GALILEO'S LAWYER:
Courtroom Battles in Alternative Health, Complementary Medicine and Experimental Treatments

"Galileo's Lawyer tells the story of medical mavericks, that is to say health care practitioners who use unconventional, alternative, unapproved, experimental or integrative medical modalities on conditions like cancer, heart disease, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease and other conditions. Many of these practitioners use dietary or nutritional supplements, herbal remedies or homeopathic products to treat disease or for disease prevention. Many of the treatments used by medical mavericks are not approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). The government, insurance companies and the medical establishment sometimes try to stop these practitioners from treating patients through the use of medical board proceedings, criminal actions and civil lawsuits. This book tells the story of the fight between alternative or complementary health practitioners, their patients and the government." - Richard Jaffe

We have excellent legal representation for this case.

Richard Jaffe, Esq.
3200 Southwest Frwy, Suite 3200
Houston, Texas 77027
Telephone: (713) 626-3550
Fax (713) 626-9420
Email: rickjaffeesq@aol.com

In New Mexico:

Judith A. Rosenstein, P.C.
PO Box 25622,
Albuquerque, NM 87125-5622
Telephone: 505-379-1289
Fax: 505-797-8086
Email: jrosenstein7@cybermesa.com

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Judith A. Rosenstein, P.C. is a New Mexico Attorney at Law and a retired Assistant Federal Public Defender.

Richard A. Jaffe, Esq. is a health care litigator and counselor with a primary focus on cutting-edge medical/legal issues. He repressents practitioners, companies and health related organizations in complex health care matters throughout the United States, especially legal cases brought by federal and state government agencies. He has extensive experience in Medicare and insurance fraud defense, FDA litigation, professional licensure and criminal and civil scheduled drug prescribing problems, including medical marijuana and OxyContin. He also has represented doctors and companies involved in the clinical use of stem cells, and works on matters involving nutritional supplements.

Clients include the noted immunologist H.H. Fudenberg, cancer specialists Stanislaw Burzynski and Emanuel Revici, and other of the country's leading, cutting-edge health care professionals. He has represented health organizations in civil litigation and provides general counsel services to trade and other health related organizations.

Mr. Jaffe has also filed federal civil rights, RICO and similar actions for health care practitioners and organizations against insurance companies and state officials, and has obtained precedent setting decisions. He has extensive experience representing chiropractors, and he writes frequently on the legal aspects of multidisciplinary clinics and other issues relating to Chiropractic.

Mr. Jaffe has helped organize and testified at several Congressional Hearings on various issues related to patients' rights and access to experimental medicine, and has appeared on national media shows such as Nightline, Dateline, Good Morning America and 48 Hours. Mr. Jaffe is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a member of the Columbia Law Review. Mr. Jaffe has an office in Houston, Texas.

Galileo's Lawyer

Mr. Jaffe has recently released a book "Galileo's Lawyer: Courtroom Battles in Alternative Health, Complementary Medicine and Experimental Treatments."

Galileo's Lawyer tells the story of medical mavericks, that is to say health care practitioners who use unconventional, alternative, unapproved, experimental or integrative medical modalities on conditions like cancer, heart disease, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease and other conditions. Many of these practitioners use dietary or nutritional supplements, herbal remedies or homeopathic products to treat disease or for disease prevention. Many of the treatments used by medical mavericks are not approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). The government, insurance companies and the medical establishment sometimes try to stop these practitioners from treating patients through the use of medical board proceedings, criminal actions and civil lawsuits. This book tells the story of the fight between alternative or complementary health practitioners, their patients and the government.

Book Introduction:

I defend medical mavericks. Some of my clients have invented new treatments. Those who haven’t, use the latest or greatest complementary and alternative health remedies in the field that is now called “integrative medicine.”

These medical heretics are idolized by their patients, and ridiculed and reviled by their detractors. Their supporters believe that alternative remedies are natural, non-toxic, holistic, groundbreaking and life saving. Opponents claim that the very same remedies are unproven, dangerous, life threatening and fraudulent.

Galileo fought the prevailing scientific theory of his time - that the sun revolved around the earth - and was forced to defend his beliefs before the ruling authority, the church. Many of my clients have defended their treatments in modern day medical inquisitions before state medical boards and in federal and state courtrooms. They are like Galileo fighting the medical Inquistion, or they are quacks and charlatans like the Russian faith healer and con man Rasputin who duped desperately ill patients out of their money.

I am Galileo’s lawyer, or Rasputin’s mouthpiece, depending on your perspective. This book tells the stories of medical mavericks and their legal battles against the church of medical orthodoxy.

Richard Jaffe

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