DANIEL M. SCHIAVETTA received a J.D. from University of California, Davis School of Law in 1992, after a previous career as a social worker. At UC Davis he was the only member of his class to be named both a Law Review Editor and a Moot Court Judge. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the State University of New York in 1980, graduating magna cum laude. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in New York and New Jersey and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and is a member of the New York State, Westchester County, and New Rochelle Bar Associations and the Defense Research Institute. He specializes in nursing home and adult residential facility defense, and has wide experience in appellate and insurance coverage litigation. He has prosecuted rescission, declaratory judgment and interpleader actions in state and federal court on behalf of various insurers, and has tried cases involving medical malpractice and premises liability. Mr. Schiavetta gives presentations to nursing homes as to charting and litigation issues and is responsible for two changes in case law which have benefitted his clients, Springstead v. Ciba-Geigy, 27 A.D.3d 720 (2nd Dept. 2006) (allowing recovery of costs in pursing third party actions), and Randi A.J. v. Long Island Surgi-Center, 46 A.D.3d 74 (2nd Dept. 2007) (requiring “clear and convincing” evidence for punitive damages).