Robert Blass, a Member of the Firm since 2002, concentrates his practice in Health and Hospital Law and in Employment Law. With a background in healthcare and a firsthand understanding of the clinical and business realities of health care as well as its legal and regulatory environment, he represents health professionals in corporate and transactional matters, including the purchase or sale of a medical, dental or veterinary practice, organizational guidance and advice on partnership, employment and licensing matters.
Before joining the Firm in 1994, Robert served as a New Jersey Deputy Attorney General from 1991-1994, and, in that capacity, as attorney for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, now part of Rutgers University. Before that, he began his legal career as a corporate lawyer with a large New York City-based firm concentrating in the area of capital markets, securities law and mergers and acquisitions. He served for many years as a member of the Bioethics Committee of University Hospital in Newark, a major teaching affiliate of Rutgers.
Robert received a DDS degree from Columbia University, completed hospital residency training and taught briefly at Columbia. He attended law school while engaged in private dental practice. He received his JD from Rutgers where he was Editor In Chief of the Rutgers Law Review.
Among Robert's professional activities and affiliations, he is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association (health and hospital law, labor and employment law sections) and the Bergen County Bar Association, where he serves on the health law committee, including several years as its co-chair and program moderator/presenter. He is also a member of the American Dental Association, New Jersey Dental Association and Bergen County Dental Society. He is also on the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Yeshiva University College of Dental Medicine. He has lectured regularly before various health professional groups, continuing education study clubs and graduate residency programs. He also writes frequently on health law and employment matters.
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- Health Law and Health Professionals
- Administrative Law and Professional Boards
- Rutgers University, J.D. (1988)
- Columbia University, D.D.S. (1981)
- Yeshiva University, B.A. (1977)
cum laude
- New Jersey, 1988
- New York, 1989
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1988
- United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1994
- United States Supreme Court, 1994
- New Jersey State Bar Association (Health and Hospital Law Section; Labor and Employment Law Section)
- Bergen County Bar Association (Health and Hospital Law Section; Labor and Employment Law Section; Health Law Committee)
- American Dental Association
- New Jersey Dental Association
- Bergen County Dental Society
- Dean’s Advisory Council of the Yeshiva University College of Dental Medicine
