Michael F. Schaff

Commercial, Mediation
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10
Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095


Commercial

Admitted

1982, New York and New Jersey; 1983, Maryland, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Tax Court

Law School

New York Law School, J.D., 1982; Boston University, LL.M. in Taxation, magna cum laude, 1983

Law School Graduation Year

1983

College

Rutgers College, B.A., 1979; Bernard M. Baruch College, M.B.A., magna cum laude, 1982

Memberships

Middlesex County (Chair, Health Care Section, 1996—), New Jersey State (Member, Health Care, Taxation, Banking and Corporate Law Sections; Chair, Internet and Computer Related Law Committee, 1991-1993; Member, Chair, 1999-2000, Chair-Elect, 1998-1999 Vice-Chair, 1997-1998, Board of Directors and Co-Chair, Physicians Practice Committee, Health and Hospital Law Section, 1996—) Bar Associations; Medical Group Management Association; American Health Lawyers Association (Chair, Physician Organization Committee, 2001—; Editor and Author, Physician Organization Committee Newsletter, 1997—; Vice Chair, 1997-2001); Health Information and Technology Member; AHLA Managed Care Task Force and Model Physician Compliance Guide Task Force; Computer Law Association; New Jersey Venture Club.

Biographical

Omicron Delta Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2004; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in the East. Author, Sophisticated Estate Planning: Using the Tax Laws to Your Client's Advantage, Chapter 14, Planning for Closely Held Businesses, NJICLE. Lecturer at New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Medical Group Management Association, New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians, Fairleigh Dickinson University Insurance Institute, New Jersey S.W.I.F.T. (Software Convention), University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), AHLA Physician and Physician Organization Law Institute, AHLA Teleconferences and other Trade and Professional Organizations. Author: AHLA Fundamentals of Health Law, Second Edition, Chapter 9, Representing Physicians; Outline of Questions Attorneys Should Ask Physician Client in Implementing or Creating Effective Compliance Plans, Journal of Health Law, 2000, Volume 33, No. 3; OIG Releases Compliance Program Guidance for Individual and Small Group Physician Practices, Health Law Digest, Volume 28, No. 12, December 2000; Managed Care Contracting Handbook, A Guide for Payors and Providers, 4th Edition, 2001. Co-Author: HIPAA's Privacy Rules and E-Commerce Opportunities, E-Commerce Law Journal, Volume 1, Number 5, June 2001; How Will the Requirement For Agreements with Business Associates in HIPAA Affect My Business, Aspen Law & Business, E-Commerce Law, Volume 2, Number 8, August 2002. Author, Representing Physicians, Health Lawyers News, Volume 6, Number 9, September 2002. Member, Board of Advisors: E-Commerce Law, Aspen Law & Business; Compliance and Reimbursement Insider Brownstone Publishers, Inc.

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