STEPHEN KAUFMAN

Partner

RKW Law Group

Stephen Kaufman serves as the head of his firm’s health care department, delivering comprehensive legal representation to individuals and businesses. His practice emphasizes serving clients in the health care, insurance and hospitality sectors, positioning himself as a versatile “one-stop-shop” for legal needs.

In his health care practice, Kaufman provides extensive services to physicians, dentists and veterinarians, addressing both professional and personal legal requirements. His expertise encompasses employment and partnership contracts, separation agreements, financing arrangements, litigation matters, disciplinary proceedings, practice acquisitions and divestitures, billing and employment disputes, and representation during insurance and government investigations.

Kaufman’s legal experience extends beyond health care to include business transactions and litigation, real estate purchases and leases, employment issues and commercial disputes, demonstrating his broad legal capabilities.

His professional contributions include past service on the Publisher’s Advisory Board for Doctor of Dentistry magazine. Kaufman also contributed to legal education as an adjunct professor at Stevenson University, where he taught constitutional law, advanced civil procedure and legal research.

Kaufman’s educational background reflects academic excellence. He graduated from Cornell University Law School in 1985 with a J.D. degree, earning cum laude honors. His undergraduate education at the State University of New York at Albany culminated in a B.A. degree in 1981, which he received summa cum laude. During his undergraduate studies, he achieved membership in Phi Beta Kappa, recognizing his scholarly achievements.

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