James Schiffer

Associate

Jim Schiffer's law practice draws on his many years of pharmacy and business experience. Mr. Schiffer has been named by American Druggist as one of the nation’s most influential pharmacy leaders for his work concerning the activities of Pharmacy Benefit Management companies (“PBM’s”), and he has received several national awards from pharmacy organizations for his work on behalf of the profession.  Some twenty five years after he became a pharmacist, Mr. Schiffer enrolled in law school; having completed his degree in 2003 his practice is focused on representing businesses, trade associations and individuals in a variety of health care related matters, including government administrative investigations and administrative law proceedings, contract and business negotiations, and litigated matters.  His experience includes representing clients in proceedings before the Drug Enforcement Administration, the New York State  Department of Health, and the Board of Pharmacy’s Office of Professional Discipline, as well as in connection with Medicaid provider audits and investigations conducted by the New York Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, as well as the New Jersey Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, in addition to many other business matters.

Since 1987, Mr. Schiffer has served as an Adjunct Professor at LIU’s Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.