Richard J. Weiss. Mr. Weiss is Chair of the Firm's corporate department. He attended Cornell University and earned a B.S. in Operations Research/Industrial Engineering in 1974, and he also attended Adelphi University where he earned an M.B.A. in Finance in 1978. He graduated from St. John's University School of Law (J.D.) in 1982. For more than twenty years, Mr. Weiss has represented physicians and other healthcare providers in matters concerning their business relationships, including issues related to their practices and hospital affiliations. Mr. Weiss is actively involved with fraud and abuse and anti-referral legislation as it impacts partnership and shareholder agreements, equipment contracts, and real estate transactions. He is also involved with regulatory compliance, practice mergers and acquisitions, business structuring and tax matters.

David A. Zarett. Mr. Zarett is Chair of the Firm's litigation department. Upon graduating cum laude from the University of Rochester in 1982, Mr. Zarett attended the Cardozo School of Law where he was a Notes Editor for the Cardozo Law Review, and received the Jacob Burns Medal after graduating first in his class. For the past twenty years, Mr. Zarett has focused his practice on the representation of healthcare providers in state and federal courts, arbitration proceedings, and before numerous administrative bodies. He handles practice dissolutions, restrictive covenant matters, employment and partner buy-out disputes, all phases of state disciplinary (OPMC and OPD) investigations and proceedings, medical staff privileging matters, insurance plan terminations and managed care company audits. Mr. Zarett has represented physicians in a number of matters against academic and teaching hospitals and medical centers.

Michael D. Brofman. Mr. Brofman leads the firm's creditor rights and workout practice. He is a graduate of SUNY-Binghamton (B.A. 1973) and a graduate of Fordham Law School (J.D. 1978). Mr. Brofman possesses nearly 30 years of experience, including the representation of physicians and other healthcare professionals as litigants in bankruptcy and commercial cases, as well as in debt restructuring and workout matters. Mr. Brofman has a broad business law background that is invaluable to clients in assessing their business prospects and in making informed strategic decisions. He has been involved in numerous bankruptcy cases throughout the United States, primarily representing the interests of creditors. Mr. Brofman is a frequent lecturer in the areas of bankruptcy, workouts and creditor rights and has lectured for the National Business Institute on the Repossession of Personal Property under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the Rights of Secure Creditors in Bankruptcy. He recently lectured on the effect of the new Bankruptcy Code provisions on creditors.

Alan H. Sonnenklar. Mr. Sonnenklar graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A.) in 1990 and Boston University School of Law (J.D.) in 1993, where he earned recognition as a Paul J. Liacos Scholar. He possesses more than ten years of transactional and regulatory experience representing healthcare organizations, physicians and other professionals, as well as group practices, hospitals and other healthcare facilities, management service providers, and commercial and not-for-profit organizations rendering healthcare and health-related services. Mr. Sonnenklar assists clients with respect to a broad range of business matters and federal and state regulatory issues including corporate formation and organization, the development and structuring of joint ventures and other business relationships, contract development and negotiation, HIPAA compliance, certificate of need requirements, and compliance with Stark, anti-kickback, fraud and abuse and fee-splitting prohibitions.

Craig D. Bloom. Mr. Bloom graduated from SUNY-Buffalo (B.S.) in 1999, Hofstra University School of Law (J.D.) in 2002, and Hofstra University, Frank G. Zarb School of Business (M.B.A.) in 2004. Prior to completing his M.B.A., Mr. Bloom was an analyst at Goldin Associates, L.L.C., where he supported the work of Harrison J. Goldin as court-appointed Examiner in the Enron bankruptcy. Mr. Bloom represents healthcare providers in state court and arbitration proceedings involving disputes with hospitals, insurance companies, and other health care providers. He also represents clients as litigants in commercial cases, as well as creditors and Chapter 7 Trustees in bankruptcy proceedings.

Joshua A. Boxer. Mr. Boxer graduated from the University of Rochester (B.A.) in 1999, the University of Miami School of Law (J.D.) in 2003, and Boston University School of Public Health (M.P.H.) in 2001. Prior to joining Weiss & Zarett, P.C., he was an associate attorney at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman and Dicker, L.L.P. in the medical malpractice defense group that represented a major New York teaching hospital and its affiliated physicians. Mr. Boxer previously was a judicial staff attorney at the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Broward County Florida and has had extensive experience with ERISA disability insurance while with Wagar, Murray, and Feit, P.A. in Miami, Florida. Mr. Boxer represents healthcare providers in state and federal court litigation, arbitrations and administrative proceedings involving hospitals, insurance companies and other healthcare providers, as well as engaging in general commercial litigation.

Russell I. Sass. Mr. Sass is a graduate of Hofstra University (B.B.A. 2003), and Hofstra University School of Law (J.D. 2007). While in law school, Mr. Sass interned for the Honorable Leonard Austin, New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County, Commercial Division. Mr. Sass represents healthcare providers in state and federal court litigation, arbitrations and administrative proceedings involving hospitals, insurance companies and other healthcare providers. Mr. Sass also assists in general commercial litigation, as well as creditors and Chapter 7 Trustees in bankruptcy cases.