PROFILE | June 2026
Elliott Dear: From Fordham Law and Clifford Chance to Claims Assassins
By Elliott Dear, Esq.
Elliott Dear's credentials are not decoration. They are the reason the practice works the way it does.
Fordham Law
Elliott Dear graduated from Fordham University School of Law and was a member of the Fordham Law Review, the school's flagship legal journal.
Clifford Chance
He began in big law at Clifford Chance, a global firm, where the standard of written legal work is exacting. That training is why every Claims Assassins submission reads like a legal brief, not a billing form.
Claims Assassins
Elliott Dear left to build a focused practice: attorney-signed IDR for non-par physicians, run under his own New York bar number, in good standing since 2005.
Why It Matters to a Physician
A surgeon evaluating representation should know who is signing the submission. Elliott Dear signs his, personally, every time.