The law firm of Garfunkel Wild, P.C. (GW) is pleased to report that it has been listed in the 2011 American Health Lawyers Association's (AHLA) ranking of the Top 10 law firms and healthcare organizations. This year GW was number seven on the Awards of Excellence Top 10 Honor Roll. The listing appeared in the June issue of Connections magazine, the AHLA publication targeted to the health and life sciences law community. This is the fifth consecutive year that GW has been featured.
GW was also recognized in the AHLA's 2011 Honor Roll by State as one of the top two law firms in New York and New Jersey and in the AHLA's 2011 Honor Roll by Region (Northeast). The firm was commended for 100% Involvement, with 100 percent of their health law practice attorneys being members of the AHLA and for their enrollment in 14 of the AHLA's Practice Groups.
The AHLA is the nation's largest, nonpartisan educational organization devoted to legal issues in the health care field with more than 10,000 members. Its extensive resources address the issues facing its active members who practice in law firms, government, in-house settings and academia and who represent the entire spectrum of the health industry, including physicians, hospitals and health systems, health maintenance organizations, health insurers, life sciences, managed care companies, nursing facilities, home care providers and consumers.
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. For more information, visit www.garfunkelwild.com.