JaniceKabel

Deputy Counsel
NYC Health & Hospital Corp.

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Jesse S.Waldinger

Principal
Waldinger Associates PC

Jesse S. Waldinger, previously chair of the Committee on Medical Malpractice, has dedicated his 35-year legal career to prosecuting medical malpractice cases. Formerly a partner at Kramer, Dillof, Tessel, Duffy & Moore and then at Bodner & Waldinger, he is presently the principal at Waldinger Associates, a malpractice firm based in Garden City, and has offered his services to the bar as a medical malpractice consultant. An occasional lecturer and writer, Mr. Waldinger is the author of The Knights of Mary Phagan, a dramatization of the Leo Frank trial.

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Robert Vilensky

Ronemus & Vilensky

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Joyce Morin Utz

Attorney
Radna & Androsiglio LLP

Joyce Morin Utz is a lawyer at Radna & Androsigilio, LLP as well as a registered nurse and represents plaintiffs in litigation in the specialty areas of medical malpractice, premises liability, personal injury and civil rights. After graduating magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, she earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Georgetown University Law Center as a Public Interest Scholar. She presently serves on the Center's National Alumni Board. Ms. Utz has lectured frequently in the area of medical malpractice for the Continuous Legal Education division of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, where she served as Chair of the Medical Malpractice Committee from 1997-2000. Joyce Morin Utz practices in federal and state courts, and is admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Jacqueline Stein

Executive Claims Counsel
NYC Health & Hospital Corp.

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HON. DouglasMcKeon

New York State Supreme Court Justice
Bronx County

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Patricia Luca

Partner
Platzer Luca & Pearl, LLP

Patricia A. Luca is a member of the New York law firm Platzer Luca & Pearl, LLP. Her practice areas include medical malpractice and general liability. She is a member of the New York City Bar Association and currently sits on the Medical Malpractice Committee and the Committee on Bioethical Issues. She is the Chair of the subcommittee on continuing legal education for the Medical Malpractice committee. Ms. Luca is also a member of the American Bar Association and is currently Vice-Chair of the subcommittee on continuing legal education for the Medicine and Law committee. Most recently, she was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales and is a member of the International Law Society of England and Wales.

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Jeffrey Kimmel

Salenger, Sack, Schwartz & Kimmel

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Ross N.Herman

Claims Bureau Counsel
New York State Attorney General's Office

Ross N. Herman is Claims Bureau Counsel in the Office of New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo. In that position, he is the legal advisor to the Chief of the Claims Bureau. The Claims Bureau defends the State of New York against medical malpractice and tort claims. From 2005-2007, he was the Chief of the Medical Malpractice Section in the Claims Bureau and from 2001-2005 he was a trial attorney in the Medical Malpractice Section. In 2003, he received a Louis J. Lefkowitz Memorial Award from Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for outstanding service to the Attorney General's Office. Before joining the Attorney General's Office, he was engaged in private practice in New York and New Jersey. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was a Jacob Burns Scholar and a member of the Law Review. He also holds a Masters Degree in the History of Religions from the University of Chicago. He received his B.A. Summa Cum Laude from Hobart College.

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KatherineHawkins

MD JD
Gair Gair Conason Steigman & Mackauf

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RobertHarley

Mediator
Harley Associates, Inc.

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Kenneth Grundstein

Senior Counsel
New York City Health & Hospital Corporation

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Robert Androsiglio

Radna & Androsiglio LLP