Our Team
PARTNER
Jason Centolella
- Office 315-913-4924
- Cell 315-447-0655
Jason Centolella
Jason is a trusted advisor in providing strategic and other advice relating to health reform, including formation of accountable care organizations and joint ventures between providers and payors and issues pertaining to exchanges, new provider/payor payment arrangements. He was counsel to five of the original Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations. Additionally, he is counsel to two of the first New York State Certified Accountable Care Organizations.
In the business law area, Jason acts as legal counsel and a business advisor to many upstate New York and regional businesses. His experience includes contract review, loan documentation review, licensing agreements, succession planning, buy-sell agreements, negotiating and drafting operating agreements and shareholder agreements, joint venture formation, and private placements.
Additionally, Jason represents equipment lessors, vendors, lenders, and lessees in all areas of equipment leasing law. This includes transaction due diligence, drafting lease documentation, forming captive leasing companies, purchase and sale of lease portfolios, recovery of equipment in default scenarios, and disputes regarding lease-end options. He acts as outside general counsel to two of upstate New York’s largest equipment leasing companies.
Education:
Florida Atlantic University, B. A.
Syracuse University College of Law
Licensure:
New York
Recognitions:
New York State Super Lawyers-Upstate Edition
Associations/Professional Memberships:
American Health Lawyers Association
PARTNER
Eric Bronstad
- Office 315-913-4927
- Cell 315-480-7909
Eric Bronstad
Eric Bronstad practices in the areas of healthcare law, business law, and commercial real estate. He is a nationally recognized expert in all legal matters affecting Dental Service Organizations. Eric has over 10 years of experience as in house counsel to a large Dental Services Organization handling all of the company’s real estate lease work, general corporate legal matters including regulatory review and support to the expansion of dental practices in dozens of states, support of the company’s finance department, regulatory matters including attorneys general investigations, class action lawsuits and dental board inquiries, and corporate compliance and support of the company’s M&A work, including the acquisition of an urgent care business line. Eric has extensive experience handling the negotiation of small and large shop retail shopping center leases, as well as right to build, landlord-tenant disputes, collections and financing matters.
In the area of healthcare law, Eric counsels entities in a wide variety of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations, general employment matters, services agreements and general policies and procedures. He also advises clients on daily compliance and regulatory matters, with a focus on the application of the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Education:
Niagara University
Syracuse University College of Law
Licensure:
New York
PARTNER
Stewart Weisman
- Office 315-913-4923
- Cell 315-254-9254
Stewart Weisman
For the past twenty years, Stu’s practice has concentrated in the areas of healthcare and labor and employment law stemming mainly from serving as general counsel to a large cardiovascular group. As a healthcare attorney, Stu provides advice and guidance on a wide-range of matters, including physician employment and professional services agreements, mergers and acquisitions, office and equipment leases and purchase agreements, human resource and healthcare regulatory matters under HIPAA, Stark and Anti-kickback, ADA, FMLA and the Fair Labor Standards Act, and assisting in the formulation and implementation of corporate policies, such as records retention and prevention of sexual harassment at the work place.
Stu is also a seasoned litigator with broad experience in federal and state trial, bankruptcy, and appellate courts, as well as administrative agencies. This combination of transactional and litigation experience gives Stu a unique perspective which can be employed to best serve clients.
In addition to his work at Centolella Law, Stu is a director on the boards of the Legal Aid Society and Legal Services of Central New York not-for-profit corporations serving indigents within a thirteen-county area, is a member of the Northern District Mediation Panel, is a frequent lecturer for CLE courses (see, e.g., www.lawline.com/course/the-ethics-of-e-mails-texting), and is a Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security Studies at Cazenovia College.
Education:
Brooklyn College
Syracuse University College of Law
Licensure:
New York
Court Admissions:
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court for the Northern and Western Districts of New York
Associations/Professional Memberships:
American Health Lawyers Association
PARTNER
Dean DiPilato
- Office 315-251-1500
- Cell 813-909-3538
Dean DiPilato
After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, he received his Juris Doctor from the Columbia University School of Law in 1998, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Dean began his career at Clifford Chance in New York City, before moving to Boston where he litigated at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and then Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault. Dean was also Assistant General Counsel to Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s leading provider of dialysis products and services, and law clerk for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Dean is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Syracuse University College of Law, teaching courses in E-Discovery; as well as Mediation Skills. Dean has extensive expertise in the discovery of electronically stored information, and has taught numerous seminars on the topic, including at: the annual meeting of the Judiciary for the Fifth Judicial District, State of New York (September 2015); the Annual Meeting of the County Attorneys Association for the State of New York (May 2016); a national webinar for the Federal Bar Association (August 2016); the American Bar Association Section of Alternative Dispute Resolution’s Annual Conference in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022; and most recently a NYSBA webinar on E-Discovery basics.
ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY
Leah Sharkey
- Office 315-913-4928
- Cell 315-402-0640
Leah Sharkey
Leah Sharkey is an associate at Centolella Law, P.C. Her practice focuses primarily on healthcare legal matters, including but not limited to HIPAA, employment matters, federal and state fraud and abuse issues, compliance and state regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, entity formation and corporate governance. Additionally, Leah represents clients in litigation related to business disputes. Leah understands the complexities that may come with litigation and assists her clients reach favorable resolutions.
Prior to joining Centolella Law, Leah worked in civil litigation law firm where she focused on insurance defense and toxic tort cases. Leah also served as an Assistant District Attorney in Oswego County. Through her prior experiences, Leah gained significant knowledge in the discovery process, negotiation, and governmental compliance.
Education:
Ithaca College
Syracuse University College of Law
Licensure:
New York
Associations/Professional Memberships:
American Health Lawyers Association
Our Practice Areas
Our knowledge of the healthcare market makes Centolella Law uniquely qualified to represent clients in this highly regulated and complex area.
We provide legal services to the broad business community in mergers and acquisitions, equipment leases, trademarks, entity formation, employment and compensation agreements, and business-related litigation.
We provide legal services in connection with commercial real estate transactions. From office leases to the acquisition and development of healthcare facilities, we represent clients through all stages of transactions from negotiating terms to acquisition or sale.
Servicing the cannabis community in connection with adult use regulations, processing and growing operations, mergers and acquisitions, entity formation, and financing.
Centolella Law regularly provides a broad spectrum of litigation services to our clients in federal, state, local, and appellate courts as well as alternate dispute venues such as arbitration and mediation.
