516 340-1083

kaufman@rpgrklaw.com

1225 Franklin Avenue, Suite 200
Garden City, New York 11530

 

EDUCATION
J.D., St. John’s University School of Law, 1984
M.H.A., George Washington University, 1979
B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1977

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
New York
Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
New York State Medical Defense Bar Association
Nassau Suffolk Trial Lawyers’ Association

PUBLICATIONS
Kaufman, R.F., Thomas, M.O. (2009), Lessons Learned Defending Physicians:
The Attorney’s Perspective: In Practicing Medicine in Difficult Times (pp.211-229) Sudbury, Ma.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers

PRACTICES
Healthcare Law
Medical Malpractice
Professional Liability

IN THE NEWS

Defense Verdict in Supreme Court Queens County

Partner Roy Kaufman, with Christina Papadopoulos and Jim Tuffin providing critical support, secured a defense verdict in Supreme Queens on May 10, 2019 for our client general surgeon. The 51-year-old plaintiff alleged a negligently performed anal fistulotomy resulting...

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Defense Verdict Win

Partner Roy Kaufman, acting as local counsel in Supreme Court, Suffolk County with the assistance of Appellate Counsel Jim Tuffin – of counsel to the firm – received a defense verdict on behalf of their client after a two-week trial. Their client was a General Surgeon...

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Roy F. Kaufman

Roy F. Kaufman

PARTNER

516 340-1083

kaufman@rpgrklaw.com

1225 Franklin Avenue, Suite 200
Garden City, New York 11530

 

Roy F. Kaufman

PARTNER

Roy F. Kaufman is a partner in the firm’s Long Island office. Roy is a seasoned trial attorney with over thirty years of experience representing various stakeholders in the healthcare industry both as a practicing attorney and as an in-house senior executive. Roy has tried over 150 cases, with dozens proceeding to verdict with favorable outcomes for his clients. He has also served as a Nassau County Court Examiner overseeing Guardianship matters under the Mental Health Law, and has also served as a court-appointed mediator. Prior to joining the firm, Roy served as the Director of Claims for Administrators for the Professions, Inc., Attorney-in-Fact for Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers, following which Roy served as Vice President of Claims. In addition, for nearly as long as Roy has been an attorney, he has served as Adjunct Professor at both the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and also at St. John’s University, on issues relating to healthcare, ethics and the law.

EDUCATION
J.D., St. John’s University School of Law, 1984
M.H.A., George Washington University, 1979
B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1977

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
New York
Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
New York State Medical Defense Bar Association
Nassau Suffolk Trial Lawyers’ Association

PUBLICATIONS
Kaufman, R.F., Thomas, M.O. (2009), Lessons Learned Defending Physicians:
The Attorney’s Perspective: In Practicing Medicine in Difficult Times (pp.211-229) Sudbury, Ma.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers

PRACTICES
Healthcare Law
Medical Malpractice
Professional Liability

IN THE NEWS

Defense Verdict in Supreme Court Queens County

Partner Roy Kaufman, with Christina Papadopoulos and Jim Tuffin providing critical support, secured a defense verdict in Supreme Queens on May 10, 2019 for our client general surgeon. The 51-year-old plaintiff alleged a negligently performed anal fistulotomy resulting...

read more

Defense Verdict Win

Partner Roy Kaufman, acting as local counsel in Supreme Court, Suffolk County with the assistance of Appellate Counsel Jim Tuffin – of counsel to the firm – received a defense verdict on behalf of their client after a two-week trial. Their client was a General Surgeon...

read more