Uniondale, NY

Mary Ellen Duffy

Mary Ellen Duffy is a partner at the law firm of Duffy & Duffy. As a seasoned litigator in all aspects of litigation, Ms. Duffy focuses on medical malpractice and personal injury cases from initial evaluation through trial advocacy. Ms. Duffy has a law degree from Fordham Law School and a Bachelor’s degree from NYU-Stern School of Business. In 2011, Ms. Duffy was named to the list of New York Metro Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars. She was then named to the list of New York Metro Super Lawyers again from 2018 to 2021. Ms. Duffy is a recipient of the “Give from the Heart” award. In 2013, she received the Top Women in Business Award from Schneps Media. Ms. Duffy is a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar, the Nassau County Bar Association, the Women in the Courts Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, the Medical Malpractice Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, the American Association of Justice (formerly known as American Trial Lawyers Association), and the Queens County Women’s Bar Association. She was also Executive at Large on the Board of Directors of Life’s WORC, an organization helping those with developmental disabilities and autism. She is also a sponsor and volunteer with “2impactNYC.” Mary Ellen is a passionate believer in advocating for patient’s rights and a devoted volunteer to charitable causes.

Philip J. Rizzuto

Philip J. Rizzuto is the owner and managing attorney of The Rizzuto Law Firm. He is an experienced trial attorney who began his career litigating cases immediately after being admitted to practice. He has successfully represented major insurance carriers, self-insured institutions, and governmental municipalities, as well as individuals in personal injury, product liability, construction accidents, and labor & employment law matters. He has been recognized by Super Lawyers and Who's Who Directories.

Frank Torres

Frank Torres is a trial attorney at Duffy & Duffy with close to 40 years of legal experience, where he handles medical malpractice, nursing home litigation and general liability law. Before joining Duffy & Duffy, he was the first lawyer to make partner at Evans, Orr, Pacelli, Norton & Laffan in almost 30 years. He left the firm in 1995 to open his own firm, and eventually joined Levine & Grossman, where he practiced for 10 years. Passionate about ensuring justice for victims of malpractice, Mr. Torres is a member of the Puerto Rican, Dominican, Hispanic National, Long Island Hispanic, New York State, New York State Trial Lawyers, Nassau, Brooklyn and Bronx County Bar Associations and has served as a moot Court judge at his alma mater, Columbia University School of Law. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Prep Alumni Association, for his former high school that provides scholarships to disadvantaged high school children, making it possible for them to receive a Jesuit education in one of several high schools in the New York metropolitan area. Frank graduated from Columbia University School of Law where he received the C. Bainbridge Smith Scholarship. He completed his undergraduate degree at St. Francis College, graduating summa cum laude. Frank, fluent in Spanish, is the firm’s first bilingual lawyer. Frank, who is a 2014 Top Attorney in New York and 2014 and 2015 SuperLawyer, 2018 Top Latino Lawyer and Latino Lawyer of the year for both the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County, also proudly served as a past President of the Long Island Hispanic Bar Association and served for four years as Board Member of the Puerto Rican Bar Association.

Alan W. Clark

Alan W. Clark was born in Bronx, New York, in 1952. He is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association (sustaining and past Board member); Suffolk County Bar Association; sustaining member American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA); sustaining and Board member New York State Trial Lawyers Association (also past President, Long Island affiliate of NYSTLA); American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys; sustaining member New York State Bar Association; Member Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers; Member Board of Trustees-New York Law School. He is Board Certified and Recertified in Professional Medical Liability by American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. Honors include Past President of Long Island Chapter and Member of Board of Directors New York State Trial Lawyers Association and sustaining member since 1978; Sustaining member of American Association for Justice (AAJ) since 1978; Past Member Board of Directors Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA); Past Chairperson - Medical Legal Committee (NCBA); Recognized in the New York Times as one of Long Island’s Ten Leaders in Civil Trial Law; AV Rated Martindale Hubbell; Super Lawyers 2008-2019; Lecturer and Speaker for NYSBA; NCBA; NYSTLA; Member - Grievance Committee (NCBA); Past Vice-Chair Supreme Court Committee(NCBA); Sustaining member Nassau County Bar Association and New York State Bar Association. He was a Founding partner of The Law Firm of Alan W. Clark and Associates, LLC’. His hobbies include Golf, Reading, Music. He received his B.B.A. from the University of Miami in 1973 and his J.D. from New York Law School in 1977. He was admitted to practice in 1978, New York State Appellate Division Second Judicial Department; 1978 U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. His practice areas include Medical & Professional Negligence; Personal Injury; Unsafe Products & Medications; Business Torts.

