Alan J. Fumuso is a founding partner and the senior trial attorney at Fumuso Christesen LLP. He has more than 40 years of experience representing physicians, hospitals, oral surgeons, dentists, nursing home, podiatrists and ancillary medical professionals in high exposure medical malpractice litigation.

As a trial attorney, Mr. Fumuso has taken over 100 cases to verdict, achieving successful results across a wide spectrum involving every medical specialty. Many of his defense verdicts have been reported in the New York Law Journal and featured as the “Verdict of the Month” in the New York Jury Verdict Reporter.
He has expertise in representing physicians and oral surgeons in licensure and disciplinary investigations, and at Department of Health Proceedings. He has also represented numerous general liability defendants, including the City of New York in Municipal Liability actions.

Mr. Fumuso has lectured extensively on the subjects of trial advocacy and medical malpractice litigation at various programs sponsored by the New York State Bar Association, the Academies of Law for both the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations, the Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association and the New York State Medical Defense Bar Association. He has also presented programs to students at St. John’s University School of Law, and for many years was an annual guest lecturer for the Legal Medicine course taught at that school.

He has presented numerous risk management seminars at many Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Medical Societies, Medical Schools, and Insurance Companies. Mr. Fumuso has also been a member of the Editorial Board of Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy, and has been published widely in various legal and medical periodicals on the subject of the Trial Tactics and Techniques.

In 2018 Mr. Fumuso was chosen by the Board at OMS National Insurance Company, at their bi-annual Defense Counsel Seminar in Chicago, as their National Attorney of the Year.

He has been active in leadership roles for local Bar Associations, serving as Chairman of the Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association and as a member of the Judicial Screening Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association.

Mr. Fumuso has been selected multiple times by his peers as a “New York Super Lawyer”, a distinction awarded to only 5% of New York attorneys. He has been listed in the New York Times as one of the Top Attorneys in the New York Area, and has been chosen by the National Board of Jurisprudence as one of the Best Trial Lawyers in New York. Mr. Fumuso has also been chosen as a TOP 100 Lawyer, and featured in TOP 100 Lawyer Magazine.

Mr. Fumuso is honored to be a Fellow of the American College of Trial Attorneys, the pre-eminent Trial Lawyers organization in North America.

Areas Of Practice

Medical Malpractice
Physicians and Podiatrists
Hospital Litigation
Oral Surgery and Dental
Nursing Home Litigation
General Liability Defense
Professional Licensure and Discipline

Bar Admissions

New York
Colorado
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York

Education

St. Johns University Law School
J.D.

Queens College
B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships

American College of Trial Lawyers
New York State Bar Association
Suffolk County Bar Association
Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association
American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, Diplomate
Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association, Chairman
Judicial Screening Committee, Suffolk County Bar Association, Member

Honors

Admitted as a Fellow, ACTL
OMSNIC National Attorney of the Year
New York Super Lawyer
Top Attorneys in the New York Area, New York Times
Top Trial Lawyers in New York, National Board of Jurisprudence

Classes and Seminars

Lecturer, Trial Advocacy and Medical Malpractice Litigation, New York State Bar Association
Lecturer, Trial Advocacy and Medical Malpractice Litigation, The Academies of Law for Nassau County Bar Association
Lecturer, Trial Advocacy and Medical Malpractice Litigation, The Academies of Law for Suffolk County Bar Association
Lecturer, Trial Advocacy and Medical Malpractice Litigation, Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association
Lecturer, Trial Advocacy and Medical Malpractice Litigation, New York State Medical Defense Bar Association
Presenter, St. John’s University School of Law
Annual Guest Lecturer, Legal Medicine Course, St. John’s University School of Law

Published Works

Editorial Board of Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy