Thomas F. Liotti, B.S. (Student Body President); M.P.A. and J.D. (Student Bar Association President, published member of Law Review). He was admitted to practice in 1977. He also is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern District Courts of New York; the Second Circuit Court of Appeals; the United States Claims Court and the Supreme Court of the United States. Some of his positions in government have included: ten years as Chair of the Code Review Commission for the Incorporated Village of Westbury; General Counsel to the Wyandanch Union Free School District; Special Counsel and Fact Finder to the Town of Huntington; member of the Town of North Hempstead Councilmanic Commission and Village Justice for the Incorporated Village of Westbury, 1991-present. He is a co-author of three books. These books include: "Convictions, Political Prisoners, Their Stories", Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York (1981); "Village, Town and District Courts in New York", Practice Guide, (1995-Present), Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, Rochester, New York (now West Group, St. Paul, Minnesota) and DNA: Forensic and Legal Applications, (2004) published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Author of over 125 law review, legal articles and book reviews and 30 reported judicial decisions. He has over two hundred reported decisions which bear his name as the attorney of record. He has successfully authored and co-authored two amicus curiae briefs in the Supreme Court of the United States. He has served as Past President of the Columbian Lawyers’ Association of Nassau County and was the recipient of their Writing Award and Distinguished Service Award, the first trial lawyer to receive it; Past President of the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Nassau County; Past President of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Past Chair of the New York State Bar Association Criminal Justice Section and Editor of the Section’s Journal; Past Chair of the Civil Rights Committee of the Bar Association of Nassau County and former Chairman of the Board of the Nassau Lawyers Association, and the 1997 recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award from Nassau County and its Human Rights Commission. He has been a frequent television and radio commentator and Op-Ed contributor.

Mr. Liotti is a Past President of the Westbury/Carle Place/Old Westbury Kiwanis Club International. He was a candidate for the Westbury School Board in 1971 and served as a Committeeman and Zone Leader of the Democratic Party in Westbury. In 1977 he was the Democratic/Independent candidate for Supervisor in the Town of North Hempstead. He served as a Judicial Convention Delegate and in 1978 was elected to the first bi-annual Democratic National Convention.

In high school he was a three time County Champion and voted the Outstanding Swimmer in the County and on this team. He was a State record holder and Eastern Interscholastic Champion in two events.

Mr. Liotti is a graduate of Adelphi University, Class of 1970 where he was Co-President of the Students’ Association and Commencement Speaker. He served as President of the Men’s Athletic Association and was voted the Outstanding Senior Athlete. He was an NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) National Champion; five time NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) All-American, finishing second in four events in 1969 and 1970. He was the first student Trustee to serve on Adelphi’s Board of Trustees. His father served as President of the Parents’ Association and was instrumental in bringing an FM radio station to the University. Mr. Liotti was an eight time Regional Champion (over 4 years), the forerunner for the Empire State Games and finished fourth in the Eastern U.S.A. Championships and Canadian Nationals. In 1968 he competed in the United States Olympic Team Trials in Long Beach, CA. In 1970 he competed in the NCAA University Division Championships at Indiana University. He is the former Metropolitan Conference Champion. At Adelphi he was a member of Flambeau, the Senior Men’s Honor Society and Pi Delta Epsilon, the National Journalism Honor Society for his work in writing a sports column for the student newspaper, the Delphian. Following his tenure at Adelphi he obtained his Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Bernard M. Baruch Graduate School of Business and Public Administration of the City University of New York (Master’s Thesis topic was: Ralph Nader’s Impact On Governmental Action For Consumer Protection) and a Juris Doctor degree from the Delaware Law School of Widener University where he was President of the Student Bar Association and a published member of Law Review. See "An Historical Survey of Federal Incorporation,"published in the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (Vol. I, 1976). The Note was reprinted in the Congressional Record of the United States at the request of former Congressman James V. Stanton (D-Ohio) and described therein as the definitive work on Federal Incorporation. See, Congressional Record of the United States of America, Proceedings and Debates of the 94th Congress, Second Session, September 21, 1976, Vol. 122, No. 143 (H10738-H10745). Before law school (1970-1972) he was the swimming coach at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point for two years and was voted the Outstanding Coach at the Academy and by his peers as the Outstanding Swimming Coach in the Metropolitan area. In 2007 he was elected into the Adelphi University Athletic Hall of Fame.

