James Newfield’s practice focuses on medical liability litigation defense, and the defense of home health care providers. He has successfully defended to verdict health care providers in both New York and Connecticut, in state and federal court, and in extremely challenging circumstances.
Attorney Newfield is also counsel to a number of home health care agencies, including one of the nation’s oldest and largest for the past 15 years. He defends home health care providers in connection with Medicaid and other state audits, and various regulatory matters.
He has served as legal editor for Home Health Care and Management, a peer reviewed journal, and has lectured on home health care and risk management to home health care providers, nursing societies and other care providers. He has also overseen and implemented litigation and risk management programs for large health care providers.
Currently, Attorney Newfield is representing health care providers in connection with workers compensation group self-insurance trusts. He believes that the firm’s practice demands hard work, intellectual curiosity to dig continually into its clients’ cases, sensitivity to understand clients’ needs, and compassion to help them persevere and prevail.
Newfield, Biondo & Carlino LLC with offices in Norwalk, CT, New York, NY and White Plains, NY serves clients in Connecticut and the New York Metro-area including New York City, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island, and Westchester County.