
Practice Areas: Health Care, Professional Liability
Licensed in New York since: 1981
Education: Duke University School of Law
Attorney at Law
1122 Franklin AvenueSuite 402
Garden City, NY 11530 Phone: 516-877-2016 Email: Bruce V. Hillowe Visit website
Details
We are dedicated to providing clients with personal, timely and cost-effective legal representation. We are innovators and leaders in the areas of mental healthcare law and healthcare law, with a practice about evenly divided between transactional work and litigation.  A particular area of emphasis is professional disciplinary defense of mental health professionals. Bruce was also trained as a psychologist-psychoanalyst. He is the author of a number of publications including book chapters and articles on mental healthcare law, and has self-published a HIPAA Compliance Manual for mental healthcare practices.
First Admitted: 1981, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.brucehillowe.com/our-attorneys
- Since 2002, Bruce has been awarded the presigious "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbellâ„¢, the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards, reflecting the confidential opinions of the Bar and Judiciary. Bruce was Democrat nominee for Nassau County Family Court Judge in 1997 and was rated as "Highly Qualified" by the Judiciary Committee of the Bar Association of Nassau County.Â
- In the March 2012 issue, Bruce was named a "Top Lawyer" by Long Island Pulse Magazine., Top Lawyers, Long Island Pulse Magazine, 2012
- 1976, BA, Economics, Binghamton University, Phi Beta Kappa; 1980, JD, Duke University School of Law, cum laude; 1886, PhD, Adelphi University, Clinical Psychology; 1997, Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Adelphi University
- Member of the American Bar Association, and Nassau County Bar Association, 1981
- Licensed Psychologist, New York State, 1988
- Bruce has been recognized by the New York State Education Department for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers., 2015
- Bruce is recognized by the New York State Education Department State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers, 2015
- Democrat nominee for Family Court Judge, Nassau County, adjudged "Highly Qualified" by the Nassau County Bar Association, 1997
- Adjunct Professor, Law, Ethics and Professional Practice, Adelphi University, Garden City, Derner Institute Of Advanced Psychological Studies, 2009
- Emphasis On Mental Healthcare
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2011, 2013 - 2023