Conrad A. Chayes, Jr. is a partner at Barker Patterson Nichols LLP, where he defends our client physicians, hospitals, health care delivery systems, and premier academic medical centers in medical malpractice matters from inception through trial.
Mr. Chayes handles a full complement of medical, dental, hospital, and nursing home malpractice actions, other attorneys in defense of professional liability actions, as well as healthcare, large residential and municipal facilities and entities in general liability matters. He also defends medical, dental, and nursing practitioners in licensing and disciplinary matters before the New York State OPMC and OPD.
He has received the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants every year since 2021 and has been recognized by his peers as a Super Lawyers Rising Star continuously since 2022. While in law school, Mr. Chayes received the CALI Award for Academic Excellence in both Federal Courts and Legal Remedies. In college, he clerked for a top-ranked law firm in London, England. Prior to joining BPN, Mr. Chayes was a partner at another prominent New York City medical malpractice defense firm.