Michael E. Duffy

Michael E. Duffy, Managing Partner and General Counsel of the Long Island, New York law firm, Duffy & Duffy is a highly experienced civil litigator with a passion for the law and a desire to represent victims of medical malpractice. Mr. Duffy concentrates his practice on catastrophically injured victims and wrongful death claims involving medical malpractice and personal injury in New York. Throughout his career he has been actively involved in a number of professional organizations and has been repeatedly named in Best Lawyers in America. He has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of his clients and his landmark settlements have been widely publicized both locally and nationally. As an active member of various trial and NY Bar associations, Mr. Michael E. Duffy is also very involved in philanthropic endeavors and giving back to the community, having served on the board of directors of United Cerebral Palsy of Suffolk County, “We Care” of the Nassau County Bar Association, the Adelphi Breast Cancer Coalition, Cancer Care of Long Island, among many other worthwhile local causes.

Rhonda L. Meyer

Rhonda L. Meyer has over 30 years of experience representing medical malpractice plaintiffs. Ms. Meyer has extensive experience with cases involving birth injuries resulting from negligent obstetrical and perinatal care. Her diverse experience includes medical legal cases involving radiation oncology, obstetrics, birth trauma, perinatal and neonatal medicine, pediatrics, pulmonary medicine, vascular surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, orthopedic surgery, infectious disease, nephrology, neurosurgery, and cancer-related medicine. Her cases have also included those of wrongful death, emotional distress claims resulting from fetal demise, maternal deaths, and birth trauma. In addition, Ms. Meyer has successful appellate practice experience. In 2016, she was named an Outstanding Woman in Law by Hofstra University School of Law’s Center for Children, Families and the Law. In 2015, Ms. Meyer was named a Long Island Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business by the Long Island Business News, in recognition of her significant contributions to the region. From 2017 through 2020 Ms. Meyer has been named to the lists of New York’s Best Lawyers®, and from 2014 through 2025, she was named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers© List. In 2013, she was named “Who’s Who in Women in Professional Services” by the Long Island Business News. Rhonda Meyer is admitted to practice in New York and United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Ms. Meyer obtained her law degree from Hofstra University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Clifford S. Robert

Clifford S. Robert is the principal of Robert & Robert, PLLC, where he concentrates in the area of trials and litigation in both state and federal court involving a variety of commercial disputes, business dissolutions, shareholder disputes, business torts, insurance coverage, civil litigation, corporate governance, derivative actions and matters involving serious and catastrophic injury. Mr. Robert is regularly sought out by New York’s top lawyers and law firms to represent and advise them on a wide range of complex and sensitive issues. Mr. Robert’s efforts have not gone unnoticed by his peers. The National Trial Lawyers association named Mr. Robert one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in New York. Membership in the Top 100 is by invitation only and offered to trial attorneys with exceptional legal qualities. Additionally, he has achieved an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, one of the most respected honors in the legal community, reflecting high marks from judges and lawyers. Mr. Robert is a member of and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, is a past President of the Long Island Affiliate of the New York State Trial Lawyers, formerly sat on the Board of the Directors for the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers and is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Federal Bar Council. Mr. Robert is a frequent lecturer for various bar associations, including the New York State Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers and the New York City Bar Association on topics including trial practice, evidence, commercial litigation, attorney ethics, attorney fee disputes, personal injury and medical malpractice. Mr. Robert is admitted to practice in the courts of the states of New York and New Jersey and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Mr. Robert received his Juris Doctorate, summa cum laude, from Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in 1998 and was an Editor of the Touro Law Review and merit scholarship recipient. He is also an Eagle Scout.