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Education:
- Harvard University Law School (J.D., 1987)
- University of Pennsylvania (B.A., English and Psychology, magna cum laude, 1984); John L. Haney Prize
for Literature (1984); Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions:
- New York State Bar (1988)
- U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts (1988)
- Second Circuit Court of Appeals (1996)
Practice Areas:
- Insurance Law; ERISA; Litigation; Health Insurance, Benefits and Claim Denials; Disability Insurance, Benefits and
Claim Denials; Life Insurance Benefits and Claim Denials; Employee Benefits and Claim Denials; COBRA; Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Public Service:
- Cooperating Attorney, Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.; Cooperating Attorney, Lambda Legal Defense Fund, Inc.; Member and
President, Board of Directors, 319 West 18th Street Owners' Corp. (Cooperative, 1996-2008)
Writings and Presentations:
- Co-Author, Chapter 12: Private Insurance, AIDS and the Law (Aspen Publishers, 4th Ed., 2008)
- Presenter, "The Rights of HIV+ Employees: Employee Benefits," Legal Training sponsored by Legal Services of New
York (Mar., 2004)
- Presenter, "Handling Individual and Group Disability Disputes," Legal Training sponsored by Legal Services of New York
(Sept., 2003)
- Presenter, "Discrimination and Unfair Practices in Insurance and Employee Benefits," at Disability Discrmination in
the Workplace, co-sponsored by AIDS Network and American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin (1999)
- Panelist, Insurance/Employee Benefits Forum, POZ Magazine Life Expo (1996)
Reported Cases:
- Troy v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14965 (S.D.N.Y., Mar. 31, 2006)
- Consumers Union of U.S., Inc. v. State, 5 N.Y.3d 327, 840 N.E.2d 68, 806 N.Y.S.2d 99 (NY Ct. App., 2005); lower
court decision at 7 A.D.3d 416, 777 N.Y.S.2d 444 (NY App. Div., 1st Dept., 2005)
- Rasile v. Libert Life Assur. Co. of Boston, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9940 (S.D.N.Y., Jun. 2, 2004), and 2004 U.S.
Dist. LEXIS 11754 (S.D.N.Y., Jun. 28, 2004)
- Maniscalco v. TAC Americas Comprehensive Healthcare Plan, 325 F. Supp. 2d 383 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
- Fay v. Oxford Health Plan, 287 F.3d 96 (2nd Cir., 2002); lower court decisions reported at 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
14 (S.D.N.Y., Jan. 3, 2001), 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4166 (S.D.N.Y., Mar. 24, 2000), and 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11838 (S.D.N.Y.,
Jul. 31, 1998)
- Peterson v. Continental Cas. Co., 282 F.3d 112 (2nd Cir., 2002); lower court decisions reported at 2000 U.S.
Dist. LEXIS 18977 (S.D.N.Y., Dec. 18, 2000), 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15801 (S.D.N.Y., Oct. 23, 2000), and 77 F. Supp. 2d 420
(S.D.N.Y. 1999)
- Security Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. DiPasquale, 283 A.D.2d 182, 724 N.Y.S.2d 594 (NY App. Div., 1st Dept., 2001)
- McCann v. McCall, 267 A.D.2d 766, 699 N.Y.S.2d 782 (NY App. Div., 3rd Dept. 1999)
- New England Mut. Ins. Co. v. Doe, 93 N.Y.2d 122, 710 N.E.2d 1060, 680 N.Y.S.2d 459 (NY Ct. App., 1999); lower
court decision at 249 A.D.2d 285, 671 N.Y.S.2d 280 (NY App. Div., 2nd Dept. 1998)
- Whitney v. Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 106 F.3d 475 (2nd Cir. 1997); lower court decision reported at
920 F. Supp. 477 (S.D.N.Y., 1996)
- Burke v. First Unum Life Ins. Co., 975 F. Supp. 310 (S.D.N.Y., 1997)
- Massachusetts Cas. Ins. Co. v. Morgan, 886 F. Supp. 1002 (E.D.N.Y. 1995)
- Dean v. D.C., 653 A.2d 307 (DC Ct. App., 1995)
- Fortune v. Medical Assocs. of Woodhull, PC, 803 F. Supp. 636 (E.D.N.Y., 1992)
*NOTE: Many cases settle after we file lawsuits on behalf of our clients, but
before decisions have been reached by the assigned judges. In any given lawsuit, this may be because the insurance
company realizes the seriousness and determination of our client, the insurance company's outside attorneys bring a more
objective eye to the case, or the assigned judge has, in the course of preliminary proceedings, encouraged the insurance
company to consider settlement. Consequently, many of the lawsuits we file do not result in published decisions,
but nonetheless result in satisfactory settlements for our clients.
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