Office Location
81 Main Street
White Plains, NY 10601
T 914.559.3100
F 914.949.1160
Areas of Practice
Medical Liability Defense
Healthcare & Risk Management
General Liability & Commercial Litigation
Products Liability & Mass Tort
Civil Rights
Education
Pace University School of Law: J.D., Cum Laude, 2012
The College of William and Mary: B.B.A., 2007
Bar Admissions
New York
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
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Brendan J. Alt
Partner
Brendan J. Alt is a partner in HPM&B’s White Plains, New York office. Brendan’s practice focuses on the representation of major teaching hospitals and individual physicians in medical malpractice actions. Brendan is involved in all stages of litigation from inception through trial. He lectures on the defense of medical negligence lawsuits at hospitals as part of their continuing medical education programs. Brendan is also actively involved in the management of the Firm and serves as a member of the Firm’s Finance Committee.
Prior to attending law school, Brendan worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb as an international tax accountant, where he received the Presidential Award for his work on two major divestitures. He went on to graduate from Pace University Law School on a merit scholarship. During law school, Brendan represented Pace University School of Law in the 2012 National Trial Competition and won the New York State Bar Association’s awards for Best Overall Advocate and Best Summation through the preliminary rounds.
Brendan is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He has been repeatedly selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars®️, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®️, and Top Attorneys Outstanding Young Lawyers®️.
Selected for Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2024
Verdicts & Cases
Motion to Dismiss Granted
HPM&B was recently granted dismissal of claims brought by a plaintiff-wife and plaintiff-daughter for medical malpractice, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against a major healthcare...
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HPM&B recently obtained dismissal of all claims on behalf of an attending internist and a major hospital system in New York. This medical malpractice action was venued in Supreme Court, Rockland County and involved allegations that the...
Read MoreSummary Judgment Granted
HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal for our client, a renowned NYC hospital system, in a wrongful death case. Plaintiff alleged that the hospital’s emergency room staff failed to diagnose and treat pulmonary emboli during four...
Read MoreUnanimous Defense Verdict
HPM&B recently obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of an attending cardiologist and a major Hospital network in...
Read MoreSummary Judgment Victory
HPM&B won summary judgment dismissal for a pediatrician in a high-exposure brain damaged baby case venued in Supreme Court, Richmond County. Plaintiff claimed that the defendants failed to timely diagnose and treat cytomegalovirus...
Read MoreSummary Judgment Dismissal
HPM&B successfully obtained summary judgment dismissal of all claims against a prominent Westchester County teaching hospital in a brain damaged baby case. Plaintiff claimed that the defendants failed to timely diagnose fetal distress and...
Read MoreHPM&B Secures Early Discontinuance for Hospital in High Exposure Infant Case
HPM&B successfully defended a Rockland County hospital in a brain damaged baby case. Plaintiff claimed that the co-defendant attending obstetrician and the labor and delivery nurse negligently failed to properly interpret the fetal heart rate...
Read MoreArbitration Victory
Brendan J. Alt, Esq. recently prevailed at an arbitration involving the apportionment of liability in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a major teaching hospital in Westchester County. This wrongful death case involved an alleged failure...
Read MoreSummary Judgment Affirmed
The Appellate Division, Second Department recently affirmed the lower court’s decision granting summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a prominent teaching hospital in the Hudson Valley. The case involved an alleged failure to...
Read MoreSummary Judgment Victories
In 2019, Brendan J. Alt, Esq. obtained complete dismissals of four cases for a prominent New York City teaching hospital including three motions for summary judgment in medical malpractice actions and one motion to dismiss under FRCP 12(b)(6) in...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in New York County
HPM&B recently obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of an orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice action. This was a complex orthopedic surgery case involving a 12-year-old girl who suffered severe cartilage damage as a...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in New York County
Robert B. Gibson, assisted by associate Brendan J. Alt, successfully defended two general surgeons and their private surgical group...
Read MoreDefense Verdict on Behalf of Private Surgical Group
Robert B. Gibson, assisted by associate Brendan J. Alt, successfully defended two vascular surgeons and their private surgical group in a malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that following the placement of an...
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