read MoreDefense Verdict In Queens County
Senior Partner Chuck Bach and his team successfully defended a major medical center in a Queens County case brought on behalf of a neurologically impaired infant.During a three week trial, Mr. Bach established that the neonatal team met...
Read MoreDefense Verdict In New York County
On April 8, 2014, in a case tried by Charles L. Bach, Jr., a New York County jury found no departure on the part of a prominent hand surgeon who was accused of drilling four Kirschner wires or stainless steel pins into a...
Read MoreDefense Verdict In New York County
Charles L. Bach, Jr., assisted by senior associate Erin K. Kelley, successfully defended a pediatric neurologist in a complex malpractice case in which the plaintiff mother alleged that the treating...
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