 | Hoffman, Polland & Furman PLLC | | | | | Daily News Building, 220 East 42nd Street, Suite 435
New York, New York 10017 View Map |
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | Business Law, Commercial Law, Transactions, Health Care, Divorce, Commercial Litigation, Regulatory Law, Real Estate, HIPAA Compliance, Fraud and Abuse Compliance, Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions, Federal and State Anti-Kickback Laws, Self-Referral (Stark) Laws, Article 28, 31 and A.S.C., C.O.N. Applications, Representation before Professional Licensing, Authorities (O.P.M.C. and O.P.D.), Managed Care Contracts with IPAs, PPDs, MSOs, IDCSs, HMOs and PPMCs, Counseling Professional Societies and Hospital Medical Staffs, Hospital Privileges, and Physician-Hospital Relationships, Medicare, Medicaid and Third Party Payor Audits, Corporate Litigation, White Collar Criminal Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Family Law, Child Custody, Child Support, Matrimonial Law, Partnerships, Employment Law, Discrimination, Trademarks, Copyright, Internet Law, Anti-counterfeiting, First Amendment, Distributorship Law, Pension Administration. | | | | Firm Profile: | | General practice focusing on business law, health care, real estate, family law and divorce, white-collar criminal and regulatory representation, Internet law, commercial and intellectual property litigation in the state and federal courts and representation in mediation and arbitration. | | | | Firm Size: 9 | | | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 07:00 PM
| | | | —————————— | | | | Jonathan S. Hoffman (Member) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1989, Connecticut; 1990, New York, New Jersey and District of Columbia. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1986); Albany Law School (J.D., 1989). Author: "The Political Correctness of a Physician Hospital Organization May Precipitate Its Demise in a Community Hospital," Managed Care Quarterly, Volume 3, Number 3, Summer 1995; "Another Viewpoint On Health Care Law," Letter To the Editor, New York Law Journal, October 12, 1993. Member, Healthcare Financial Management Association. Member: Connecticut, New York State, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; National Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care Regulatory Compliance; Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Compliance; HIPAA Compliance; Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions; Establishment of Medical Groups; Article 28 Applications; Federal and State Anti-Kickback and Self Referral Laws; Business Transactions; Regulatory Compliance; Real Estate; Real Estate Development. | | | | Elliot R. Polland (Member) born New York, N.Y; admitted to bar, 1969, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1965); New York University Law School (J.D., 1968). Author: "Reinforcing Restrictive Covenant Among Professionals," Health Law Journal; "Should Accountants be Involved in Divorce Actions," CPA Journal; "Diamonds as Sparkling Securities," National Law Journal. Member: New York County and New York State Bar Associations; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Legal Referral Services); American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Child Support; Child Custody; Matrimonial Law; Corporate Litigation; Partnerships; Business Law; Employment Law; Discrimination. | | | | Robert Eagan (Member) admitted to bar, 1983, Colorado; 1985, New York; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., cum laude, 1975); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 1983). Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Health Law Section). Practice Areas: Health Care; General Practice; Commercial Law; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate. | | | | Mark L. Furman (Member) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1981, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Formerly at Lifshutz Polland & Hoffman, P.C. and Jacob & Goldberg, L.L.P. Member, 1996-1998, Health Law Comm. and The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Health Law Section); New York Criminal Bar Association; National Health Lawyers Association. Special Agencies: Assistant District Attorney, Queens County, 1982-1985. Special Assistant Attorney General, New York State Special Prosecutor for Medicaid Fraud Control, 1986-1993. Practice Areas: Regulatory Law; White Collar Crime; Health Care; Commercial Litigation. | | | | Ronald D. Coleman (Member) born Queens, New York; admitted to bar, 1989, New York, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1985); Northwestern University (J.D., 1988); Aish HaTorah College of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel; Kol Yaakov Torah Center, Monsey, NY; Kollel Gur Aryeh, Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Brooklyn, NY. Author: "Likelihood of Confusion" weblog; "De Minimis Confusion on the Internet: Compounding the Error of Initial Interest," Journal of Internet Law (Oct. 2003); "Online Auction Sites and Trademark Infringement Liability," Record of the City of New York, Spring, 2003. Principal Co-Author: "Hacker with a White Hat," Mealey's Cyber Tech Litigation, May 14, 2001. Co-Author: "New York's Declaratory Judgment Insurance Trap," Corporateintelligence.com, January 12, 2001; "The Common Interest Privilege's Evolving Nomenclature and Jurisprudence," Corporateintelligence.com, December 5, 2000; The ABA Legal Guide for Small Business, Three Rivers Press (2000); "Contracting on the Internet," National Law Journal IP Express, March 19, 1997; "Responses to Complaints," Business and Commercial Litigation in the Federal Courts, (1998); "Court Nixes Fees for Fact Witnesses," National Law Journal, September 22, 1997; "New York's Choice of Law Doctrine in Coverage Cases," Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance, January 28, 1997; The ABA Guide to Consumer Law, Times Books (1997). Principal Author: "Copycats on the Superhighway," ABA Journal, July 1995; "Contracts and Consumer Law," The ABA Family Legal Guide, (1994). Former Adjunct Prof. of Law, Seton Hall Univ. Panelist: The Conference Board; Practicing