Professional Experience

Mr. Thrope has a broad range of experience in the General Counsel area.  He has advised a wide variety of entities in the healthcare, education, technology and other industries in general contracting, high technology contracting, internet and e-commerce activities, bank financing, corporate governance and regulatory matters, litigation oversight, labor, internal investigations, medical-legal-ethical matters, physician arrangements and credentialling and related matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Thrope was a partner at Kalkines, Arky, Zall & Bernstein LLP (1988 to 2002).  Mr. Thrope served as a law clerk to the Honorable Leonard B. Sand, Unites States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York (1980-81), and was an associate and partner at other firms thereafter (1981-87).

Education

New York University School of Law, J.D. 1980 (Member of Law Review).

Yale University, B.A., 1977.

Memberships & Activities

Practicing Law Institute Faculty 1999: Understanding, Preventing and Litigating Year 2000 Issues - Health Care Industry.

Past Member, Association of the Bar of City of New York, Health Law and Family Courts Committees.

Publications

Co-Author: Consent and Confidentiality in the Health Care of Children and Adolescents (Free Press 1986).

Co-Author: Rights and Responsibilities of Young People in New York (New York City Bureau 1986) (currently updated and republished by New York State Bar Association).

Co-Author: Modern Federal Jury Instructions (Matthew Bender 1985).