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I am the current President of the Nassau County Women's Bar Association.

I am dedicated to providing top quality legal representation to all of my clients.  I focus on each and every client's individual needs and goals, working vigorously to allow my clients to achieve them.  I am available to my clients 24/7 should they need me.  I am honest with all of my clients and will always advise my clients as to what I believe is in their best interest.

I am a seasoned general attorney/ mediator, in which my expertise includes negotiation & colloboration, interpersonal relations & the art of effective listening. My experience includes matrimonial law, both as an attorney, and as mediator, client advocacy in moving violations, collections & some criminal as well. I have worked for the estemeed NY State Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn by reviewing and helping draft key human rights legislation as her Counsel. I also currently serve as an Adminstrative Law Judge for the NYC Department of Finance. Past employers include the NBA & NBC Studios where I worked with dozens of proefessional athletes & celebrities.

Gregory D. Bellantone was admitted to practice law in New York in 1991. Mr. Bellantone is also admitted to practice in the Federal Courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.. Since his admission to the bar, Mr. Bellantone has dedicated his career to representing injured victims of negligence and medical  malpractice. Mr. Bellantone has successfully secured substantial verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients in construction accidents, medical malpractice, motor vehicle negligence and premises liability cases.  Mr. Bellantone continues to distinguish himself as a true advocate for his clients. His work focuses on all aspects of discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeals in substantial medical malpractice and personal injury cases.. He has prepared and presented high value cases for mediation, arbitration, and trial. Recovering millions of dollars for his clients, Mr. Bellantone  has successfully tried cases in Supreme Court in every county in the City of New York, Long Island and in the Federal Courts in the states of New York and Florida. Mr. Bellantone acts as trial counsel to law firms in New York City and Long Island.  Mr. Bellantone has successfully argued appeals in the Appellate Division, and his trial verdicts have been published in New York VerdictSearch. Mr. Bellantone also represents a number of small businesses in ligitation matters.

Ellen L. Flowers is a partner and director of the Guardianship Law Practice at Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP.. Ms. Flowers concentrates her practice in the area of Article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law, which is the New York State guardianship statute. Ms. Flowers has been involved in all aspects of guardianship proceedings, on behalf of facilities and private individuals, petitioners and cross-petitioners, as well as alleged incapacitated persons. In addition, Ms. Flowers has been appointed by the courts in various counties as guardian, court evaluator and counsel for alleged incapacitated individuals.. Ms. Flowers is a member of the Trusts and Estates and Elder Law Sections of the New York State and Nassau County Bar Associations. An authority in the area of guardianship, Ms. Flowers is a frequent lecturer for the state and local bar associations and the Practicing Law Institute regarding guardianship issues. She has also lectured at the request of the Office of Court Administration to court attorneys, court examiners, law clerks, judges, and Mental Hygiene Legal Service attorneys.. Ms. Flowers is an associate editor and contributor to the Guardianship Practice in New York State, a publication of the New York State Bar Association. For her commitment to the association, the New York State Bar nominated Ms. Flowers for Sustaining Membership. She is also a member of the Surrogate Decision Making Committee formed by the State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled. Ms. Flowers is the current Co-Chair of the Nassau County Bar Association Elder Law Committee. Ms. Flowers received her law degree from Hofstra University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Adelphi University cum laude.

Denise Buda is a senior associate in the medical malpractice defense department at Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP.. Ms. Buda has 18 years experience defending physicians and other health care providers in a wide range of litigation matters. She is responsible for conducting hearings on behalf of health care professionals in professional misconduct, license restoration, and moral character proceedings before the New York State Education Department, Office of Professional Discipline; preparing appellate briefs and arguing appeals challenging physician license revocations; and defending civil and malpractice lawsuits, from pleadings through appeal. Ms. Buda also has extensive experience in general appellate practice, complex matrimonial matters, and in general negligence, commercial, product liability and real estate litigation.. Ms. Buda received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School where she was a Dean's Merit Scholar and her B.A. from the City University of New York at Queens College, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She is a member of the New York and New Jersey bars. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Buda worked as a Speech Pathologist and taught alternate communication skills at the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults.