Law Inst.; International Trademark Assoc.; New Jersey State Bar Association; National Business Inst.; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York County Bar Association; American Conference Inst.; Agudath Israel of America; Princeton Univ. Alumni Council. Formerly with: Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler; Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan, P.C.; Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, LLP; Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, PC. General Counsel: Media Bloggers Assoc., 2005—; Arts Horizons, Inc. 2002-2004. Trustee, Project Genesis, Inc., 2001—. Vice Chairman, Religious Liberties Practice Group, 1996-2007; Intellectual Property Practice Group, 2007—, Federalist Soc. for Law and Public Studies. International Trademark Association (Member, Internet Committee, Online Use Subcomm., 2004-2007); Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Trademarks and Unfair Competition Comm., 2002-2005); New York Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Legislative Oversight and Amicus Briefs Comm., 2002-2005); Advisory Trustee, Princeton Broadcasting Corp., 1985-2006. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New Jersey State Bar Association; Agudath Israel of America Pro Bono Legal Network (Committee Member); Federalist Society for Law and Public Studies. Reported Cases: S & L Vitamins, Inc. v. Australian Gold, Inc., 521 F. Supp. 2d 188 (E.D.N.Y. 2007); Buying for the Home, LLC v. Humble Abode, LLC, USA 459 F.Supp.2d 310 (D.N.J. 2006); Lawson v. New York Billiards Corp., 331 F.Supp.2d 121 (S.D.N.Y. 2002); Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Veit, 211 F.Supp. 2nd 567 E.D. Pa. 2002); Valley National Bank v. Lavecchia, 59 F.Supp. 2d 567 (E.D. Pa. 2002); Jews for Jesus v. Brodsky, 993 F.Supp. 282 (D.N.J. 1998); Lewis v. American Cyanamid Co., 715 A.2d 967 (N.J. 1998). Languages: Hebrew, Spanish and Yiddish. Practice Areas: Federal Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; New Media Law; Counterfeiting; Internet Trademarks; Trademark Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Internet Liability; Internet Litigation; Unfair Competition. | | | | Wilfredo Pesante (Member) born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1995, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1997, District of Columbia; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1989); University of Virginia (J.D., 1995). Ritter Scholar. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; National Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Music Publishing; Music Licensing; Intellectual Property; Technology and Science; Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Business Law; Business Litigation; Employment Litigation. | | | | David M. Reeder (Member) born Cedar Rapids, Iowa; admitted to bar, 1988, California. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Morningside College (B.A., 1972); Drake University (J.D., with honors, 1987). Member, Drake University Law Review, 1986-1987. Contributing Author: Norton on Bankruptcy, (West 2006). Author: "New Central District Bankruptcy Rules Aim to Prevent 'Procedural Roulette," Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 7, 2002; "The Shrinking Exemption Pool; Ninth Circuit BAP Declares Annuities To Be Non-exempt As a Matter of Law," Los Angeles County Bar Association Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section Newsletter, Spring, 1994; "Non-scheduled Claims are Subject to the Debtor's Discharge in an Individual 'No Asset' Bankruptcy Case," Los Angeles County Bar Association Commercial and Business Section Newsletter, Fall, 1994; "The Sinking of American Mariner," 6 Bankruptcy Study Group Journal 5 (March, 1988); "The Administrative Priority in Bankruptcy - A Survey," 36 Drake L. Rev. 135, (1987). Trustee Alert — Editor and Publisher, semi-monthly newsletter with articles of interest to bankruptcy trustees. Bankruptcy Practice Overview chapter, multi-volume treatise Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice, California Continuing Educ. of the Bar, State Bar of California 2003. Reederlaw Report Editor and Publisher, Online newsletter featuring timely articles on legal and business topics. Panelist: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Workshop, Pepperdine University Law School; Los Angeles County Bar Association; National Business Institute; Los Angeles Paralegal Association. U.S. Delegate, American Bankruptcy Institute Seminar on U.S./Israel Cross-Border Insolvency, Jerusalem, Israel, (1999). Formerly with: Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard; Shapiro, Posell, Rosenfeld & Close; Saltzburg, Ray & Bergman . Member: Los Angeles County (Member: Executive Committee, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section; Chair, Individual Bankruptcy Sub Committee) and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Financial Lawyers Conference; Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Reported Cases: In re Charles William Spenler, 212 B.R. 625 (Bankr. 9th Cir. 1997); In re Madison Associates, 183 B.R. 206 (Bankr. C.D. Cal 1995). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Debtor Creditor Law; Commercial Law. | | | | —————————— | | | | Jessica L. Leonard (Associate) born Buffalo, New York; admitted to bar, 2006, New York. Education: University of Buffalo (B.A., with honors, 2002); State University of Buffalo Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: Women's Bar Association; American Bar Association; New York County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Negligence; Family Law; Divorce; Litigation. | | | | Joel G. MacMull (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, New York; 2007, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: McGill University (B.A., 1999); New England School of Law (J.D., 2004); University of British Columbia (LL.M., 2006). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Class Actions; Consumer Class Actions; Product Defects; Shareholder Derivative Actions; ERISA Litigation; Intellectual Property. |
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