Philip C. Chronakis
111 Great Neck Road
Suite 503
Great Neck, NY 11021
411 Hackensack Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Phone 516-393-2538
Fax 516-466-5964
pchronakis@garfunkelwild.com |
Appellate
Litigation
Compliance and White Collar Defense
Litigation & Arbitration
Year Joined
2003
Education
Seton Hall University School of Law
(J.D., cum
laude, 1997);
Rutgers University (B.A, 1991)
Bar Admission(s)
New Jersey, 1998
New York, 2000
Court Admission(s)
United States Supreme Court (2001)
United States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit
(2006)
United States Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit
(2007)
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
(1998)
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
New
York (2003)
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
New York
(2003)
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
New
York (2007)
New York State Courts (2000)
New Jersey State Courts (1998)
Bar Affiliation(s)
New York State Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association |
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Biography
Philip C. Chronakis, a partner at Garfunkel Wild,
P.C., joined the firm in 2003 and is a member of
the Litigation and Arbitration Practice Group. Mr.
Chronakis' practice includes all aspects of New York and
New Jersey federal and state litigation and alternative
dispute resolution. He represents hospitals, physicians,
medical practice groups, managed care companies, as well
as clients outside the health care industry. Mr.
Chronakis has considerable experience with ERISA
litigation, restrictive covenant disputes, managed
care/reimbursement litigation, commercial lease
disputes, health care software licensing contracts,
employment discrimination defense, bankruptcy litigation
and representing physicians in insurance fraud
prosecutions and white collar criminal prosecutions.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Chronakis was an
associate in the health care litigation section of the
Princeton, NJ office of Reed Smith, LLP. From 1998 to
2000, Mr. Chronakis served as an Assistant Prosecutor at
the Office of the Hudson County (NJ) Prosecutor, gaining
significant trial and appellate experience. While at the
Prosecutor's Office, Mr. Chronakis briefed and argued
New Jersey v. Cooke, 751 A.2d 92 (2000) before the
Supreme Court of New Jersey, resulting in the unanimous
reversal of two lower courts and significantly impacting
state search and seizure law.
Mr. Chronakis was an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall
University School of Law from 2001 through 2004, where
he instructed students in appellate advocacy and
lectured on prisoners' post-conviction remedies. He is
also a former President of the Hudson County Bar
Association Young Lawyers’ Division.
Mr. Chronakis has been published in the National Law
Journal, the New Jersey Law Journal, the University of
Detroit Mercy Law Review; and in the former webzine
Criminal Law Weekly.
Publications
"The Bravery of Being Out of Range: New Jersey's
Failed Drug Sentencing Laws," New Jersey Law Journal.
July 8, 2002, Vol. CLXIX, No. 2, Index 93.
"The Machinery of Death: DNA and the Future of
Executions," Criminal Defense Weekly, March 18, 2002.
"In Defense of the Electoral College," National Law
Journal. November 20, 2000.
"Cold Comfort for Change: Trends of Preclusion in Habeas
Corpus Litigation," University of Detroit Mercy Law
Review, 1998.
Presentations
Effective Discovery
Techniques and Ethical Considerations, National Business
Institute (March 12, 2010) Melville, NY |
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