Attorneys

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JOHN P. CONNORS, JR.

JOHN P. CONNORS, JR., is admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts in the States of New York and New Jersey and the District of Columbia. Mr. Connors is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and Georgetown University College of Arts and Science. Prior to joining Connors & Connors in 1984, Mr. Connors was an Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office.

At Connors & Connors, Mr. Connors is responsible for firm management and the discovery and trial of the firm's most significant cases. In addition, Mr. Connors is Chair of the New York State Bar Association-Trial Lawyers Section, President Elect of the Richmond County Bar Association and Chair of the RCBA Committee on Continuing Legal Education. In November of 2001, Mr. Connors was a Republican candidate for a New York State Supreme Court Judgeship for the Second Judicial District (Kings and Richmond counties) and was found approved for said position by the Committee on the Judiciary of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Mr. Connors has lectured on the topics of premises liability, negligent security at commercial premises, civil practice, jury selection and insurance coverage.

HAROLD J. SIEGEL

HAROLD J. SIEGEL is admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts of the State of New York. Mr. Siegel is a graduate of St. John's University Law School and the Citadel. Prior to joining Connors & Connors, Mr. Siegel was the chief Assistant for the Criminal Courts Bureau of the Richmond County District Attorney's Office. Since joining Connors & Connors in 1975, Mr. Siegel has defended thousands of cases from pleadings through jury verdict, earning the trust and confidence of experienced attorneys and judges.

 

Mr. Siegel has been a director of the Richmond County Bar Association. At present, Mr. Siegel is a senior member of the Richmond County Bar Association Judiciary Committee and a member of the Judicial Screening Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

LOUIS RASSO

LOUIS J. RASSO is admitted to practice in the State of New York. He is a graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Brooklyn Law School. Mr. Rasso was admitted to the bar in 2000 and thereafter worked for the City of New York until joining the firm in November of 2003. At Connors & Connors Mr. Rasso is teamed with Susan O’Shaughnessy assisting in the discovery phase of complex litigation. He has also defended hundreds of no fault claims assisted by medical providers. As such Mr. Rasso has become quite familiar with both the Statutory & Substantive defenses to said claims.

MICHAEL B. KELLY

MICHAEL B. KELLY is admitted to practice in the State Courts of New York and New Jersey, the Southern and Eastern District of New York and the District Court of New Jersey. Mr. Kelly is a graduate of St. John’s University Law School and Denison University. Prior to joining Connors & Connors in August of 2000, Mr. Kelly was a partner in Fisher, Fallon and an associate in Martin, Clearwater & Bell concentrating in the defense of medical malpractice cases. Since joining Connors & Connors, Mr. Kelly has been responsible for complex case management and has recorded an impressive string of defense verdicts.

NICHOLAS REALE

NICHOLAS REALE is a Magna Cum LAUDE GRADUATE OF St. John’s University and a 2003graduate of New York Law School. Having joined Connors & Connors P.C. in the Spring of 2004, Mr. Reale immersed himself in the defense of no fault claims pursued by health care providers.

 

As such he became familiar with the statutory and regulatory defenses to such claims. In addition, Mr. Reale has assisted in the drafting of motions for summary judgment, document production and discovery and overall file management. Mr. Reale is licensed to practice in the State of New York and is a member of the New York State Bar Association.

DOMINICK DeSANTIS

DOMINICK DESANTIS is admitted to practice in the State of New York. Mr. DeSantis is a graduate of New York Law School and St. John’s University. He joined Connors & Connors in June, 2000 and since that time has become a reliable member of our legal staff.

 

At Connors & Connors, Mr. DeSantis is teamed with Robert J. Pfuhler assisting in discovery and has conducted over 100 depositions.

ROBERT PFUHLER

ROBERT PFUHLER is admitted to practice in both the State and Federal Courts in the States of New York and New Jersey. Mr. Pfuhler is a graduate of Fordham Law School and New York University. Since joining Connors & Connors in 1994, Mr. Pfuhler has tried a number of complex matters to verdict while managing a caseload including multimillion dollar personal injury and property damage claims. Mr. Pfuhler is also the primary author of the firm’s newsletter.

SUSAN E O'SHAUGHNESSY

SUSAN E O'SHAUGHNESSY is a graduate of Albany Law School of Union University. She is admitted to practice law in the Courts of the State of New York and New Jersey, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District Court of New Jersey. Prior to joining the law firm of Connors & Connors in June 1993, Ms. O'Shaughnessy began her career at a small firm in Staten Island which practiced primarily transactional real estate law.

 

Since joining Connors & Connors, she has been responsible for thoroughly reviewing and analyzing our more complex litigation cases. Since 2002, Connors & Connors has been legal counsel to Northfield Savings Bank for mortgage loans & commercial litigation loans. Ms. O'Shaughnessy reviews commitment letters, title searches, prepares and reviews closing documents.

RICHARD MUNROE

RICHARD MUNROE is a graduate of Brooklyn College and Thomas M. Coley Law School where he earned his law degree in only 2 years graduating in September 1999.

 

Prior to joining Connors & Connors, P.C. Mr. Munroe worked as an associate at Jaffe and Nohavicka and Mitzer, Sarowits and Zeris. At both his prior firms and Connors & Connors, P.C. Mr. Munroe defended hundreds of auto liability and general premises liability cases from inception to trial. In addition he successfully drafted and argued summary judgment motions on issues involving allegedly defective premises and allegedly serious injuries. He is a member of the New York State and American Bar Associations.