Mr. Liotti is married for over 30 years. His wife Wendy is a former Salutatorian from Carle Place High School; an honors graduate of Duke University in Fine Arts and holds a Master’s Degree from Pratt Institute in Fine Arts. She is a former teacher and Founder of the Cathedral School Art Academy in Garden City, New York. She is currently in real estate sales in a family business. Mr. Liotti has three children who are all university students. The Liottis are members of the Atlantic Beach Club and Tiro A Segno, the oldest ethnic club in the United States.

In February, 2005, the Confederation of Columbian Lawyer Associations recommended that Mr. Liotti be nominated as a federal judge. See Jacqueline Siben, Sidney Siben’s Among Us, The Suffolk Lawyer, February, 2005 at 8 and The Westbury Times, Liotti Recommended for a Federal Judgeship, February 24, 2005 at 2 (People in the News) and Widener University School of Law, a magazine for alumni and friends, Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring, 2005 at 28. Class of 1976. Mr. Liotti recommended for federal judgeship by the Confederation of Columbian Lawyer Associations. February, 2005, The Suffolk Lawyer, an announcement about the recommendation of the Confederation of Columbian Lawyer Associations to recommend Mr. Liotti’s nomination as a federal judge. See The Roundtable, Sept. 2005, Vol. MMV, No. 7 at 2, a publication of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers for a report on being recommended for the nomination. See CSJ Praised for its Role in Supporting Federal Judgeships for Italian Americans, article appearing in JUSTICE, July-August, 2005 at 3. Justice is a publication of the New York State Commission for Social Justice of the Order of Sons of Italy in America. The article reads: “The Confederation of Columbian Lawyer Associations has recommended to the President of the United States; Governor George Pataki and Senator Charles Schumer, the Hon. Thomas F. Liotti, a practicing attorney in Garden City and Village Justice in Westbury, for a federal judgeship on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit or for the United States District Courts in either the Southern or Eastern Districts of New York.” See also, Victoria A. Caruso, Liotti Looks Toward Possible Seat On Federal Bench, Westbury Attorney Being Considered For Judgeship, The Westbury Times, July 27, 2006 at 1 and 6.

Mr. Liotti has been interviewed by former Governor Pataki’s and Senator Schumer’s Committees. He has been recommended for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit or the United States District Courts for the Eastern or Southern Districts of New York by more than 200 attorneys, judges, elected and government officials, civic organizations and other prominent persons in the community. A list of his supporters and copies of individual letters are available upon request. If you are interested in joining the supporters you may send your letters to the President of the United States, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20500 with copies to Senator Charles Schumer, 757 Third Avenue, Suite 17-02, New York, NY 10017 and Governor Elliot Spitzer, 633 Third Avenue, 38th & 39th Floors, New York, NY 10017. If you do write in Mr. Liotti’s behalf, please send a copy of your letter to Mr. Liotti at tom@tliotti.com.

DWI Lectures

Criminal Investigation and Discovery: The Construction And Destruction Of A Criminal Case, New York State Bar Association (4 cities), April-June, 1993.

February 11, 2005, Stewart Manor School, Garden City, New York. Gave demonstration of a felony DWI mock trial to two 6th grade classes.

Speaking Engagements

1986 - The Law Office Team II, A Seminar for Paralegals and Legal Secretaries, The Nassau Academy of Law. Mr. Liotti was the featured speaker on criminal law.

September, 1987, Bar Association of Nassau County, Inc., organized a seminar entitled: "An Evening of Discussing Trial Techniques as Seen Through the Eyes of Hollywood." Also, acted as a panelist in the seminar comparing trial techniques in Hollywood movies against those in real life. This seminar was a huge success and also drew the attention of the National Law Journal in a feature article in that publication. See Topping, Robin, Raising Objections To `Lawyer' Films, Newsday, September 17, 1987 at 20.

May 24, 1991 - Tarrytown, New York and May 31, 1994 - New York City - Evidence In The Trial Of A Criminal Case, moderator and lecturer. Both seminars were sponsored by the New York State Bar Association.

February 1, 1992 - N.Y.U. School of Law - Weapons For The Firefight - New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers seminar- Motions That Make 'Em Squirm.

April 11, 1992 - Montauk Guerney's Inn - seminar for the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Economics of the Law Practice.

March 21-24, 1993 - Lecture and Seminar Materials Presented. Defending The Accused Child Molester, Law Education Institute, Inc., 555 North Port Washington Rd., Suite 207, Milwaukee, WI 53217 (414)961-1955. Seminar held at Walt Disney World Swan Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Materials contained at pp. 757-906 of the papers presented.

