New York, NY Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

17 State Street, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10004

Criminal Defense Law

30 Vesey Street, 15th floor, New York, NY 10007

F. Richard Hurley earned his Bachelor degree in Marketing from Pace University in 1983 and his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 1989. He was admitted to the New York State Bar, the United States Eastern and Southern District Courts in 1990, the Bar of Washington D.C. in 1992 and the United States Supreme Court in 1993. He served the public as an Assistant District Attorney in Queens County, as Assistant Counsel to the Chancellor of the Board of Education, an Administrative Law Judge and an Impartial Hearing Officer. Once Mr. Hurley entered private practice he participated in developing the community by representing a plethora of local businesses and Churches. He ran for City Council in Brooklyn in 2013 and founded the Crown Heights Community Council in 2014. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Medgar Evers College. Diplomatic Relations includes the former Ambassador of The Republic of Cameroon, Tommo Monthe, former Ambassador of Iraq, Hamid al-Bayati, the former Ambassador of Barbados, Tony Marshall, Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, and The former Consul General of Japan in New York, Ambassador, Reiichiro Takahashi. The accomplishments that means the most to Richard Hurley is becoming a licensed Chaplain through the Worldwide Association of Small Churches in 2015 and an Ordained Deacon of First Baptist Church in 2018. His recent accomplishment is becoming an author of a book entitled "We were never intended to be citizens, But we are" However, his wife for over 34 years, children and grandchildren remain his greatest accomplishment. HIS FAMILY!

Real Estate Law

128 East 35th St, New York, NY 10016

Francis V. Cuttita joined the firm as a Partner in 1997. Mr. Cuttita has extensive expertise in residential and commercial real estate transactions ranging from purchase, sale, refinance and leasing. Within our robust sports and entertainment practice, Mr. Cuttita focuses on the business and personal needs of legendary professional athletes, internationally acclaimed entertainers, actors, sports agencies, professional coaches, and related companies. Among his notable representations include the Miami Dolphins Marc Anthony collaboration, designed to create and enhance the Dolphins' celebrity ownership group. Mr. Cuttita introduced his client, Marc Anthony to the Miami Dolphins and counseled them throughout the transaction. Mr. Cuttita is privileged to represent numerous legendary current and retired NFL and NBA professional athletes, premier sports agencies, coaches, fashion models, Grammy award winning musicians, Fortune 100 corporations and their CEOs, and television/radio personalities from ABC, NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, MTV, HGTV, BRAVO and ESPN Networks. Mr. Cuttita has been a guest speaker at various events, has written several articles and has been interviewed and quoted as an expert legal analyst in the NY Post and Wall Street Journal, and other national newspaper publications. He also serves as a business advisor to several domestic and international companies, as well as various sports entities, and has advised the NFL Alumni Association and professional sports franchise ownership. He previously served as a senior associate at Beattie, King & Abate LLP (a spinoff law firm of Sidley Austin LLP) and as an associate at Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP, both in New York. Mr. Cuttita is a member of the Bar of the States of New York and New Jersey and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey. His accomplishments include several appointments from the New York State Supreme Court Judiciary. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Cuttita received a B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1990, where he played varsity football and basketball. He received a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1993.

Intellectual Property Law

515 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022

Area of Practice: Media & Technology Esposito Partners' principal attorney, Frank M. Esposito, began his legal career as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York. Representing Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and other high level officials in litigation centering on the policies and practices of New York City, Mr. Esposito functioned as lead counsel for several high profile litigations. Bringing a tremendously successful public sector litigation practice to conclusion, Mr. Esposito left the Corporation Counsel's Office for a preeminent private sector litigation firm. After that firm merged with a leading international law firm, Mr. Esposito continued his representation of Fortune 500 and other multi-national corporations on an international level. In 2010, he realized that the same quality legal representation provided to corporations with extensive legal budgets should be made available to small and mid-size companies unable to allocate millions of dollars to attorney fees. To that end, he formed Esposito Partners to provide large firm caliber services with billing intended to assist in the growth of his clients. Mr. Esposito has spent nearly two decades working in the legal profession representing a diverse array of clients from public officials to public corporations in nearly every business sector, including the financial services, transportation, banking, security and defense sectors. He has tried both federal and state cases, has appeared before judges, commissioners and arbitrators around the country and has argued innumerable matters before courts of varying jurisdictions. Likewise, he has counseled clients on highly capitalized transactions, joint ventures, distribution deals and business arrangements of all types. He has drafted contracts of nearly every form and successfully negotiated agreements covering a range of commercial and individual matters. During his legal career he has developed an extensive network of individuals in nearly every type of business. To them he is an advocate, attorney, counselor and friend. Mr. Esposito believes that law firms should add to the profitability of its clients, and not just draw down on net income. Consequently, Esposito Partners works closely with its clients to devise alternative billing arrangements designed to suit the specific needs of each client. Further, Mr. Esposito provides his clients with access to his other clients, business partners and corporations who may offer mutual benefits. His client list is extensive and impressive.