Daniel Doeschner is an associate at Greenberg Burzichelli Greenberg P.C., where he advocates for public sector unions and their members in contract and labor disputes. His practice includes representing unions and employees in Article 78 proceedings, arbitrations, disciplines, and improper practice conferences. He joined the firm in 2013.. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Doeschner was an associate in the litigation department and White Collar Crime & Corporate Compliance group at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. There, he represented individual and corporate clients in criminal, regulatory, and commercial proceedings. He also provided pro bono assistance to indigent criminal defendants, public assistance/social security recipients, and Family Court pro se litigants.. Mr. Doeschner graduated with honors from Brooklyn Law School and served as a Notes & Comments Editor on the Brooklyn Law Review.

Constantina Papageorgiou is a partner in Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP’s Wills, Trusts, and Estates Practice. Her work focuses on Trust and Estate Planning, Trust and Estate Administration, and Elder Law. Ms. Papageorgiou assists individuals and their families with asset protection and long-term care planning with the use of advance directives and various planning techniques. She also provides legal counsel to individuals and families with the administration of estates and the liquidation of assets after one’s death. In addition, her practice focuses on estate planning and guardianship matters for young families.. Constantina Papageorgiou can reached at  and.

Claudia Hinrichsen is a partner at The Greenberg, Dresevic, Iwrey, Kalmowitz & Pendleton Law Group. Claudia Hinrichsen has over two decades of experience in representing health care clients.  Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hinrichsen was a partner with Nixon Peabody, LLP where she established a diversified health law practice. Claudia Hinrichsen currently represents a cross-section of health care providers, including hospitals, physician groups, physician/hospital organizations and independent practice associations (IPAs, PHOs), diagnostic and treatment centers with respect to a broad array of issues, including fraud and abuse, corporate compliance, transactional arrangements, patient-related legal issues, and HIPAA compliance. Ms. Hinrichsen also devotes a significant amount of her time representing clients in negotiation and dispute resolution with respect to managed care contract issues and payor audits and in pursuing managed care companies for underpayments owed to health care providers.. Ms. Hinrichsen has to her credit a number of articles and client alerts on health law topics, including:. Can Solo Practioners and Small Group Practices Survive in Today's Challenging Marketplace?  Medical Society of the State of New York Magazine, May 2010, Vol. 66 No. 5.The 2009 Managed Care Reform Act: Does it Go Far Enough? New York Law Journal, November 10, 2009.  "The Impact of Electronic Health Technology Safe Harbor on Clinical Integration Initiatives and Antitrust Enforcement," Linn F. Freedman and Claudia A. Hinrichsen, October 1, 2007, HIT News.  "(Re)opening lines," hfm , Healthcare Financial Management Association's magazine, September, 2005.  "Medical Information Privacy Regulations Are Finalized, Finally," client alert, April 30, 2003.  "The Paper Monster--Corporate Compliance and the Board," Trustee , a leading, national health care industry magazine, February, 2001.  "Roadmap to Interpreting Federal Fraud Abuse Guidance Material," New York Law Journal , March 13, 2000.  "Providing Patient Dumping-Supreme Court Rules No Improper Motive Needed Under Statute," New York Law Journal , March 22, 1999.. Ms. Hinrichsen frequently lectures on health care fraud and abuse, HIPAA compliance, and managed care issues before hospitals, medical groups, and state and regional professional associations.. Ms. Hinrichsen is an adjunct Professor at Hofstra University's Zarb School of Business, lecturing on business and health law topics.

