The Firm regularly represents individuals, including physicians, dentists, pharmacists and other licensed medical professionals, as well as durable medical equipment suppliers, chiropractors, podiatrists and alternative medicine practitioners in both criminal and quasi-criminal proceedings in the state and federal courts, including Federal False Claims Act prosecutions, grand jury investigations, civil RICO actions and state forfeiture proceedings. Our attorneys are particularly sensitive to the impact that the federal government has had in the regulation of health-care through law enforcement techniques. Accordingly, our Department is thoroughly familiar with the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and, when necessary, often structures plea agreements so as to minimize professional disciplinary and other collateral consequences for medical professionals.

All of our Department attorneys are well-versed in law enforcement procedures and protocol, and are experienced in specialized techniques in assisting professionals who unfortunately have become caught up in the criminal justice system. These include consensual surrender, search warrant issues, undercover informants and grand jury practice and procedure, including motions to quash or limit subpoena, when applicable.

Head Mark L. Furman is a former prosecutor with, among other offices, the New York State Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Our staff also includes several attorneys with extensive experience with other prosecutorial offices, including a former Administrative Law Judge at the New York State Department of Health.

Our attorneys are particularly sensitive to the impact that the federal government has had in the regulation of health-care through law enforcement techniques. Accordingly, our Department is thoroughly familiar with the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and, when necessary, often structures plea agreements so as to minimize professional disciplinary and other collateral consequences for medical professionals.

The criminal practice group at Hoffman Polland & Furman PLLC specializes in general criminal cases as well as criminal and quasi-criminal cases as they pertain to medical professionals and medical equipment suppliers. The Firm has expertise which encompasses the following areas:

We have successfully won the dismissal of several criminal actions commenced against Medicaid provider physicians and has defended various medical professionals charged with criminal violations of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as conspiracy, extortion, forgery, money-laundering and mail fraud counts

1. Federal False Claims Act prosecutions
2. Grand jury investigations
3. Civil RICO actions
4. State licensure proceedings
5. Plea agreements
6. Consensual surrender
7. Search warrant issues
8. Undercover informants
9. Grand jury practice and procedure, including motions to limit subpoena