ATTORNEY APPOINTED TO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Robert A. Spolzino, executive partner and head of Abrams Fensterman LLP in its White Plains office, has been appointed a member of the Committee on Governance (COG) by the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association (AHA).

Spolzino said, “As an engaged board member, I hope to use my knowledge and experience to support the ongoing advocacy and policy work of the committee. I look forward to discussions and collaborations with my fellow members.”

Spolzino has been actively involved in health care in the Hudson Valley and beyond. He is the immediate past chair of the Board of Governors of Health Care Trustees of New York State, a member of the Board of Directors of the Healthcare Association of New York State and a member of the Board of Overseers of Northwell Health.

An attorney for 35 years, Spolzino served more than eight years as a justice of the New York State Supreme Court, five of those years as a justice of the Appellate Division, New York”™s intermediate appellate court. In 2016, he was selected by the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination as one of seven candidates statewide for a seat on New York”™s highest court, the Court of Appeals. As a justice of the Appellate Division, Spolzino decided more than 4,000 appeals and 10,000 appellate motions.

Abrams Fensterman is a multifaceted, general practice law firm that currently has more than 100 attorneys in five offices ”“ Lake Success, Brooklyn, White Plains, Rochester and Albany.