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LAP Band Surgery
The LAP Band is a type of weight loss surgery that alters the actual size of your stomach. It is dangerous and being targeted to women. The surgery is portrayed as being simple and having few risks, but this is not the case.
We are aware of at least three recent death cases that have been filed. In Neelu Pal v. New York University, a doctor here in New York gave the facts regarding the dangers of the procedure. It was shown that the level of expertise, preparation, and care has been substandard. Women who do not fit the criteria are still receiving the surgery.
Do not have this surgery and contact us if you have any questions.
If you would like to speak with someone at our offices about LAP Band Surgery, please call us at 212-425-5566 or send an email to: shainwald@shainwaldlaw.com
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The Sidney Shainwald Public Interest Lecture Series at New York Law School, established in 2004, has attracted notable and distinguished speakers: special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, Kenneth R. Feinberg, gave the inaugural lecture, “the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: Public Law and Private Pain”; United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy discussed “Justice—What’s Ahead?”; United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer spoke on “Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice”; and in 2007 United States Senator Chuck Hagel discussed “Re-Introducing America to the World.” The Shainwald Lecture Series was established by Sybil Shainwald, a 1976 graduate of New York Law School and a member of the school’s Board of Trustees to honor her late husband Sidney, an impassioned consumer advocate. By bringing together public interest and consumer advocates, the Lecture Series continues Mr. Shainwald’s work and promotes the importance of law in the public interest. The Shainwald Lecture Series brings together an audience committed to public service and to the ongoing development of programs and policies that promote the public interest. This has been and will continue to be an outstanding lecture series. The Sidney Shainwald Public Interest Lecture in April of 2009, hosted the distinguished guest speaker The Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, Senior Judge from the Eastern District of New York who spoke brilliantly on “Changing Equalities.” The speaker for the 2010 Sidney Shainwald Public Interest Lecture will be The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, retired United States Supreme Court Justice. The lecture series has attracted notable and distinguished speakers, including: April 22, 2004 Kenneth R. Feinberg, Esq. Special Master, September 11th Victim Compensation Fund The Feinberg Group, LLP June 1, 2005 Senator Edward M. Kennedy Senior Senator from Massachusetts May 2, 2006 Honorable Stephen G. Breyer Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court October 11, 2007 Honorable Chuck Hagel Senior Senator from Nebraska April 29, 2009 Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, Senior Judge United States District Court, Eastern District of New York |