Albert M. Appel concentrates in healthcare law and general commercial and complex litigation.

As counsel to a prominent New York City medical center, large HMO and other providers and managed care organizations, Mr. Appel provides advice on compliance with healthcare-related laws and regulations; credentialing and other medical staff issues; accreditation issues; fraud and abuse and self-referral issues; patient care advice and litigation; government investigations regarding billing and other matters; physician, employee and management relationships; institutional affiliation agreements, managed care and other contractual arrangements; HIPAA compliance; corporate and commercial matters, including contracts, business relationships among insurers, other third-party payers and providers, and corporate governance; and litigation.

Mr. Appel also counsels and litigates in courts and arbitrations throughout the country in a wide variety of commercial matters, including health care; contracts; fraud and misrepresentation; interference with contractual and business relations, and other business torts; general business and commercial disputes; fiduciary obligations; director and officer liability; employment and discrimination law; products liability; environmental law; partnership disputes; corporate governance; hospitality law; antitrust; securities law; accountants’ liability; bankruptcy and workout negotiations; insurance coverage; indemnification and contribution; trademark and trade dress; unfair competition; and misappropriation of trade secrets. Mr. Appel has extensive experience managing complex, multidistrict and class action litigation.

Some of Mr. Appel’s notable representations include:

Serving as national coordinating counsel for manufacturer of dietary supplements and related products in multiple multidistrict proceedings consisting of more than one hundred federal and state product liability actions;

Appointment as Liaison Counsel by numerous defendants and the court in parallel criminal and civil class action antitrust actions;

Represented client in multidistrict litigation arising out of the re-organization of physician practice management relationships;

Represented client in successfully defeating U.S. Department of Justice efforts to prevent merger;

Represented client in successful resolution of New York Attorney General investigation of major not-for-profit institution;

Representation of a leading HMO in restructuring its relationships with large provider organizations, including bankruptcy litigation regarding same; and

Representation of prominent medical center in providing the equivalent of in-house counsel services regarding all areas of operation.

Memberships

American Bar Association

New York State Bar Association

Association of the Bar of the City of New York

American Health Lawyers Association

Activities

Court-appointed member of Mediation Panel of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Member of Arbitration Panel of the American Health Lawyers Association

Member of Mediation Panel of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution

Frequent lecturer on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Author, Are Professional Services Organizations Liable for Expense Rebates?, BNA Corporate Accountability Report, February 13, 2004

Admitted to Practice

New York, 1969; U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits

Education

J.D., New York University School of Law, 1969; National Moot Court Team

B.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1966