Pizzuto, Philip G.

Philip Pizzuto is a Senior Attorney in the New York office.  Mr Pizzuto has over thirteen years of experience in all aspects of civil tort litigation, concentrating in toxic tort, municipal liability, medical malpractice, highway design, maritime and premises liability cases.  He has extensive litigation and trial experience in both state and federal courts.  Mr. Pizzuto has tried cases in all New York City venues and obtained numerous favorable jury verdicts.  In addition, Mr. Pizzuto has also worked as an instructor on trial advocacy skills within the New York City Law Department and as a guest lecturer at the Trial Advocacy Program at Fordham University School of Law.  Before joining the firm, Mr. Pizzuto was first-chair trial attorney for The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law firm, where he concentrated on medical malpractice cases and The New York City Law Department, Special Litigation Unit, where he defended the City's highest exposure tort claims, including one of the nation's largest lead-paint poisoning trials and a catastrophic injury case stemming from the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash.

Mr. Pizzuto is licensed to practice law before the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars, and is fluent in Italian.  He is a graduate of The City University of New York and Temple University School of Law.

ADMISSIONS
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

EDUCATION
B.A., The City University of New York
J.D., Temple University School of Law