REGINALD BULLOCK JR. APPOINTED GENERAL COUNSEL AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS FOR THE NASSAU HEALTH CARE CORPORATION, RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING ALL LEGAL MATTERS FOR NASSAU’S SAFETY NET HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
June 10, 2008
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
REGINALD BULLOCK JR. APPOINTED GENERAL COUNSEL AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS FOR THE NASSAU HEALTH CARE CORPORATION, RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING ALL LEGAL MATTERS FOR NASSAU’S SAFETY NET HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, DISTINGUISHED LEGAL EXPERT WITH A STRONG HISTORY OF EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL AFFAIRS, WILL PLAY KEY ROLE IN NHCC EXECUTIVE TEAM
East Meadow, NY….Arthur A. Gianelli, President/CEO of the Nassau Health Care Corporation announced the appointment of Reginald Bullock Jr. as the General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs for the NHCC, responsible for the management and oversight of the corporation’s legal department. In his new position, Mr. Bullock will be overseeing all legal matters that affect the NHCC’s operation of the Nassau University Medical Center, the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility and the Community Health Centers.
“We are pleased to welcome Reginald Bullock Jr. who comes very highly recommended and are proud that he has joined our growing team of highly qualified senior executives as we move forward on implementing our major modernization and strategic initiatives, ” said Mr. Gianelli. “Under his leadership, Mr. Bullock will build on the reputation for excellence and the progress made under Sharon Popper, Esq. who recently retired from the position as the NHCC’s General Counsel.”
Prior to joining the NHCC, Mr. Bullock was a Senior Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System from September 2000 until May 2008, and served as the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System’s Acting Chief Compliance Officer from June to October of 2007. While at North Shore, Mr. Bullock advised health system entities on general corporate law, real estate, corporate finance, corporate governance, healthcare regulation and exempt organization issues under State and Federal law. Mr. Bullock was also responsible for procurement and information technology contracting and was primary counsel to The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the North Shore-LIJ Graduate School for Molecular Medicine.
From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Bullock worked at Wood, Rafalsky & Wood LLP where he became a partner in their Real Estate and Corporate Group. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Bullock worked as an Associate in the Corporations Department of Hale and Dorr in Boston, Massachusetts and, from 1991 to 1993, in the Corporate and Tax Group of Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey in Newark, New Jersey.
Mr. Bullock received his Juris Doctor degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University in June 1989, where he served as a Senior Notes and Comments Editor for the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal and received the Dr. Samuel Belkin Service Award. Mr. Bullock graduated from Bard College in 1984 where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Studies with a concentration in Economics; he was also the recipient of the Eric Warren Goldman Scholarship for Economics and the Eleanor Dulles Bourne Fellowship for Social Studies. Mr. Bullock was admitted to practice in the State of New York in March 1990 and in New Jersey in June 1991.
In accepting the appointment, Mr. Bullock said: “I am very pleased to join the NHCC and look forward to working closely with my colleagues. It is a wonderful opportunity for me to direct the legal affairs department and to participate in the success of Nassau’s safety-net health care system.”
Mr. Gianelli concluded by saying: “Reginald Bullock Jr., whose unique skill set and experience are just what the NHCC needs, will play a key role in strengthening our legal department through his leadership.”
