Samuel J. Servello is an associate in the Healthcare practice. Mr. Servello’s practice focuses on healthcare law and taxation of non-profit entities. He represents pharmaceutical companies and insurers on transactional, regulatory, compliance and privacy matters, as well as fraud and abuse issues. Mr. Servello counsels scientific research consortia regarding a variety of transactional matters, clinical trials and issues relating to tax-exemption. In addition, Mr. Servello has extensive experience assisting tax-exempt organizations, obtaining recognition of tax-exempt status, advising on unrelated business taxable income issues, and maintaining tax-exempt status. He also monitors the actions of tax-exempt entities and their directors, employees and agents and advises on the application of the intermediate sanction and excess benefit rules.

Mr. Servello is presently the Chair-Elect of the Health Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, as well as an active member on a joint taskforce with the Public Health Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association regarding the cost drivers of healthcare in the State of New York. Through his efforts with the Health Law Committee of the City Bar Association, Mr. Servello is also assisting in the review of new legislation to increase anatomical gifts in New York.

As a volunteer at Beth Israel Medical Center, Mr. Servello serves as a member Beth Israel’s On-Call Disaster Team in case of a large-scale disaster.

• New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1995
• Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 1994
• Oberlin College, B.A., 1987

• "The Changing Landscape of Medicaid Fraud Compliance," New York Law Journal, October 2006.
• "Privacy and Security Bulletin," Moses & Singer, LLP Newsletter, May 2006.
• "Family Health Care Decision Act, Position Statement of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York," primary author, January 2006.

• Chair-Elect, Health Law Committee, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Secretary 2006-2008)
• Member, Public Health Law Committee, New York State Bar Association
• Member, American Health Lawyers Association

• Massachusetts, 1996
• New York, 1995

• “Access to Healthcare in the State of New York,” principal organizer and moderator, Symposium presented by the New York City and State Bar Associations, February 2008
• “Emerging Issues Regarding Electronic Exchange, Access and Storage of Health Information,” principal organizer and moderator, Symposium presented by the New York City and State Bar Associations, September 2006