Bruce V. Hillowe

Born Brooklyn, New York, May 3, 1954, Admitted to the New York State Bar 1981, and to the U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Education: Binghamton University (B.A. with highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976); Duke University (J.D. with honors, 1980); Adelphi University (Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1986; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, 1997). Family Studies Center (Certificate in Family Mediation, 1986). Licensed Psychologist in New York State, 1988.

Publications: Author, "The Role of Psychology and Psychologists in Fault Divorce by Cruelty," Family Law Review, Vol 22., No. 3., September 1990. Author, "Clients Less Likely to Succeed in Divorce Mediation," Family Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, September 1991. Author, "Counseling Clients Through the Psychological Divorce," Encyclopedia of Matrimonial Practice, Prentice Hall Law and Business, 1991. Co-author, "Psychotherapist-Patient Sexual Contact: A Guide for Plaintiff's Attorneys," New York Negligence Reporter, Matthew Bender & Co., Vol. 6, No. 11, November 1995. Author, New York Psychotherapy Law, 1999 (self-published). Author, "The Ten Biggest Mistakes Physicians Make During Disciplinary Proceedings" in The Biggest Legal Mistakes Physicians Make: Legal Desk Reference for Physicians, S. Babitsky and J. Mangraviti, Editors, SEAK, Inc., 2005. Co-author, "Implementation of a Coordinated System of Early Intervention and Infant Mental Health: Realities" in Mental Health in Early Intervention, G. Foley and J. Hochman, Editors, Brookes Publishing, 2006. Author, HIPAA Compliance Manual for Small Mental Health Practices in New York State, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2024 (five editions, self-published).

Associations and Activities: Member, American, New York State and Nassau County Bar Associations. Teaching attending psychologist in law and ethics, Long Island Jewish Medical Center (1991-2007). Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University, Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Doctoral and Post-doctoral Programs, Courses in Ethics, Law and Professional Practice. Surrogate Decision-Making Committee, New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled. Neutral Evaluator and Mediator, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. Qualified as a Referee, Court Evaluator, Guardian, Attorney for Alleged Incapacitated Persons, and Supplemental Needs Trustee by the State of New York Office of Court Administration. Approved provider by New York State Education Department of continuing education for LMSW's and LCSW's (Bruce Hillowe SW CPE #0047) and Psychologist (Bruce Hillowe PSY CPE #0011).   In September 2024, Bruce joined the law firm of Schaupp McDermott LLP as Senior Counsel.

Honors: Democrat candidate for Family Court Judge, 1997, found "well-qualified" by the Judiciary Committee of the Bar Association of Nassau County. "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory®1. Listing in The Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys (Healthcare Law)®2. "Top Lawyer" listing in Long Island Pulse Magazine, March 2012. "Superlawyer" listing by Thomson Reuters, New York Metro area, Healthcare Law, New York Times Magazine, October 2011, October 2013, October 2014. Corporate LiveWire Global Award Winner in Health Care Law, 2015. 

Personal: Bruce is married and has two children.

Schaupp McDermott LLP

 Schaupp McDermott is a full-service, boutique law firm, representing mental health care clinicians, group practices, agencies, and organizations. Co-founded by Mary Lynn McDermott and Lissa Schaupp, the firm combines specialized legal experience, enriched by over a decade of Mary Lynn and Lissa’s clinical experience as practicing psychoanalysts. Schaupp McDermott provides mental health professionals with comprehensive legal guidance on business formation, employment matters, regulatory and compliance issues, professional ethics, standards of care, treatment protocols, risk management, licensing issues and complaints, as well as non-party subpoena and deposition requests for records and testimony.

Mary Lynn McDermott, JD, LCSW

Mary Lynn obtained a JD from Albany Law School, a Master of Social Work from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Services and holds certifications in Psychoanalysis and Trauma Therapy from the National Institute of Psychotherapies. After law school, Mary Lynn joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher, as a litigation associate working on all phases of trial practice, including employment defense in Title VII cases, appearing before New York Civil and Federal courts as well as the New York Division of Human Rights and the EEOC. Mary Lynn later worked as a managing employment law consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers advising clients on best practices in the workplace and providing in-person training to corporate management and executive officers. Mary Lynn has provided post-graduate instruction to emerging clinicians in psychoanalytic assessment and diagnosis as well as ethics and mental health law.  She has also provided legal services to underserved populations through St. Patrick’s Trocaire House on Long Island, as well as advocating for survivors of domestic violence seeking safe harbor.

Lissa Schaupp, JD, LCSW

Lissa holds a JD from Fordham Law School, a Master of Social Work from NYU’s Silver School of Social Work and earned her B.A. in Anthropology and Philosophy from Columbia University. Lisa later earned a certificate in psychoanalysis from the National Institute of Psychotherapies.  Lissa began her legal career as a litigation associate at Holland & Knight, LLP where she counseled and defended clients in Federal Court, New York Civil Court, and arbitration in all phases of litigation from discovery through the appeals process. Lissa has also worked on multiple sides of the administrative law landscape. As a pro bono attorney for the City Bar Justice Center’s Legal Clinic for the Homeless, she represented clients at administrative fair hearings to contest denials and reductions of various public benefits. More recently, Lissa worked for the City of New York as an Administrative Law Judge conducting fair hearings and drafting decisions setting forth findings of fact and law on matters involving alleged enforcement agency violations across various NYC agencies.