March & April, 1993 - Handling the DWI Case, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Liotti spoke on the trial of the case in Albany, New York City and Melville, Long Island. His co-panel included Peter Gerstenzang and Edward Fiandach. Mr. Liotti also chaired the Melville, Long Island program.

May, 1993 - Speaker - Kings County Criminal Bar Association. Topic: How to Make a Living Practicing Criminal Law. Co-panelists - Albert Brackley, Joyce David, George Farkas, Barry Kamins and Jerome Karp.

Melville, New York, Apr. 16, 1993 and Albany, New York, Apr. 1, 1993, Investigating and Handling the DWI Case.

March 23, 1994 - Panel Discussion - J. Walter McKenna Public Forum - St. John's University School of Law, Criminal Law Institute. Topic: Confidential and Anonymous Informants, The Constitutional Implications and Standards of Probable Cause Review.

April 21, 1994 - Address to Southern Tier Defense Attorneys Association, Broome County, New York - Topic: Gag Orders.

April 21, 1994 - Address to students of Cornell Law School - Topic: Thornburgh Memo.

April 21, 1994 - Address to the Thompkins County Criminal Justice Association, Ithaca, New York - Topic: The Cooperman Case.

April 22, 1994 - Address to the Syracuse Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Topic: Federal Administrative Subpoenas.

April 23, 1994 - Panel Discussion - New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Co-Panelists: William Kunstler, Ronald Kuby, Robert Gottlieb and Paul Gianelli - Topic: Free Speech.

September 24, 1994 - Buffalo, New York - "TENS" (Ten Insights For The Criminal Defense Lawyer From Leading Practitioners, About Life, Love, Faith, Death, Hope and Criminal Law). Sponsored by the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Topic: "Ten Top Ways To Prepare For Destruction Of The Key Witness."

October 22, 1994 - Syracuse University College of Law. Lecturer and speaker - Defense of a Drug Case. Sponsored by the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Topic: Motions That Work. Written materials prepared by Paul J. Cambria, Jr., Esq., with the assistance of Joseph M. LaTona, Esq. and Cherie L. Peterson, Esq. of Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria of Buffalo, New York.

November 3, 1994 - Moot Court Judge, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Fifth Cathy E. Bennett National Criminal Trial Competition, Houston, Texas.

November 16, 1994 - Defending Those Accused of Heinous Crimes, Touro Law School, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Received plaque "In Appreciation Of Your Contribution To The Touro Law Center Community" from The Columbian Lawyers' Association and The Criminal Law Society of Touro Law School.

December 9, 1994 - New York State Bar Association Seminar, New York City. The Trial of a Drug Case. Lecture topic: Cross Examination. Also paper and outline presented.

December 10, 1994 - Joint Seminar with The Canadian Council of Criminal Defense Lawyers, The Criminal Lawyers Association of Ontario and The New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Title: Across The Boarder. New York University Law School, Tisch Auditorium, New York, NY. Co-Panelist and lecturer, Earl Levy of the Canadian Criminal Lawyers Association. Topic: Cross Examination of The Snitch.

January 24, 1995 - Address before Westbury/Carle Place Rotary Club on the Illegal Multiple Dwelling Crisis in Nassau County.

Sixth Annual African American Read-In Chain, Reader (an excerpt from the writings and speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.), Sunday, February 5, 1995 at the Westbury Memorial Public Library.

Criminal Investigation and Discovery: The Construction And Destruction Of A Criminal Case, New York State Bar Association (4 cities), April-June, 1993 and Handling The DWI Case In New York, New York State Bar Association (4 cities), March-April, 1993 (organized and participated).

February 15, 1995, Judge, Statewide Mock Trial Tournament, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association in conjunction with the Bar Association of Nassau County (for High School students).

1995 - Guest Lecturer, St. John's University School of Law, Criminal Law Institute, Current Topics In Criminal Law.

Book Review debate and discussion, July 20, 1995, presented by Westbury Memorial Public Library on The Death of Common Sense, a New York Times bestseller written by Philip K. Howard. Mr. Liotti debated Lawrence Boes, partner in Fulbright and Jaworski of New York, New York.

Speaker - The Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, Garden City, New York, Sunday, October 15, 1995. Topic: The Pursuit of Justice.

November 20, 1995, Mr. Liotti represented the New York State Trial Lawyers Association in a talk before the Senior Class at Cold Spring Harbor High School on the Death Penalty.

