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David S. Dikman has been practicing law since 1987, first honing investigative and trial skills for nine years at the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, where he became Deputy Chief of Homicide Investigations before leaving for private practice. As a trial prosecutor, he successfully concluded with convictions in many homicide and major offense cases. He has been a member of the firm since August 1995, focusing primarily in the areas of Matrimonial & Family Law. David also represents clients in Criminal Court, defending their rights using his Criminal Law knowledge and skills when domestic violence issues result in their arrest and prosecution. As a divorce lawyer, Mr. Dikman is acutely aware of how the issues in Criminal Court can spill over and affect divorce and child custody disputes.. In private practice, Mr. Dikman is proud to estimate he has settled and resolved well more than 95% of client matters without a trial or the associated cost, expense, and uncertainty. For those cases in which trial cannot be reasonably avoided, his successful advocacy skills have established his reputation and led other lawyers, judges, child support magistrates, and other professionals to seek his services.

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.

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.