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Vasilios (“Bill”) Lolis is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group, which represents clients in all phases of civil litigation before both state and federal courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution bodies.
Bill focuses his practice on representing individuals and corporate entities in complex civil litigation. He has a proven track record litigating and counseling clients in contractual disputes, business break-ups, real estate and construction matters, commercial landlord-tenant relationships, and various employment issues. Bill is also an integral part of the firm’s RICO Defense group, which focuses on defending medical professionals and health care-related entities from fraud or waste claims by major insurers and others. He has significant experience handling managed-care litigation brought on behalf of hospitals seeking to rectify insurers’ inappropriate underpayments or denials of claims for medical services.
Prior to joining the firm, Bill worked at a New York law firm, where his practice also encompassed a wide range of litigation matters. Bill began his career defending major medical institutions, and their personnel, in medical malpractice actions. He also worked on the firm’s construction accident litigation team, where he was involved in defending property owners and contractors in complex, multi-party construction accident cases, property damage cases, and insurance coverage disputes.
Representative Matters:
- Being granted a pre-answer motion to dismiss in an action against a medical practice by a former partner alleging improper termination
- Procuring pre-answer summary judgment, with an award of attorney’s fees, on behalf of a young physician in an action against a medical practice that improperly terminated an employment agreement
- Successfully negotiating a settlement of a long-running and contentious valuation dispute between a medical practice and the estate of a former partner
Super Lawyers has recognized Garfunkel Wild Attorneys across a range of the firm’s practice areas to the 2025 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list.
A trailblazing decision has been issued by Judge Rakoff of the United States Federal Court for the Southern District of New York. The decision, issued on February 17, 2026, analyzes the applicability of attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine to third-party generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms.
On February 18, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed a civil RICO action brought by Roosevelt Road Re, Ltd. and Tradesman Program Managers, LLC, against a personal injury law firm and various medical providers arising out of workers’ compensation claims after considering a motion by Garfunkel Wild and other law firms on behalf of our clients and the other defendants.
The cybersecurity attack on Change Healthcare (“Change”), a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group, has caused widespread disruption, impacting health care providers and individuals whose personal data was compromised. This breach has led to numerous class action lawsuits, divided into two main groups: providers affected by the claims processing shutdown and individuals whose data was leaked. In June 2024, approximately 50 lawsuits were centralized into a Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in federal court in Minnesota. On September 17, 2024, the first conference in the matter occurred. As the litigation progresses, motions to dismiss, potential mediation, and class certification are expected to shape the case.
Vasilios (“Bill”) Lolis is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group, which represents clients in all phases of civil litigation before both state and federal courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution bodies.
Bill focuses his practice on representing individuals and corporate entities in complex civil litigation. He has a proven track record litigating and counseling clients in contractual disputes, business break-ups, real estate and construction matters, commercial landlord-tenant relationships, and various employment issues. Bill is also an integral part of the firm’s RICO Defense group, which focuses on defending medical professionals and health care-related entities from fraud or waste claims by major insurers and others. He has significant experience handling managed-care litigation brought on behalf of hospitals seeking to rectify insurers’ inappropriate underpayments or denials of claims for medical services.
Prior to joining the firm, Bill worked at a New York law firm, where his practice also encompassed a wide range of litigation matters. Bill began his career defending major medical institutions, and their personnel, in medical malpractice actions. He also worked on the firm’s construction accident litigation team, where he was involved in defending property owners and contractors in complex, multi-party construction accident cases, property damage cases, and insurance coverage disputes.
Representative Matters:
- Being granted a pre-answer motion to dismiss in an action against a medical practice by a former partner alleging improper termination
- Procuring pre-answer summary judgment, with an award of attorney’s fees, on behalf of a young physician in an action against a medical practice that improperly terminated an employment agreement
- Successfully negotiating a settlement of a long-running and contentious valuation dispute between a medical practice and the estate of a former partner
The cybersecurity attack on Change Healthcare (“Change”), a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group, has caused widespread disruption, impacting health care providers and individuals whose personal data was compromised. This breach has led to numerous class action lawsuits, divided into two main groups: providers affected by the claims processing shutdown and individuals whose data was leaked. In June 2024, approximately 50 lawsuits were centralized into a Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in federal court in Minnesota. On September 17, 2024, the first conference in the matter occurred. As the litigation progresses, motions to dismiss, potential mediation, and class certification are expected to shape the case.
On February 18, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed a civil RICO action brought by Roosevelt Road Re, Ltd. and Tradesman Program Managers, LLC, against a personal injury law firm and various medical providers arising out of workers’ compensation claims after considering a motion by Garfunkel Wild and other law firms on behalf of our clients and the other defendants.
A trailblazing decision has been issued by Judge Rakoff of the United States Federal Court for the Southern District of New York. The decision, issued on February 17, 2026, analyzes the applicability of attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine to third-party generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms.
A trailblazing decision has been issued by Judge Rakoff of the United States Federal Court for the Southern District of New York. The decision, issued on February 17, 2026, analyzes the applicability of attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine to third-party generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms.
On February 18, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed a civil RICO action brought by Roosevelt Road Re, Ltd. and Tradesman Program Managers, LLC, against a personal injury law firm and various medical providers arising out of workers’ compensation claims after considering a motion by Garfunkel Wild and other law firms on behalf of our clients and the other defendants.
The cybersecurity attack on Change Healthcare (“Change”), a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group, has caused widespread disruption, impacting health care providers and individuals whose personal data was compromised. This breach has led to numerous class action lawsuits, divided into two main groups: providers affected by the claims processing shutdown and individuals whose data was leaked. In June 2024, approximately 50 lawsuits were centralized into a Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in federal court in Minnesota. On September 17, 2024, the first conference in the matter occurred. As the litigation progresses, motions to dismiss, potential mediation, and class certification are expected to shape the case.
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U.S. District Court: Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals: Second Circuit
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Super Lawyers – New York Metro Rising Star (2025)