Public Health Committee

The Public Health Law Committee provides a forum for discussing the legal powers and duties of government to maintain a healthy population and the tension between the government’s role in protecting and promoting public health and the rights and interests of individual citizens.

Committee Chair:

Heather Butts
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Bayside, NY
hb2108@cumc.columbia.edu

Vice Chair:

Dorothy E. Shuldman, Esq.
Catholic Health System
Buffalo, NY
dshuldman@chsbuffalo.org

The Public Health Committee of the Health Law Section meets over Zoom the first Thursday of every month at 5:30 pm, unless otherwise specified.

Please contact the Health Law Section Liaison, Bridget Donlon at bdonlon@nysba.org to request join the committee and receive meeting invites. 

Public Health Committee Chair Heather Butts poses with attendees at the New York State Bar Association Health Law Section’s Meet and Greet, held on March 24, 2026, at New York Law School. The event brought together students and professionals for an evening of networking, mentorship, and conversation focused on developments in health law.