Environmental Law

One State Street Plaza, c/o Douglas & London, New York, NY 10004

Gary J. Douglas is a nationally renowned trial attorney from New York, NY, and member of the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame, recognized around the nation as a trailblazer in the field of Products Liability and Environmental Toxic Torts. He has served as lead trial counsel in mass tort litigation resulting in settlements and verdicts totaling over $3 Billion. He has scored dozens of million and multi-million dollar verdicts in individual cases as well, including many landmark verdicts such as the first victory in the nation against the automobile industry for a defective airbag that killed a six-year-old boy. He followed that with the first victory in the history of the State of New York against the Tobacco Industry, securing a verdict of $20 Million for the death of a 58-year-old smoker. Most recently Mr. Douglas served as co-lead trial counsel for the first three PFAS/C8 cases ever tried to verdict winning multi million dollar verdicts in all three, culminating in a $670,000,000 global settlement with DuPont. He is the current co-chair of the AFFF MDL Science Committee and headed up the science day presentation on behalf of the MDL plaintiffs before Judge Gergel in Federal District Court in Charleston, South Carolina. Known for a wealth of courtroom experience and skills, Mr. Douglas is frequently asked to serve as co-counsel in complex trial cases and has been appointed to serve in key positions in federal multi-district litigations, including recently his appointments as co-chair of the science committee in the Federal court litigations for the drugs Yaz/Yasmin/Ocella, Pradaxa, and Xarelto where he coordinated, managed and developed scientific and medical evidence to support theories of liability and causation. Because of his skills in developing the science and key liability in complex pharmaceutical and environmental toxic tort litigations, he has been asked to serve as co-lead counsel in many of these trials. He has served as co-lead or lead trial counsel in the following cases: Fosamax, Ortho Evra, Yaz, Pradaxa, and C-8/PFAS. Notably, and because of his significant contribution, the Yaz and Pradaxa litigations have already settled for over $2 billion and $650 million respectively; he secured the first and largest Fosamax jury verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Douglas achieved unique notoriety in 2010 within the pharmaceutical litigation industry when in the span of just a few weeks he obtained back-to-back $8 million dollar verdicts against two separate pharmaceutical industry giants in totally separate cases. In the first, a jury returned a verdict of $8.5 million dollars in a wrongful death case against Ethicon Endo Surgery, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, after finding that its stomach stapler was defective and the caused death of a 36-year man. A few weeks later, a Federal Court jury returned a verdict of $8 million dollars in a products liability case against Merck & Co. to a woman for injuries she sustained to her jaw as a result of its osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Notably, this was the first successful Fosamax trial in the country. Mr. Douglas has been quoted in the news for his outstanding verdicts and has appeared on local and national television including ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC News, CBS News, Fox News and others. Mr. Douglas is also the recipient of the prestigious Clarence Darrow Award in recognition of his skills as a trial attorney, his philanthropic record, professionalism and dedication to the pursuit of Justice. Born in Brooklyn, New York Mr. Douglas is admitted and licensed to practice law in the States of New York and Pennsylvania and is admitted to practice in both the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as having pro hac vice status in dozens of State and Federal Courts around the country. Mr. Douglas obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the State University at Albany and obtained his Juris Doctor Degree from The Jacob Fuchsberg Law Center of Touro College in New York. He is an active member in numerous legal associations, including New York State Trial Lawyers (NYSTLA) and the America Association of Justice (f/k/a the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). Mr. Douglas is a former partner and senior trial attorney at Finz & Finz where he represented injured plaintiffs. Mr. Douglas began his legal career and honed his trial skills at the nationally acclaimed Wall Street defense firm of Leahey & Johnson. In 2018, Mr. Douglas was inducted to the National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in recognition of his distinguished career dedicated to representing the rights of the injured. Mr. Douglas continues to focus on fighting for the rights of those persons injured by defective products, medical malpractice, and general negligence. He is a court-room fighter who is always ready to take on the giant corporation and give voice to the little people.