Background
Swidler, Robert N. was born on December 15, 1954 in New York, New York, United States.
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Robert N. Swidler
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State University of New York at Binghamton (Bachelor of Arts, 1977. Master of Arts, United States. History, 1978); Columbia Law School (Juris Doctor, 1982).
Career
Worked at Hiscock & Barclay, LLP (Syracuse, NY) specializing in Health Care Law. Admitted to the bar, 1983, New York. Author: "Charting the Progress of Pataki's Health Reforms," NYS Medical News, Third Quarter 1995, p.1.
"Blue Cross and New York's Hospital Reimbursement System," N.Y. Law Journal, June 27, 1995, p.1. "Medical Innovations and Ethics: A State Government Perspective," 57 Albany L. Rev. 655, Spring 1994; "Judging Medicine," New York State Journal of Medicine, July 1988, pp.427-429.
"The Presumption of Consent in New York State's Do-Not-Resuscitate Law," New York State Journal of Medicine, February 1989, pp.69-72 (Lawrence D. Redway Award for Medical Writing, Medical Society of the State of New York, 1990). "The Health Care Agent: Protecting the Choices and Interests of Patients Who Lack Capacity," New York Law School Journal of Human rights, Fall 1988, pp. 1-61. Co-Author: with J. Tauriello, "New York's Community Mental Health Reinvestment Act," Psychiatric Affairs, May 1995, pp.
496-500; with T. Miller, "In Support of the Surrogate Parenting Act," New York Law Journal, April 28, 1989, p. 1; with T. Miller, "Legislative Initiatives on Life-Sustaining Treatment: The Do-Not-Resuscitate Law and the Health Care proxy Proposal," New York State Bar Journal, February 1989, pp. 30-35. Deputy Commissioner and Counsel, New York State Office of Mental Health, 1992-1995.
Assistant Counsel, Governor Cuomo, 1990-1992. Staff Counsel, New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, 1985-1990. Law Clerk, Federal District Judge Neal P. McCurn, United States.
District Court, Northern District of New York, 1982-1984. Member: New York State Bar Association (Chair, Committee on Biotechnology and the Law, 1996). American Society of Law and Medicine.
National Health Lawyers Association. American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys.
Membership
Member: New York State Bar Association (Chair, Committee on Biotechnology and the Law, 1996). American Society of Law and Medicine. National Health Lawyers Association.
American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys.
