Andrew L. Zwerling
111 Great Neck Road
Suite 503
Great Neck, NY 11021
Phone 516-393-2581
Fax 516-466-5964
azwerling@gwtlaw.com |
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Practice Groups
Appellate Litigation((Co-Chair))
Compliance and White Collar Defense
Litigation & Arbitration
Year Joined
2003
Education
George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1982);
State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., with honors, 1979)
Bar Admission(s)
New York, 1983
Court Admission(s)
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District
U.S. District Court, New York, Eastern District
U.S. Supreme Court.
Bar Affiliation(s)
Nassau County Bar Association
Biography
Andrew L. Zwerling is a partner at Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C., which he joined in 2003. He is a Co-Chair of the firm's Appellate Practice Group; a member of the firm’s Litigation and Arbitration Practice Group, which advises clients on all aspects of federal and state trial matters, and arbitrations and administrative agency matters; and a member of the firm's Compliance and White Collar Defense Practice group.
Mr. Zwerling's practice includes the following representative areas of dispute resolution: general commercial, real estate, civil rights, employment law, criminal law, and patient rights, including guardianship proceedings and discharge planning.
Mr. Zwerling has particular expertise in appellate advocacy. He successfully briefed and argued the case of Portuondo v. Agard before the United States Supreme Court, a case that led to his being profiled in local legal publications. He has also handled hundreds of appeals before New York’s appellate courts, both State and Federal.
A prolific legal writer, Mr. Zwerling has more than 35 articles to his credit, covering a range of subjects from medical malpractice to civil rights to criminal law to litigation. As a lecturer, he has created and conducted in-service presentations for Risk Management Departments of local New York hospitals, with such sessions customized to meet the specific needs of each health care facility’s respective medical departments. He has also lectured to insurance groups on a wide range of subjects, including premises liability and automobile coverage.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Zwerling spent 17 years as a prosecutor, serving as an Executive Assistant District Attorney with the Queens County District Attorney’s Office ("Queens D.A."), where he prosecuted numerous high-profile felony cases. He also served as the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer for the Queens D.A., having drafted that office’s E.E.O. and Sexual Harassment policies. In addition, Mr. Zwerling created a litigation training program for the Queens D.A.'s 300 attorneys, which led to the accreditation of the office as a Continuing Legal Education Provider.
Following that lengthy period of public service, Mr. Zwerling was a partner at a New York City litigation firm specializing in the areas of medical malpractice, general insurance liability, commercial litigation and civil rights defense. His aggressive litigation strategies led to the savings of millions of dollars for insurance carriers.
Mr. Zwerling received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1979, and his J.D. from the National Law Center at George Washington University in 1982.
Publications
The 10 Commandments of Appellate Brief Writing, New York Law Journal, October 2007
Restrictive Covenants in Dental Practice Employment Agreements, Queens County Dental Society Bulletin, March/April 2007
Picking up the Fumble: Cases deemed abandoned and dismissed under CPLR 3404 have hope of being restored,
New York Law Journal, October 2006
Performing a Test in an Office Setting Without an Order Journal of the American College of Radiology, Volume 3, Number 8, August 2006
Malpractice: Establishing Existence of Attorney-Client Relationship, New York Law Journal, August 2006
Defending Claims Brought Under Labor Law 740, New York Law Journal, June 2006
New York's Whistleblower Law: Labor Law §740, New York Law Journal, May 2006
Appellate Practice: Handling Cases Before the U.S. Supreme Court, New York Law Journal, February 2006
Public Health Law § 2801-d And The Nursing Home Crisis: The Propriety Of Invoking The Statute In Routine Negligence Cases, NYSBA Health Law Journal, December 2005 / Winter 2006
Charity Care Litigation: An Update New York Law Journal. July 21, 2005, p.4, c.4.
Medical Malpractice and Informed Consent claims New York Law Journal. March 6, 2003, p.4, c.1.
Inmate Lawsuits and the Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies New York Law Journal. July 24, 2002, p.4, c.1.
Proving Reasonable Care and Causation New York Law Journal. May 15, 2001, p.1, c.1.
Seeking Summary Judgment In Medical Malpractice New York Law Journal. January 19, 2001, p.1, c.1.
Analyzing a Physician's Duty of Care New York Law Journal. August 21, 2000, p.1, c.1.
Addressing Indifference to Inmates' Medical Needs New York Law Journal. July 11, 2000, p.1, c.1.
Voluntariness of Confessions and Admissions Search and Seizure Law Report. November, 1986
Government Defenses to Allegations of Tainted Evidence Search and Seizure Law Report. May-June, 1985
Establishing Probable Cause in Drug Cases Search and Seizure Law Report. May, 1984
Presentations
Restrictive Covenants in Dental Practice Employment Agreements, Queens County Dental Society - May 1, 2007 |
