David A. Ruffo (Director) born Binghamton, New York; admitted to bar, 1983, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); George Washington University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1982). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Associate Member, New York State Homes and Services for the Aging. Member: Albany County and New York State Bar Associations (Health Law Section). Practice Areas: Health and Corporate Law.
David A. Ruffo has represented not-for-profit, voluntary nursing facilities since the mid-1980s. Mr. Ruffo’s practice encompasses patient-related issues involving applicable health codes and statutes, survey and code enforcement issues, health care compliance, general corporate (including corporate reorganizations and restructurings, certificate of need matters, not-for-profit tax-exemption issues, specialized contract review and tax-exempt bond and conventional financings).
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Raul A. Tabora, Jr. (Director) born Rosario, Argentina; admitted to bar, 1987, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Siena College (B.A., 1983); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1986). Lecturer: Foundation for Accounting Education, 1993; The National Institute for Health and Human Services, 1995; New York State Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, 1993-2000; NYS Bar Association, 1998-2006; Health Care Provider’s Association, 2006-2007. Assistant Counsel, New York State Department of Social Services, Bureaus of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, Medicaid Reimbursement Review, 1986-1992. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Health Law Section; Chair, LTC Committee 2007-2008); National Health Lawyer’s Association. Practice Areas: Health Care Compliance; Long Term Care; Reimbursement Litigation.
Raul A. Tabora, Jr. concentrates in the area of reimbursement litigation, health care compliance, specialized contract reviews, and complex transactions. Mr. Tabora´s background includes eight years of experience with the New York State Department of Social Services, where he was primarily involved in Medicaid/Medicare litigation as well as investigations relating to health care fraud and abuse for all provider types. Mr. Tabora entered private practice in September of 1992 and has continued to concentrate his practice in health and long term care representing institutional and non-institutional clients across the State of New York.
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Mark A. Mainello (Director) born Troy, New York; admitted to bar, 1990, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany; Siena College (B.B.A., cum laude, 1985); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member, Justinian Society. Deputy Corporation Counsel, City of Troy, 1996-2003. Member: Rensselaer County, Albany County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Estate Planning; Health Law; Litigation.
Mark A. Mainello focuses his practice on contract law, real estate, guardianship, trusts and estates, not-for-profit, municipal, construction and commercial law. He offers extensive experience in the litigation of complex civil, commercial, corporate, municipal, and estate law issues.
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John F. McKay, III (Director) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1986, New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second District. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1982); St. John´s University (J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Former Assistant District Attorney, FADA; New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers; Member, Special Investigations Bureau, 1988-1989. Member: Brooklyn, Nassau County, New York State (Member, Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Sections) and American Bar Associations; Association of Defense Trial Attorney; Defense Research Institute. (Resident, Lake Success Office). Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability.
John F. McKay, III has focused his representation on matters involving general litigation defense, jury and bench trials as well as administrative hearings, representing insureds and self-insureds involving matters including representation of municipalities and school districts involved as defendants in civil rights claims, liability claims involving negligence and matters pertaining to contract and employment law, and contract matters for health care organizations. Mr. McKay began his practice in 1985 as an Assistant District Attorney with the Nassau County District Attorney. After his initial work in the trial parts he was selected to participate as an Assistant working in the Special Investigations Bureau handling cases involving public integrity and official corruption, successfully investigating and prosecuting a myriad of defendants in the public sector. Mr. McKay’s background includes seven years of litigation representing and defending one of the largest public utilities in the State of New York in various venues and forums as well as defending numerous landowners in premises liability cases and various manufacturers in product liability cases.
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Principal Attorney
John F. Darling (Principle Attorney) born Washington, D.C.; admitted to bar, 1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1974); Syracuse University School of Law (J.D., 1977). CLE Lecturer: NYS Bar Association, 1997-2008. Assistant Counsel, New York State Department of Social Services, Bureaus of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, Medicaid Reimbursement Review; Senior Attorney, New York State Department of Health, Bureaus of Administrative Hearings, Medicaid Law, 1996-2005; Senior and Associate Attorney, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, Division of Counsel, 2005-2008. Member: New York State Bar Association (Health Law Section).
John F. Darling focuses in areas of specialized contract reviews, TPL and related payment disputes, Fraud Prevention and Internal Compliance. He was formerly Senior Counsel with the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) and has worked continuously in the field of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse and Third Party Liability (TPL) since 1979, starting with the New York State Department of Social Services and then moving to the New York State Department of Health’s Division of Legal Affairs in 1996 before joining the staff of the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General.
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Associate Attorneys
Gurudev "Dave" Allin (Associate) born in St. Charles, Missouri; admitted to the New York State Bar in 2010 and New Jersey in 2009. Also admitted to the Federal District Courts for New Jersey and the Northern District of New York. Education: University of Florida, B.A. in Anthropology with High Honors in 2002; University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S. Anthropology in 2004; Albany Law School, J.D., magna cum laude in 2009, Senior Editor for the Albany Law Review.
Gurudev Allin practices in the areas of health law and litigation.
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Damien M. Bielli (Associate) born Manhassett, New York; admitted to the New York State Bar in 2002 and Massachusetts in 2003 and Colorado. Education: University of Northern Colorado B.A. in Political Science in 1999; New England School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2002 (Resident, Lake Success Office).
Damien M. Bielli practices in areas of health care litigation and insurance defense.
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Michael J. Murphy (Associate) born Queens, New York; Admitted to the NYS Bar in 2006; Education: University of Florida B.S. in Decision Information Sciences, Economics, 2002; Hofstra University School of Law, J.D. 2003.
Michael Murphy practices in the areas of general litigation and insurance law.
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