DeCotiis

Mr. LaBue is a partner in the firm's Teaneck office. He joined the firm as a partner in 2000 and is a member of the Healthcare Practice Group.

Prior to entering the private practice of law, Mr. LaBue was a Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey from 1972 to 1980.  During the eight years he worked for the New Jersey Attorney General’s office, he represented the New Jersey professional licensing board and he supervised the deputy attorneys general who also represented the professional licensing boards.   He currently represents professionals before the New Jersey licensing boards and physicians whose hospital clinical staff privileges are at risk. Mr. LaBue also represents physicians whose Medicare, Medicaid and/or insurance company provider status is subject to termination. Mr. LaBue frequently works with the DeCotiis attorneys from the White Collar Criminal Law section to defend healthcare professionals who have both criminal and licensing charges filed against them.

Mr. LaBue currently represents an international medical school, St. George’s University School of Medicine. He was formerly Counsel to the medical staffs at Mountainside Hospital, Bayonne Hospital and Irvington General Hospital.

Representative Cases:
Represented Dr. Larry Sabel in the defense of his chiropractic license.
Represented Dr. Vincent Scudese, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, in defense of his license to practice Medicine and Surgery.
Represented the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners in the prosecution of Dr. Mario E. Jascalevich, an alleged serial murderer.

Mr. LaBue served in the United States Army from 1962 to 1965. He received both his B.S. in Accounting from St. Peter’s College and his J.D. from Rutgers Law School, Newark, New Jersey, in 1971. He is a New Jersey native and lifetime resident.

Bar Admissions:
New Jersey (1971)

Professional Memberships, Associations and Activities:
New Jersey State Bar, Healthcare Section
American Bar Association