David E. Steckler
111 Great Neck Road
Suite 503
Great Neck, NY 11021

Phone 516-393-2228
Fax 516-466-5964
dsteckler@gwtlaw.com
  Practice Groups

Year Joined
1995

Education
New York University (Master of Laws, Taxation, 1979);
St. John’s University School of Law (J.D., 1975);
Long Island University (B.A., 1966)

Bar Admission(s)
New York, 1976
Florida, 2006

Court Admission(s)
New York State Courts;
Florida State Courts;
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York;
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York;
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Bar Affiliation(s)
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Florida Bar Association

Biography
David Steckler is of counsel at Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C., which he joined in 1995. He founded the Compliance and White Collar Defense Practice Group, which focuses on the unique regulatory and business concerns of the health care industry.

Mr. Steckler's practice includes defense, compliance and business advice for hospitals, physicians, managed care companies and other health industry clients. In addition, Mr. Steckler handles specialized compliance programs and issues, such as environmental compliance and regulatory advice, Board education programs and school/university compliance issues.

Prior to joining Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C., Mr. Steckler was a litigation partner at Rivkin, Radler, LLP, an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and a New York Special Assistant Attorney General in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

Mr. Steckler received his B.A. from Long Island University in 1966, his J.D. in 1975 from St. John's University School of Law, where he served as associate managing editor of the St. John's Law Review. Mr. Steckler received a Master of Laws (in Taxation) from New York University in 1979.

Mr. Steckler was a Captain in the United States Air Force from 1967 to 1971.

Teaching
Mr. Steckler frequently writes and lectures on compliance and defense issues. He is the Program Director of the Compliance Specialist Certificate Graduate Program at Florida Gulf Coast University.

 
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