Garfunkel Wild, P.C. Ranked as Healthcare Leader in Chambers USA 2013 Directory

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. - June 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Garfunkel Wild, P.C. (GW) is pleased to announce that once again it has been ranked as a leading healthcare law firm in the 2013 edition of Chambers USA, the highly regarded directory of America’s leading law firms.  In this latest edition, GW received Awards for Excellence in the “Healthcare” category for both New York and New Jersey.  This is the seventh year that GW has been featured in the directory.

Founding partner and chairman Robert Andrew Wild was again recognized as one of the finest healthcare lawyers both in New York (“Healthcare”) and nationwide (“Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation”) and Partner/Director Jeffrey S. Brown was again cited for excellence in “Healthcare” for New Jersey.  The Chambers USA Awards for Excellence honor outstanding lawyers and law firms across the USA, reflecting both pre-eminence in key practice areas and achievements over the last 12 months.  

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 a 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 23 years.

Jeffrey S. Brown, Partner/Director, and Manager of the firm’s Hackensack, NJ, office, is a member of the Health Care, HIPAA Compliance, Insurance Regulatory and Litigation & Arbitration Practice Groups.  He represents various hospitals, long-term care facilities, physicians’ practices and other healthcare-related clients.  A frequent speaker on healthcare issues, he has lectured at Seton Hall University School of Law (where he serves on the Advisory Board of the Health Law & Policy Program), as well as before the New Jersey Association of Health Care Facilities, Bergen County Medical Society, Bergen County Bar Association, and more.  Mr. Brown has been featured in Chambers USA since 2009 and in New Jersey Super Lawyers for eight years.

Independent and objective, Chambers USA is carefully researched and widely considered to be among the most reputable law firm directories. Its rankings are based on thousands of interviews with leading practitioners and clients from coast to coast. Ranking criteria include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by legal clients.

Founded in 1980, Garfunkel Wild, P.C. (GW) maintains one of the most active healthcare 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.  For more information, visit www.garfunkelwild.com.