Garfunkel Wild, P.C. Receives National and Metropolitan Ranking for ‘Health Care Law’

GREAT NECK, N.Y. - Dec. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- Garfunkel Wild, P.C. (GW) is pleased to announce that the firm has received National (Tier 2) and Metropolitan New York City (Tier 1) rankings under the category of  “Health Care Law” by U.S. News Media Group/Best Lawyers 2014 for the fifth consecutive year.  Also, GW founding partner and chairman Robert Andrew Wild and partner/director Fredrick I. Miller were selected by their peers once again under the specialty of “Health Care Law.”  Robert Wild has been listed since 1991 and Fredrick Miller since 2009.

Robert Andrew Wild, founding partner and chairman, represents an array of national and regional health care provider institutions, companies, practitioners and not-for-profit groups, as well as clients in other industries.  His practice primarily focuses on complex transactions for healthcare providers, including regulatory, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, reimbursement, professional conduct issues, patient issues, real estate, graduate medical education and more.  He is a past chairman and current board member of Long Island United Way, a board member of the Alumni Association of St. John's Law School, and a past Board member of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority.  Along with being listed in Chambers USA as one of America’s leading business lawyers in healthcare since 2005, Mr. Wild has also been included in New York Metro Super Lawyers for six years, as well as being listed in The Best Lawyers in America for twenty-four years.

Fredrick I. Miller, partner/director and chair of the Health Care Practice Group, is also a member of the Business, Compliance and White Collar Defense, Insurance Regulatory and Tax Practice Groups.  Mr. Miller’s practice focuses on the representation of hospitals and other health care providers, with emphasis on corporate governance, managed care and dispute resolution, compliance, corporate transactions and hospital/physician matters.  Mr. Miller has also been included in Super Lawyers for six years and has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for six years.

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Founded in 1980, Garfunkel Wild, P.C. (GW) maintains one of the most active health care practices in the Northeast, while also providing services to many non-health-related clients.  Always at the forefront of Federal and State developments, GW meets a full range of needs including strategic planning, complex transactions, exempt and taxable financing, white collar defense, litigation, fraud and abuse, estate planning, elder law, tax issues, real estate, licensing, capital formation, EPA/environmental issues, health information technology, privacy & security and bankruptcy.  GW maintains offices in Great Neck, NY; Hackensack, NJ; and Stamford, CT.