February 10, 1996, Mr. Liotti was a Guest Speaker at the Italian Consulate on Park Avenue in New York City for the Confederation of Columbian Lawyers Associations, a program for law students. Topic: Constitutional Law: Free Speech for Attorneys. See, photo and caption, The Attorney of Nassau County, (May, 1996) Who's Who column at 2 and Nassau Lawyer (May, 1996) at 2. Appearing in photo with Raymond Averna, President of the Columbian Lawyers' Association; Hon. Michael Corriero and Italian Consul, Franco Mistretta.

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.

May 20, 1996, guest on Long Island Cablevision for a program sponsored by Americans for Legal Reform on the Separation of Powers Doctrine.

Local Chair in Uniondale, L.I. (three other cities, Albany, Rochester and Buffalo where seminar also ran) April 9, 1997, The New York State Bar Association presents a continuing legal education program on Handling the DWI Case.

February 8, 1997, National Trial Competition, Semi-Final round for New York State, sponsored by New York State Bar Association. Held in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Liotti served as a Judge and evaluator. Winners of final round compete in national competition and finals in Texas.

March 5, 1997, Panelist, Annual J. Walter McKenna Public Forum on Criminal Law, St. John's University School of Law, The Criminal Law Institute. Topic: Pretextual Traffic Stops and Search and Seizure. Co-Panelists: Professor Frank Polestino; Hon. William Friedman, Appellate Division, Second Department and Barry Schwartz, former Chief, Queens County District Attorney's Office. Panelists analyzed the constitutional implications in New York of the recent Supreme Court decision of United States v. Whren, 116 S. Ct. 1769 (1996). See The Columbian, Columbian Lawyers' Association of Nassau County, Inc., Spring, 1997 at 3.

Speech to Italian-American law students on March 15, 1997 for the Confederation of Columbian Lawyer Associations at the Italian Consulate of New York. Topic: Your Oath As An Attorney: What Does It Mean?

Lecture, Hofstra University Law School, March 21, 1997, Professor Roy D. Simon's class on Professional Responsibility. Topic: Prosecutorial Misconduct.

Inducted, St. John's University School of Law, Board of Governors, Criminal Law Institute, April, 1997. Received plaque.

Chairman, D.W.I. Seminar, New York State Bar Association, Uniondale, New York.

July 21, 1997 - Legal Consultant to Minister's Task Force. First meeting held at AME Bethany Church, 467 Maple Avenue, Westbury, New York.

October 1, 1997 - Judge in The 1997 Charles M. Sparacio Mock Trial Competition, St. John's University School of Law.

October 8, 1997 - Guest speaker at the request of the Bar Association of Nassau County, at Plainview Old Bethpage - John F. Kennedy High School. Mr. Liotti spoke to students on the defense of a Driving While Intoxicated Charge.

December 4-5, 1997 - Mr. Liotti was an invited guest speaker for a two day seminar program sponsored by the Public Defenders of Florida and held in Ft. Lauderdale. Other speakers included Richard "Racehorse" Haynes of Houston; Bruce Cutler of New York Jeffrey Weiner of Miami; Frank Rubino of Miami; Terrence McCarthy of Chicago and former Federal Judge and currently Congressman, Hon. Alcee Hastings of Florida. Mr. Liotti's talk was: "The Art of Affirmatively Defending."

Guest Speaker, January 22, 1998 at the Long Beach Lawyers' Association at The Kitchen Off Pine Street Restaurant. Topic: "The Art of Advocacy." See, Miller, A. Anthony, Sculpture Proposed By Long Beach Lawyers, The Attorney of Nassau County, February, 1998 at 5.

Guest Speaker, March 14, 1998, Confederation of Columbian Lawyer Associations, Law Student Forum, Consul General of Italy in New York, New York. Topic: "The Art of Advocacy." See Student Forum, The Columbian Update, Columbian Lawyers' Association of Nassau County, Inc., April, 1998 at 1.

Guest Speaker, March 24, 1998, Central Westbury Civic Association. Topic: "Your Village Court." See, Reese, Doris, Central Westbury Civic Association News, The Westbury Times, April 23, 1998 at 2 for an article about the talk and a photo.

May 1, 1997 and May 19, 1998 (New York City and Melville, Long Island) The New York State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, United States Sentencing Guidelines Seminar, Co-Sponsored by the Criminal Justice Section and the Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the New York State Bar Association. Chair of the Long Island program and speaker on Departures for Long Island and New York City.

