Eve Green Koopersmith
111 Great Neck Road
Suite 503
Great Neck, NY 11021
Phone 516-393-2282
Fax 516-466-5964
ekoopersmith@gwtlaw.com |
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Practice Groups
Compliance and White Collar Defense
Discharge Planning, Patient Rights and Elder Law(Chair)
Health Care
Litigation & Arbitration
Year Joined
1994
Education
American University, Washington College of Law School (J.D., 1982);
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, (B.A., 1979)
Bar Admission(s)
New York, 1983
Court Admission(s)
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Bar Affiliation(s)
New York State Bar Association
Nassau County Bar Association
Other Affiliation(s)
American Health Lawyers Association
Biography
Eve Green Koopersmith, a Partner with over sixteen years of experience in the health care field and twenty-five years in practice, is the head of Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C.’s Discharge Planning and Elder Law Practice Group.
Ms. Koopersmith's practice includes discharge planning, elder law, guardianship proceedings, Medicaid planning, litigation on behalf of hospitals and nursing homes, general health care and regulatory matters and compliance issues for nursing homes and home health agencies.
With particular expertise in patient rights issues relating to hospitals, nursing homes and home health agencies, Ms. Koopersmith is frequently involved in matters concerning advance directives and life-sustaining treatment, discharge planning, retention and treatment issues for psychiatric patients, and assisted outpatient treatment matters.
Ms. Koopersmith regularly advises hospitals and other providers regarding the confidentiality of specially protected records such as HIV, alcohol/substance abuse and mental health records.
Ms. Koopersmith has lectured for the New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Lorman Education Services and Behavioral Health Care Management Institute. She is also a contributing editor of "Guardianship Practice in New York State," published by the New York State Bar Association, and the "Legal Manual for Physicians," published by the The New York State Bar Association and Medical Society of the State of New York.
Ms. Koopersmith received her B.A. from Cornell University in 1979 and her J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law, in 1982.
Publications
Documents Governing Health Care Decisions, New York Law Journal, September 22, 2008
Presentations
Hot Topics in Elder Law: Hospital Discharge Planning, NYSBA 2009 Annual Meeting, New York, NY, January 27, 2009
Honors
Newsday Long Island People on the Move (November 2008)
The Attorney of Nassau County Who's Who List (November 2008) |
