Rob Bernstein focuses his practice on labor and employment exclusively for management. with an emphasis in litigation and counseling. With over 30 years of experience. Rob has represented many multinational and domestic corporations in a wide range of industries. His practice extends to numerous jurisdictions across the United States. involving most workplace issues. including class and collective actions. employee benefits and trade secret litigation.
Prior to joining the firm. Rob chaired the National Labor and Employment Department Steering Committee of a management-side only. national labor and employment law firm. where he also served as one of five members of the Firm’s Executive Committee and was a member of its Board of Directors. Rob also was partner at a top-15 international law firm. where he headed its global employment practice.
Rob’s Professional and Community Involvement
Dr. Bernstein is a Professor of Pediatrics at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in New York. He taps into his extensive 40–year experience as an academic general pediatrician in private practice, the National Health Service Corps, and as Chief of General Academic Pediatrics at urban, suburban, and rural children’s hospitals with a passion for vaccination, infectious diseases, medical education, health promotion, and disease prevention to promote the health and well-being of children, their families, and their communities.
His private, community-based primary care (generalist) experiences in combination with academic leadership responsibilities have provided him with a value-added, translational science perspective, unique from many others in academia. This tacit knowledge enables him to fulfill a lifelong passion of communicating, educating, and translating science into clinical settings, educational venues, policymaking, and media interactions to advance the health of children.
Dr. Bernstein’s research and quality improvement initiatives focus on issues important to Academic General Pediatrics and community-based practice, including immunizations, infectious diseases, postpartum newborn discharge, childhood obesity, breastfeeding, health promotion, preventive health screening in primary care, technology and medical education. His commitment, innovative spirit, and enthusiasm also encompass many facets of medical education along the continuum from training and mentoring future physicians to fostering lifelong learning and supporting the continuous professional development of practicing pediatricians.
Shelby Caban is a heart transplant recipient since childhood and a two-time cancer survivor. Born with a rare heart disease called restrictive cardiomyopathy, Shelby received a heart transplant at the age of ten. At 19 years old, while a sophomore in college, Shelby was diagnosed with a rare form of post-transplant lymphoma. She underwent nearly one year of chemotherapy, returned to college, and continued on to graduate school.
Her experience as a patient inspired Shelby to pursue a career in medicine taking care of children just like herself. After just completing her course of study at NYIT to become a Physician Assistant and taking her boards to practice in pediatrics, Shelby was diagnosed with a more aggressive form of Lymphoma (plasmablastic diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma) for a second time and underwent emergency abdominal surgery and chemotherapy yet again.
Despite her own health challenges, Shelby went on to practice as a pediatric Physician Assistant, married her husband Oliver, and achieved her dream of using her experience as a young patient to help other young patients when they need her compassion the most.
Shelby is currently a Physician Assistant at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital working in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit taking care of some of the sickest babies and children in Connecticut. She recently accepted a position at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital (Columbia University Medical Center) working in their Pediatric Cardiac ICU, the same unit in which she recovered from after her transplant.
Dr. Richard “Richie” Suarez is board certified in pediatrics and is currently a second-year fellow in pediatric hematology/oncology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, ranked the number one pediatric cancer hospital in the country. He was born and raised in South Jersey and was diagnosed with leukemia at 18 years old, just before starting college. His treatment included two and a half years of chemotherapy, brain radiation, and bilateral hip replacements at age 20. Despite this, he returned to collegiate baseball, eventually earning national recognition for his comeback and resilience, including the Philadelphia Sports Writers’ Most Courageous Athlete Award and a cover feature in NCAA Champion magazine.
Richie earned his medical degree from Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. He completed his residency in pediatrics at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, where he also served an additional fourth year as chief resident. His personal experience with cancer continues to shape his career as both a clinician and researcher. During residency, he conducted research on kidney injury in children with sickle cell disease, which he presented at national conferences. His current work at Cincinnati explores how the gut microbiome and systemic bacterial metabolites influence cancer outcomes and treatment resistance in children and young adults with cancer.
A dedicated speaker and advocate, Richie has addressed audiences across the country, including events for the American Red Cross, The Valerie Fund, Cancer for College, and the Patient Advocate Foundation. He has served as a master of ceremonies, keynote speaker, and panelist, sharing his story to raise funds, awareness, and support. Richie has also served on scholarship selection committees and mentored teens and young adults navigating cancer survivorship.
He currently lives in the Cincinnati area with his wife, Kelly, whose unwavering support has been essential to every milestone, and their one-year-old son, Hudson. He enjoys working out, golfing, playing and watching sports, and spending time with his family. He is honored to be recognized by the American Cancer Society at this year’s Finish the Fight Invitational.
Darren R. Blumberg, MD, specializes in colorectal cancer screening, diseases of the esophagus, colon, and biliary tree, and inflammatory bowel disease. Since he began practicing in Morris County in 2003, Dr. Blumberg has been an attending physician at Morristown Medical Center. He performs procedures at Morristown Medical Center, Hanover Endoscopy Center, Florham Park Endoscopy Center, and Morristown Surgical Center.
Dr. Blumberg’s research interests are primarily devoted to Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome. He is the author or coauthor of articles and abstracts that are published in prestigious, peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Journal of Immunology, Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, and Emerging Infectious Diseases. He has been an instructor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.
Dr. Blumberg says, “I believe it is important to be available to my patients. I care for each of my patients as I would care for a family member or friend.”
Dr. Blumberg has been featured in multiple New Jersey Monthly “Top Doctor” listings.
The father of 3 young children, Dr. Blumberg spends most of his spare time at their sporting events and practices. He and his family live in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
