Partner
Partner
Thomas Anthony Ricotta

70% Employment Law
15% Civil Rights
15% Education Law
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Admissions
New York, 2004
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2005
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2009
Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New YorkJ.D. – 2003Major: Labor and Industrial Relations
Le Moyne College, DeWitt, New YorkB.S. – 2000Major: Labor and Industrial Relations
During the course of his professional career, Tom has distinguished himself as a successful litigation attorney who has won multiple federal and state trials, and has handled all aspects of litigation, as both lead counsel and co-counsel. Through his work, numerous clients have achieved six-figure awards, and multi-million dollar awards, including substantial awards for emotional and punitive damages.
His successes include his work as co-counsel in Bensy v. Malverne UFSD, et al. (jury award of $100,000 for emotional damages only), as well as Olsen, et al. v. The County of Nassau, et al. (jury award of $1,000,000 in emotional damages).
Bensy v. Malverne UFSD, et al.
award$100,000
Emotional damages only
Olsen, et al. v. The County of Nassau, et al.
award$1,000,000
Emotional damages
Tom was co-counsel for the Plaintiff on Bianco v. Flushing Hospital Medical Center, where a jury awarded a record $13.5 million dollar emotional damage verdict in the Plaintiff’s favor, and a total verdict of $15 million and was also co-counsel in Wallace v. Suffolk County Police Department, et al. jury award of $875,000 in emotional and punitive damages).
Tom was also lead trial counsel in Fishman v. The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, et al. (jury award of $734,000 in emotional and punitive damages).
Bianco v. Flushing Hospital
Medical Center
award$15 million
Emotional and Punitive Damages Verdict
Wallace v. Suffolk County
Police Department, et al.
award$875,000
Emotional and Punitive damages
Fishman v. The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, et al.
award$734,000
Emotional and Punitive damages
Penniston v. The New York City Department of Education.
award$523,000
Emotional damages, Lost wages, and Punitive damages verdict
Tom has been interviewed and quoted in various New York publications, including the New York Times, the New York Post, and Newsday. He is admitted to practice in all New York Courts, and has orally argued matters at both the New York State Appellate Courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He has also handled numerous mediations and arbitrations, as well as hearings within the United States Department of Labor and New York State Division of Human Rights.
Tom graduated from the Hofstra University School of Law in 2003. Tom also holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Labor and Industrial Relations from Le Moyne College.