Timothy Lenane

Timothy Lenane has been practicing for more than 25 years, the majority of which have been spent in the medical malpractice, general liability, and professional liability defense field as a trial attorney and in-house counsel for a major New York City hospital and health care system. Tim has managed all aspects of professional liability and general liability claims against hospitals. He has also successfully defended hospitals, physicians, nurses, dentists, and other health care professionals in medical malpractice cases from inception through trial.

Tim joined VLMM from Westermann, Sheehy, Keenan, Samaan & Aydelott, LLP, where he was Of Counsel. He was also a partner with Schiavetti, Corgan, DiEdwards & Nicholson, where he concentrated on defense of professional and general liability claims, including hospitals, physicians, nurses, dentists, and other health care professionals.

For more than 6 years, Tim served as Corporate Director of Claims and Insurance Claims Counsel for St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in New York. He was responsible for all professional liability, general liability, and worker’s compensation claims against the hospital, as well as physicians insured through subsidiary insurance companies.

More recently, Tim has been representing a multi-hospital group located in Brooklyn together with many of its ancillary facilities in all aspects of its professional and general liability claims.

Through years of experience as a litigator, trial attorney and in-house counsel for major medical centers, Tim has acquired a unique set of skills and perspectives which are invaluable to the Firm’s clients.