Mr.
Liotti is a Past President of Westbury/Carle Place/Old Westbury
Kiwanis Club International, where he organized an anti-vandalism
campaign. With his wife Wendy, he was formerly a Director of the
Frog Hollow Frolics for three years where he raised over $50,000.00
in scholarship monies for deserving youngsters. Mr. Liotti was
a weekly columnist for the Community Newspapers of Long Island.
He has received Distinguished Service Awards from the Rotary Club;
the Progressive Civic Association of New Cassel and the New Cassel
Republican Club. In 1997 Mr. Liotti received the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Award from Nassau County and its Human Rights Commission
based upon “over 30 years of extraordinary service to the
community as an attorney, judge and community activist.”
Mr. Liotti also served as a member of the Board of the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center and TRI-CAP, an anti-poverty
agency. He serves as legal counsel to the Durazzano Society of
Westbury and the Italian American Civic Association of Mineola.
He is a member of the Maria Dell’Assunta Society of Westbury.
The Drug Policy Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union,
co-sponsored a practical, international seminar for lawyers involved
in civil and criminal law litigation, entitled: Drugs and the
Law, November 11-14, 1992, Washington, D.C. Mr. Liotti presented
the idea for the seminar,
and presented a paper entitled: The Use Of Administrative Subpoenas
To Get Client Information. Co-Panelists included: Gerald H. Goldstein,
Esq. of San Antonio, TX; William B. Moffitt, Esq. and John K.
Zwerling, Esq., both of Washington, D.C.
Speaker - The Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, Garden
City, New York, Sunday, October 15, 1995. Topic: The Pursuit of
Justice.
April 18, 1996, speaker at Hempstead Middle School. Topic: Look
What The War On Drugs Has Wrought. May 12, 1996, featured speaker
at the Islamic Center of Long Island, Westbury, New York. Topic:
Law In A Pluralistic Society.
February 17, 2000 - Famous Trials of the Century, guest speaker,
the Leopold & Loeb murder case of 1924 at the Hicksville Public
Library, in conjunction with the Bar Association of Nassau County.
May 18, 2000 - Hicksville Library, Famous Trials of the 20th
Century, Part II, 1925-1950, The Scopes Trial; The Scottsboro
Boys; The Lindbergh Baby Kidnaping Trial and the Sacco and Venzetti
cases. Mr. Liotti was a guest speaker in this seminar which was
jointly sponsored by the library and the Bar Association of Nassau
County. The program was made possible, in part, by the New York
Council for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
September 28, 2000 - Hicksville Library - Part III - Famous Trials
of the Century - The Rosenbergs, Chicago 8 and Wounded Knee Trials.
November 8, 2000 - Hicksville Library- Part IV - Famous Trials
of the Century - Mr. Liotti was the guest speaker addressing,
among others, the cases of O.J. Simpson, Robert Chambers, Colin
Ferguson, Robert Golub, Joel Steinberg and Timothy McVeigh. Mr.
Liotti received a stipend of three hundred dollars which he donated
to the We Care Fund, Inc. of the Bar Association of Nassau County
in memory of deceased lawyers and Judges.
April and May, 2001, Guest speaker, four part lecture series
at the East Meadow Public Library entitled: Notorious Trials of
the 20th Century. Honorarium of three hundred dollars donated
to the Bar Association of Nassau County We Care Fund.
September 12, 2001 - Guest Speaker at Plainview/Old Bethpage
Public Library. Topic: Famous Trials of the 20th Century.
December 14, 2001 - Guest Speaker at Mineola High School. Spoke
to four combined criminal and business law classes for two hours
at the request of the Nassau County Bar Association. Topic: Famous
Trials of the 20th Century.
February 7, 2002 - Guest Speaker for Brandeis University Women’s
Club, Plainview-Old Bethpage Library. Topic: The Leopold &
Loeb and Rosenberg Trials.
February 11, 2002 - Guest Speaker at Levittown Public Library.
Topic: Famous Trials of the 20th Century.
February 15, 2002 - Guest Speaker for Molloy College Institute
for Lifelong Learning (MILL II), Rockville Centre, New York. Topic:
Famous Trials of the 20th Century.
February 7 & March 7, 2002 - Guest Speaker at Plainview Public
Library and Temple Judea of Massapequa for the Brandeis University
National Women’s Committee. Topics: Famous Trials of the
20th Century and The Death Penalty. Mr. Liotti was presented with
the Learned Research Journal Folio and album containing a facsimile
of the bookplate which will be placed in the Learned Research
Journals acquired by the Brandeis University Libraries as an honorarium
to Thomas F. Liotti, Esq.
March 1, 2002 - Guest Speaker at Molloy College, Rockville Centre,
New York. Topic: Famous Trials of the 20th Century.
March 11, 2002 - Guest Speaker at Levittown Public Library. Topic:
Famous Trials of the 20th Century.
April 8, 2002 - Guest Speaker at Levittown Public Library. Topic:
Famous Trials of the 20th Century.
October 29, 2002 - Guest Speaker for Molloy College Senior Group
on Trials of the 20th Century, Rockville Centre, New York.
December 20, 2002 - Guest Speaker for Suffolk Y Jewish Community
Center, Commack, New York. Program sponsored by Suffolk Y JCC;
the UJA-Federation and Bar Association of Nassau County. Topic:
Famous Trials of the 20th Century. Honoraria of $300 donated to
the We Care Fund.
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