Stephen H. Schechner was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1970 following his graduation from Suffolk University Law School that same year. He also received his LLM at NYU School of law. In law school, Mr. Schechner was a member of the Suffolk University Law Review. Following law school, from 1970-71, Mr. Schechner served as Law Clerk to Honorable Milton A. Feller, Union County Superior Court, and Honorable Edward W. McGrath, Union County District Court, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Since completing his judicial clerkship in 1971, Stephen Schechner has been practicing primarily in the area of civil defense. Mr. Schechner received his LMM from New York University School of Law in 1976. He worked at two prominent defense firms before opening his own practice in 1979. For the past three decades, Mr. Schechner has focused on representing health care professionals in all aspects of health care practice, including defense of malpractice claims, in administrative and disciplinary proceedings before State Licensing Boards, insurance company audits, risk analysis as well as the purchase and sale of health care practices. Within that area of law, Mr. Schechner has developed a particular expertise in representing dental professionals. He has an AV rating in Martindale Hubbell and is included in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. In addition to belonging to a number of professional organizations, Mr. Schechner is also a part-time, non-tenured lecturer at the University of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, where he gives lectures to both the dental students and oral surgery residents on risk management issues and privacy issues mandated by HIPAA.