Christopher A. Renke is an associate at Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP.. Mr. Renke is a member of the litigation practice group and concentrates his practice in commercial, as well as family law and divorce litigation representing the firm's valued clients. He has experience at both the trial and appellate levels.. In 2005, Mr. Renke was a summer clerk for the Hon. F. Dana Winslow in the New York State Supreme Court, County of Nassau. He then clerked for a boutique litigation firm before joining Abrams Fensterman, working in the areas of corporate, labor, employment, landlord-tenant, personal injury and intellectual property law. Mr. Renke started working at Abrams Fensterman in January 2008 as a law clerk and then as a summer associate prior to joining the firm on a full-time basis in August 2009. Mr. Renke is actively involved in numerous legal organizations, associations and charities. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Nassau County Bar Association. Mr. Renke is a member of the Matrimonial Lawyer's Committee and the Commercial Litigation Committee at the Nassau County Bar Association.. Mr. Renke received his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law and his B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in law from Boston University School of Management. In law school, he was a Staff Editor and Chief Business Administrator for the Family Court Review. Mr. Renke is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Carolyn Reinach Wolf is a Senior Partner in the law firm of Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara & Einiger, LLP and Director of the Firm's Mental Health Law practice. Ms. Wolf holds a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law, an M.S. in Health Services Administration from the Harvard School of Public Health and an M.B.A. in Management from the Hofstra University School of Business. She is admitted to practice in New York State and Federal Courts as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition, Ms. Wolf is currently an adjunct professor at Hofstra Law School, teaching Law and Psychiatry. Prior to practicing law, Ms. Wolf was a hospital administrator and Director of Hospital Risk Management. Ms. Wolf's practice concentrates in the areas of mental health and health care law, representing mental health and health care professionals, major hospital systems and community hospitals, institutional and community outpatient programs, skilled nursing facilities, higher education institutions, individuals and families. Her expertise includes mental hygiene law, including retention and treatment over objection psychiatric cases, mental health warrants, capacity determinations, informed consent and medical treatment cases, confidentiality and release of records matters, interaction with law enforcement in health care facilities and institutions of higher learning, Kendra's Law applications (Assisted Out-Patient Treatment Orders), Article 81 and 17-A guardianship proceedings, civil and criminal litigation and negotiation specific to mental health issues, consultation and advice in navigating the mental health system and legal interventions in the inpatient and outpatient treatment settings as well as mental health issues in the higher education setting. She also consults with health care institutions on issues of end of life decision making, development and ongoing functioning of ethics committees, advance directives, and institutional review boards. Ms. Wolf is a frequently invited speaker and consultant to health care and mental health organizations as well as institutions of higher education, specifically university counseling centers and administrators, and professional associations throughout the country regarding mental health law issues. Her topics include: mental health legal issues, health and risk management from a mental health care law perspective, the increasing rate of student suicides, serious mental illness on campus, drug and alcohol abuse, date rape, law enforcement, confidentiality, parental notification, documentation and the increasing liability of campus staff, administrators, mental health professionals and the institutions themselves.

Avrohom Gefen is a partner at Vishnick McGovern Milizio’s Employment Law, Commercial Litigation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practices. Mr. Gefen focuses on commercial and employment litigation, with extensive litigation experience representing businesses and individuals in a wide array of matters before federal and state courts and administrative tribunals. These include the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, United States Labor Department, New York State Labor Department, New York State Commission on Human Rights, and New York City Commission on Human Rights.. Avrohom Gefen can be reached at and.

Associate Attorney working as part of a Medical Malpractice Group. Currently admitted to practice in New York.

Angela C. Bellizzi is an associate at Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP. Ms. Bellizzi represents clients in connection with health care collection and reimbursement recovery issues. She is involved in all aspects of this practice area including the preparation of all pleadings, negotiations, trial readiness and post-judgment collections. Prior to receiving her J.D., Ms. Bellizzi worked at Abrams Fensterman in both the guardianship and health care collection departments.. Ms. Bellizzi has contributed to a number of literary endeavors, including Guardianship Practice in New York State, a comprehensive treatise published by the New York State Bar Association, and the Legal Manual for Physicians, published by the New York State Bar in conjunction with the Medical Society of the State of New York, including its Second Edition.. She earned her B.S. in 1996 and her J.D. in 2002 from St. John's University School of Law.

Andrew Kimler heads Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP’s Employment Law, Commercial Litigation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practices and is a key member of the LGBTQ Representation Practice. He focuses in the areas of employment, commercial, and corporate law, representing businesses and individuals in state and federal trial and appellate courts and before arbitration tribunals. His employment cases include wage and hour, discrimination, trade secret, and restrictive covenant disputes. An experienced litigator, he also handles complex contract, partnership, and other business disputes.. Andrew Kimler can be reached at  and.