Elliott Dear, Lawyer — New York

Elliott Dear — more precisely spelled Eliott Dear — is a New York lawyer with over two decades in healthcare reimbursement law. He is the founder and principal attorney at Claims Assassins, a practice he built from scratch to handle attorney-signed Independent Dispute Resolution for out-of-network physicians in New York and five other states.

New York Bar Credentials

Eliott Dear has been admitted to the New York State Bar since June 2005 (registration number 4329546) and remains in good standing. He earned his J.D. at Fordham University School of Law, where he served on the Fordham Law Review, and began his legal career at Clifford Chance, one of the largest international law firms in the world.

His bar standing is publicly verifiable through the New York State Unified Court System attorney directory. Every IDR submission filed through Claims Assassins carries his name and bar number.

What This New York Lawyer Does

Elliott Dear built Claims Assassins around a single problem: out-of-network physicians are systematically underpaid by insurers who know most providers cannot fight back effectively. The fix is legal, not administrative — and that is what this practice delivers.

New York's state IDR process, operated through the Department of Financial Services, uses the FAIR Health 80th-percentile benchmark and enforces payment within thirty days of an award. There is no recoupment risk. The awards are final. That is a court-level outcome without the court.

Eliott Dear files and collects on these as the attorney of record. He personally signs every submission and deals with DFS at the attorney level — not through billing staff, not through outside counsel.

Career Timeline

• Fordham University School of Law— J.D., Law Review
• Clifford Chance LLP— Associate, Structured Finance
• Eliott Dear & Associates PC— Founder
• M&D Capital Advisors / M&D Premier Billing— Founder — non-par medical billing operations
• ED Revenue Targeted Billing (EDRTB LLC)— Founder — d/b/a Claims Assassins

Why “Elliott Dear” vs. “Eliott Dear”

The correct legal spelling is Eliott — one “l” in the first name. You will often see “Elliott Dear” (two “l's”) in search results and directories — both refer to the same New York attorney. If you are trying to verify bar standing or locate his firm: NY Bar #4329546, Claims Assassins, claims-assassins.com.

Practice States

Claims Assassins operates state IDR in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, and New Mexico — states where the IDR process has real enforcement teeth and the economics strongly favor physician claimants.

Any non-par surgeon or emergency physician who wants to know whether their claims fit the intake criteria that produce these results can send one EOB. Eliott Dear reviews it free and gives a straight answer.