Michael LoGiudice
Michael LoGiudice is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School (1997) and has many verdicts and settlements totaling over $100,000,000.00.
Michael handles all personal injury and medical malpractice claims. He also has a unique connection with municipality claims and construction accidents [New York Labor Law Sections 200, 240(1) and 241(6)]. Michael started his law practice by advertising “WE SUE NYC”. For years he built a reputation as a fierce adversary of all State, City and Local municipalities. For almost 30 years he has dedicated his professional career to representing all victims of police misconduct, civil rights violations, bus, train, auto, construction, work, sidewalk and crosswalk accidents.
Michael also brings a very unique prospective to construction accidents and N.Y.S. Labor Law cases. At an early age he was involved in his family’s construction and building maintenance business. He also has owned, operated and/or managed construction, roofing, painting and janitorial companies. Michael is OSHA certified and has taught and conducted many Toolbox Safety Meetings. In his prior careers Michael was a member of two local unions.
Recent settlements include a claim for a construction worder that fell over 20 feet to the ground in which Michael obtained a $11,489,900.00 settlement. Last year Michael facilitated a $3,425,000.00 settlement in Putnam County for injured driver.
John Goldman
John earned his Juris Doctor, with Honors, from Syracuse University College of Law where he was an Executive Editor of the Syracuse Law Review.
Before joining Michael LoGiudice, LLP, John previously worked for a litigation firm specializing in insurance defense. In addition to significant experience in all areas of general liability, including construction and premises liability, John regularly defended engineers, architects, doctors, attorneys and other professionals in lawsuits in all the state and federal courts.
John has successfully tried cases in multiple venues and handled complex motions and appeals all with an outstanding record of success.
Katherine E. Smith, Of Counsel
Katherine “Katie” Smith has successfully litigated hundreds of state and federal cases in both the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and in New York State courts. Ms. Smith’s expertise focuses on civil rights litigation, specializing in federal litigation and trial practice.
Prior to starting her own practice, Ms. Smith worked for the City of New York’s Office Corporation Counsel in the Special Federal Litigation Division defending civil rights actions against the City and its employees. In the private sector, Ms. Smith has litigated complex class actions, consumer fraud and corporate breach of contract cases, among other practice areas.
Presently, Ms. Smith’s practice focuses on prosecuting civil rights actions against municipalities, police, and correction officers. Specifically, Ms. Smith represents clients who have been falsely arrested, maliciously prosecuted, and/or subjected to unreasonable use of force by police officers, as well as other types of law enforcement misconduct. In the corrections context, Ms. Smith prosecutes correction officers for abusing inmates and otherwise failing to protect inmates from abuse. Ms. Smith also represents individuals who are victims of sexual assault.
Ms. Smith has secured clients millions of dollars in damages including victories in both the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York as a part of several trial teams.
In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Smith is an adjunct professor at New York Law School, her alma-mater, where she co-developed and co-teaches “Policing the Police” a course concerning law enforcement accountability. Ms. Smith is also a visiting assistant professor at Pratt Institute, Graduate Architecture and Urban Design where she co-teaches a course focusing on critical discourses on space and the built environment with respect to race, gender, and sexuality.
Ms. Smith is a regular contributor to Law & Crime where she offers her expert legal analysis on trials throughout the country.
Since 2015, Ms. Smith has been selected as a New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Star.
Education:
J.D., New York Law School
B.S., Boston University
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice:
Federal District Courts for the Southern and Districts of New York
Courts of the State of New York
Scott Housenbold, Of Counsel
Experience:
Law Offices of Scott R. Housenbold, PLLC, 2003 – present
Rappaport, Glass, Greene & Levine, LLP, Associate Attorney, 2000 – 2003
Broward County State Attorney’s Office, Assistant State Attorney, 1996 – 1999
Education:
Nova Southeastern University Shepherd Broad Law Center, Juris Doctor, 1996
University Of Miami, BBA, 1993
Bar Admissions:
State of New York, 1999
State of Florida, 1996
USDC Eastern District of New York, 2001
USDC Southern District of New York, 2001
Kevin J. Abruzzese, Of Counsel
Kevin J. Abruzzese, Esq. graduated from the New York Institute of Technology in 1996 where he was a four year member of their Division I baseball team. Mr. Abruzzese’s competitive nature extended from the baseball field to the legal field in 1998 when he began working as a paralegal. During his time as a paralegal he played an instrumental role assisting lawyers in all aspects of litigation. While working days as a paralegal Mr. Abruzzese attended Touro Law School’s four year night program and in 2006 was admitted as a member to the New York State Bar. As a newly admitted lawyer Mr. Abruzzese worked as an associate putting the knowledge he had acquired as a paralegal and in law school into action before starting his own law practice fully equipped with the qualities you need in a lawyer.
Education:
Touro College – Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
JD – Juris Doctor, 2004
New York Institute of Technology
BS – Bachelor of Science, 1996
Nassau Community College
Paralegal Certificate
Associations:
Nassau County Bar Association
New York State Bar Association