Attorney Contributors
Conrad Dillon is a health care attorney and candidate for the Master of Laws in Health Law degree at Seton Hall University School of Law. He is the first recipient of Seton Hall Law’s Garfunkel, Wild & Travis Health LL.M. Scholarship.
Drawing upon his experience as Health Advocacy Fellow with Medicare Rights Center, Mr. Dillon is Editor of Health Reform Watch and contributes primarily on issues related to Senior Living and Medicare. Mr. Dillon graduated with honors from University of Dayton School of Law. In law school, he received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Health Care Law and the Pro Bono Service Award.
Mr. Dillon has been involved in public interest work for many years. He was a legal extern with Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. in Dayton, Ohio, where he performed substantial research and analysis on issues involving consumer protection, housing discrimination, and access to health care. He has also worked for Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. and Music for America.
Mr. Dillon is licensed to practice as an attorney in New York. He may be reached via email at Joseph.dillon@student.shu.edu
Kate Greenwood, Seton Hall University School of Law, Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy, Faculty, Research. Since joining the Center in 2008, Kate Greenwood has co-authored two white papers, prepared and disseminated a position paper in support of draft New Jersey legislation which, if passed, would legalize marijuana for medical use, and jointly planned and participated in the Center’s forum on conflicts of interest in clinical research recruitment and enrollment. Kate’s scholarly interests include prescription drug regulation and maternal and child health law and policy; she blogs on these topics here at Health Reform Watch. Her article evaluating legal and regulatory approaches to encouraging the evaluation of existing drugs to determine their safety and efficacy when used during pregnancy was selected for presentation at the 2009 St. Louis University Health Law Scholars Workshop.
Kate came to Seton Hall from Covington & Burling LLP, where she represented pharmaceutical companies in a variety of corporate, litigation, and white collar matters. Before joining Covington, Kate was an Equal Justice Works Fellow and Staff Attorney at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 1999-2001, a law clerk to the Honorable Mary A. McLaughlin of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 2001-2002, and a law clerk to the Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals from 2002-2003.
Kate graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as an Articles Editor of The Georgetown Law Journal. She received her undergraduate degree in Economics from Swarthmore College.
She may be reached via email at Kate.Greenwood@shu.edu
Justin M. Goldstein recently graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law and is a candidate for a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree in Health Law at Seton Hall University School of Law. Justin Goldstein specializes in health law and policy relating to private insurance matters and fraud and abuse. His LL.M thesis will concern current and unresolved issues dealing with the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and False Claims Act.
During law school at Gonzaga University School of Law, Justin Goldstein worked at a low-income elder law clinic counseling clients who had various consumer law issues. This experience provided Justin the opportunity to litigate cases from start to finish. He also served as clerk to the Honorable Gregg Tripp at Spokane County District Court and was a board member of Gonzaga University’s Health Law Society, serving as Vice President in 2007 - 2008, and President in 2008. As such, he was a frequent attendee of conferences and events hosted by the Washington State Society of Healthcare Attorneys (WSSHA) relating to Stark Law regulations and Economic Credentialing as well as the National Consumer Rights Litigation Conference in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Goldstein is an active member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the American Hospital Association.
He may be reached via email at Justin.Goldstein@student.shu.edu
Valerie Gutmann Seton Hall University School of Law, Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy, Faculty, Research. Ms. Gutmann joined the Center in 2009. Her initial research and writing will focus on public policy issues related to institutional oversight of health care quality. Her interests include the interface between health care, medicine, ethics and public policy.
Valerie came to Seton Hall from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she represented, among other clients, pharmaceutical companies in a variety of litigation and IP matters. Her experience included assorted patent infringement cases for both generic and branded pharmaceuticals, as well as various FDA-related matters. Prior to law school, Valerie worked at the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the ABA Coordinating Group on Bioethics & the Law.
Valerie Gutmann graduated from Harvard Law School, where she served as an author and Editor-in-Chief of the Recent Developments Section of the Journal on Law, Medicine, and Ethics. Her independent research focused on the legal and public policy issues arising from pharmacogenomics. She graduated from the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs and Public Policy at Princeton University, magna cum laude, in 2001, where she was co-president of the Princeton Bioethics Forum.
She may be reached via email at Valerie.Gutmann@shu.edu
