About Us

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Born Jamaica, New York, September 27, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, New York: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.  Education: State University of New York at Fredonia (B.S., Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1980); St. John’s University (J. D., 1983).  Omicron Delta Epsilon.  Member: New York State Bar Association and New York State Trial Lawyers Association.  Speaker: New York State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education: CPLR Discovery Devices (May, 1996); Trial of an Automobile Case: Direct and Cross-Examination, Defendant’s Perspective (May, 1997); Mock Trial Coach, Mepham High School (1998); Volunteer Lawyer for Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee (1984-present); Counsel for St. Martin of Tours’ School Board, St. Martin of Tours’ Catholic Youth Organization and Amityville Soccer League; Mediator and Neutral Evaluator, Supreme Court, Nassau County; Law Competition Faculty, Peter James Johnson National Civil Rights Trial Competition; Judge, Long Island Forensic Association (2008); Co-Author: “New York Abrogates Insurers’ ‘Late Notice” Defense Absent Material Prejudice,” Bloomberg Law Reports, Vol. 2, No. 31, August 4, 2008; Listed in New York Law Journal's "Top New York Verdicts of 2012" (Tunney v Miranda, Queens Supreme, September 11, 2012); AAA certified as Storm Sandy Neutral Mediator 2013; Named Volunteer of the Year for the CYO of Long Island, 2018.

Born Nassau, New York, April 22, 1976; admitted to bar 2002, New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Long Island University C.W. Post (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: New York State Bar Association and Nassau County Bar Association. Speaker for the New York State Bar Association CLE Program (Long Island Speaker) Insurance Coverage Update, Personal Lines, Bad Faith and Other Developing Topics (2005); 2015 and 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Star.

Born Brooklyn, New York, January 9, 1953; admitted to the bar, 1984, New York: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, United States Supreme Court. Education: Hofstra University (B.A. Psychology 1972), Long Island University (M.P.A. Public Administration 1978), St. John’s University (J.D. 1986). Gene loves trying cases (over 100 verdicts), arguing appeals (over 60), and using technology, photographs, video, statistical analysis, site investigation, weather records, Google Maps, Wikipedia, and all types of information well beyond the law books; to identify and prove a defense for his client. Friday nights you will find him raising funds for charity calling bingo numbers at his local church.

 REST IN PEACE

   REID A. CURTIS (1911-1987)

   ROY W. VASILE (1952-2015)

DOMINICK A. PICCININNI, JR. (1959-2015)