Charles L. Bach, Jr.

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Charles L. Bach, Jr.: Attorney with Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP
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Biography

A founding member of HPM&B, Mr. Bach has successfully defended hundreds of complex, high exposure lawsuits on behalf of the nation’s most prestigious academic medical centers, physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. In addition to trying dozens of cases to verdict, Mr. Bach has successfully argued appeals to the United States Court of Appeals, the New York State Court of Appeals and the Appellate Divisions of New York State Supreme Court. With his experience as a trial lawyer and his training as an appellate attorney, Mr. Bach offers unique analytical insight to his clients.

Mr. Bach has lectured extensively to national and local physician organizations. He has been recognized by his peers as one of the “The Best Lawyers in America” and a “Super Lawyer” for many years. Mr. Bach has an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, that publication’s top distinction.

Upon graduation from the Albany Law School of Union University in 1977, where he was an editor of the Albany Law Review, Mr. Bach served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Office of the District Attorney of Bronx County.

Voted 2024 Lawyer of the Year for Medical Malpractice Law in Defendants

Areas of Practice (5)

  • Appellate Practice
  • Healthcare and Risk Management
  • Medical Liability Defense
  • Products Liability & Mass Tort
  • Professional Liability

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
St. John's University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1974
Law School Attended:
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1977
Year of First Admission:
1978
Admission:
1978, New York; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; United States District Court, Eastern District of New York; United States District Court, Northern District of New York; United States District Court, Southern District of New York; United States District Court, Western District of New York
Reported Cases:
Verdicts & Cases:HPM&B Congratulates Charles Bach, Alejandra Gil and Gregory Freedman on their major victory in the Court of Appeals in the SanMiguel matter; Congratulations to Charles Bach, ...; Congratulations to the 2026 Best Lawyers - United States; Congratulations to the 2026 Best Lawyers - United States; New York State Judicial Institute's 2025 Medicine for Judges Seminar HPM & B.; Defense Verdict:HPM&B recently obtained a defense verdict in New York Supreme Court, Kings County after...; Congratulations to Charles L. Bach, Jr. for being named Best Lawyers 2025 Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year in New York!; HPM&B is proud to be listed in the 2025 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America!; Best Lawyers: ...; Summary Judgment Dismissal...; 2024 Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year; 2024 Best Laywers & 2024 Best Laywers: Ones to Watch; 2024 Best Lawyers; Summary Judgment Dismissal; Senior Partner Charles Bach, Managing Partner Adam Dlugacz and...; HPM&B Partner Charles Bach obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a medical negligence case; HPM&B Partner Charles Bach obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a medical negligence case on behalf of a skilled hand surgeon who was named as a defendant by the plaintiffs. The case was tried in New York County...; Successful Trial Result; HPM&B recently defended an interventional...; Administrative Hearing Victory; Charles Bach and Tom Grove recently prevailed at an...; HPM&B Blocks Foreign Co-Defendants's Attempt to Evade Liability Under New York's Long-Arm Statute; On behalf of a major medical institution, HPM&B's Charles L. Bach,...; HPMB's Motion to Dismiss Nine of Ten Causes of Action Granted in Commercial Litigation Lawsuit...; Defense Verdict in New York County Medical Malpractice Action; After a three-week trial, a unanimous New York County jury rendered a defense verdict in favor of five board-certified neonatologists affiliated with a premier New York City academic medical center. Plaintiffs claimed...; Defense Verdict in Queens County Medical Malpractice Action; A Queens County jury determined that a board-certified otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon met the standard of care when he treated a patient with recurrent olfactory neuroblastoma. This rare cancer of the sinus had recurred in this patient on...; $10 Million Medical Malpractice Action In Queens County Discontinued After Plaintiff's Experts Were Subjected To Preclusion Under Frye/Parker; Plaintiffs alleged that a now 12-year-old boy suffered a severe right hemiparesis, cognitive delays and impaired speech as a result of labor mismanagement. On behalf of HPM & B's clients, a major academic medical center and several maternal...; Defense Verdict In The Southern District Of New York; On May 3, 2017, after an emotional trial in federal court involving the alleged wrongful death of a 31-year-old mother of four, a jury delivered a unanimous verdict in favor of two defendant obstetricians represented by HPM&B partners Chuck Bach...; Defense Verdict in New York County; On November 9, 2015, Charles L. Bach, Jr. obtained a unanimous defendant's verdict in New York County in a medical malpractice case brought against our client, a national leader in neurological surgery.Plaintiff alleged that our client...; Defense Verdict in Kings County; On October 6, 2004, in a Brooklyn courtroom, Charles L. Bach obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a a Manhattan hospital and its chief of...; Defense Verdict in New York County; On March 15, 2005, Charles L. Bach obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a Manhattan plastic surgeon against whom plaintiff sought $2 million in damages. Plaintiff, a 64-year-old woman,...; Defense Verdict in New York County; Charles Bach obtained a defense verdict for a prominent hand surgeon in October, 2007 in a New York County case in which plaintiff claimed that defendant's surgical and post-operative care were improper thereby causing the...; $25 Million Lawsuit; Chuck Bach successfully defended the staff of Harlem Hospital against allegations of prenatal and pediatric malpractice in a hotly-contested trial during which plaintiff's counsel sought more than $25 million in...; Brain Injury Claim Dismissal in New York County; The Supreme Court, New York County (Schlesinger, J.) has set aside a $9.25 million verdict and dismissed a complaint against an HPM&B client, a neurosurgeon who had been found 50% liable. Plaintiff's...; Defense Verdict in the Bronx; On July 1, 2010, Charles L. Bach, Jr., received a defense verdict on behalf of a major metropolitan area medical center in the Supreme Court, Bronx County in a...; Defense Verdict In Nassau County; Charles L. Bach, Jr. obtained a defense verdict in Nassau County on behalf of a renowned gastroenterologist who had perforated the colon of his then 50-year-old ulcerative colitis patient during a routine screening...; Defense Verdict In New York County; Following two weeks of trial, HPM&B obtained a unanimous defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court in a wrongful death case brought by the estate of a local nephrologist against a urological...; Defense Verdict In Queens County; Senior Partner Chuck Bach and his team successfully defended a major medical center in a Queens County case brought on behalf of a neurologically impaired infant.During a three week trial, Mr. Bach established that the neonatal team met...; Defense Verdict In New York County; On April 8, 2014, in a case tried by Charles L. Bach, Jr., a New York County jury found no departure on the part of a prominent hand surgeon who was accused of drilling four Kirschner wires or stainless steel pins into a...; Defense Verdict In New York County; Charles L. Bach, Jr., assisted by senior associate Erin K. Kelley, successfully defended a pediatric neurologist in a complex malpractice case in which the plaintiff mother alleged that the treating...
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