Bruce V. Hillowe, J.D., Ph.D.

Attorney at Law

A Law Practice Emphasizing Mental Healthcare Law and Healthcare Law

Offering experience, expertise

and cost-efficiency to our clients

About Us

Serving the Mental Healthcare Community for

35 years


With his specific expertise and experience in mental healthcare law, Bruce has worked with clients throughout New York State often exclusively using electronic and telephonic means of communication.


We are dedicated to providing our clients with personal, timely and cost-effective legal representation. We are innovators and leaders in the areas of mental healthcare and healthcare law. Overall our practice is about equally divided between transactional work and litigation.


The skills, knowledge, and experience of attorneys are critical in the dynamic area of mental healthcare and healthcare law.  Bruce was also trained as a psychologist-psychoanalyst.  Christine Dolan, counsel to the firm, was trained as a nurse.


Mental healthcare law involves the representation of professionals, practices, agencies and institutes that provide mental health services.  Essential to the practice of mental healthcare law are knowledge of general healthcare law, corporate and non-profit law, employment law, malpractice law, education law, administrative law and insurance law. A particular area of focus is representation of mental healthcare practitioners in professional disciplinary proceedings. And, as civil attorneys, we represent our clientele in many general civil matters, such as wills, real estate and business transactions.


We generally do not represent consumers of mental healthcare because of conflicts that may arise.


Bruce has been awarded Martindale-Hubbell's®  highest and most coveted rating of "AV," indicating that his legal ability has been rated as "Very High to Preeminent" and his general ethics as "High." Martindale- Hubbell® is the nation's foremost attorney rating service, and bases its objective ratings on carefully conducted investigations and peer review by practicing attorneys and judges. Bruce is also listed in Martindale-Hubbell's "Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers®. 



Bruce has been selected for inclusion in the New York Superlawyers - Metro Edition under the practice area of Healthcare Law. Only 5% of lawyers in the New York metro area are named to the list. The selection is based on peer nominations, blue ribbon panel review and independent research by Thomson Reuters®.   Recipients are featured in a special supplement to The New York Times Magazine.   He has been named and recognized among "Long Island's Top Legal Eagles" (Health Law) by Long Island Pulse Magazine. He has also received a rating of "Excellent" by AVVO.com. An Avvo rating is calculated using a mathematical model that considers a variety of elements including a lawyer’s years of experience, board certification, education, disciplinary history, professional achievements, and industry recognition. The Avvo rating and peer rating systems were developed with input from hundreds of lawyers, consumers and industry advisors. Bruce has been selected by Corporate LiveWire as a Global Award Winner in Health Care Law; this award honors firms that consistently show best practice and innovation based on referrals from clients, peer reviews, speaking engagements and articles written.


Bruce has also been approved by the New York State Education Department as an authorized provider of continuing education for Social Workers and Psychologists in New York State.


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