March 24, 1998, Guest Speaker at Central Westbury Civic Association. Topic: The Art of Advocacy, The Westbury Times, April 23, 1998. The author of this article wrote: “He was eloquent and his topic was spellbinding.”

October 21, 1998, Guest Speaker at the Carle Place Civic Association. Topic: From Robert Moses To Now, Land Use, Zoning and the Development of Long Island.

October 27, 1998, Marriott Hotel, Uniondale, L.I., CLE Program Chair, Handling Cases In Local Criminal Courts, Seminar sponsored in five cities by the New York State Bar Association.

January 16, 1999 - Guest speaker to kick off the 18th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational Swim Classic, 32 teams and 800 swimmers participating. See Jason Molinet, Swim Club Gives Minorities Start, Newsday, January 19, 1999 at A50.

February 4, 1999 - Guest speaker for the Nassau County Magistrate's Association at the Nassau County Bar Association. Topic: Housing and Building Code Cases.

February 6, 1999 - Evaluator, 1999 National Trial Advocacy Competition, Region II, New York State Bar Association, Federal Court, Uniondale, New York.

March 13, 1999 - Guest Speaker for the Confederation of Columbian Lawyer Associations at the Italian Consulate in New York City. Topic: What Happens On Getting The First Phone Call.

April 15, 1999, New York City Law Review - Guest Speaker for their First Annual Reception. Topic: Does Gideon Make A Difference?

April 16, 1999 - Chair and Speaker for the New York State Bar Association Seminar: A Primer On Evidence For The Criminal Practitioner. Topic: What's Allowed and What's Not Allowed (at Preliminary Hearings; Pre-Trial Hearings [MAPP-Huntley-Wade] and at Trial.

July 15 and 16, 1999, Rye Hilton, Rye, N.Y. Panelist for Socratic Dialogue on scientific evidence entitled: "The Judge's Role As Gatekeeper: Responsibilities and Powers." The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School in association with The Fred Friendly Seminars of Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, produced a dialogue for the New York State Judicial Conference. The moderator was Professor Charles Nesson of the Harvard Law School.

October 12, 1999 - Guest speaker, Hempstead High School on behalf of the Bar Association of Nassau County. Topic: Student Rights and Responsibilities.

October 12, 1999 - Brooklyn Masonic Temple. Panel discussion with the Rev. Al Sharpton, sponsored by the National Action Network. Topic: The Aerial Spraying of Insecticides in New York.

October 14, 1999 - Chair in Melville of An Introduction To Handling the D.W.I. Case in New York, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association. Four cities, Melville; New York City; Buffalo and Albany. Mr. Liotti is the Chair of the Melville program.

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.

March 14, 2000, Guest speaker at a rally in the park between Manhattan Criminal and Family Courts concerning Assigned Counsel Fees in Article 18-B cases. Caher, John, Coalition of Lawyers Protests Low Assigned Counsel Fees, New York Law Journal, March 15, 2000 at 1 and 3.

March 21, 2000 - Good Day New York, Fox News (Channel 5 in New York). Morning news with Dick Oliver. Three minute interview on network television concerning police violence in New York City in the aftermath of the Patrick Dorismond shooting and death. Interview took place in front of the Wakamba Cocktail Lounge at 37th Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, the site of the shooting.

April 12, 2000 - Mr. Liotti was panelist for St. John’s University School of Law Walter J. McKenna Forum. See, The Forum, the Law School’s newspaper, Miranda’s Future In New York, Vol. 31, No. 5, May, 2000 at 9 with a photo of Mr. Liotti and the other speakers including the Hon. William M. Erlbaum, Acting Supreme Court Justice; Professor Frank S. Polestino; George Grasso, Deputy Commissioner of Legal Matters, New York Police Dept.; Robert J. Masters, Bureau Chief, Office of the District Attorney, Queens County and Anthony J. Girese, Counsel to the District Attorney, Bronx County; a single photo of Mr. Liotti making a Point and a photo of Mr. Liotti with Supreme Court Justice Emeritus, Thomas Demakos.

April 15, 2000 - Confederation of Columbian Lawyers Associations, Fifth Annual Law Student Forum, Italian Consulate, New York City. Topic: “The Minefield of Legal Ethics: Drawing the Line and Not Crossing Over.”

Program Chair, New York State Bar Association, CLE, A Primer On Evidence for the Criminal Practitioner (4 cities Uniondale, Buffalo, New York City and Albany). Chair, Uniondale, L.I. program and lecturer on Shaping the Case, May 10, 2000.

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 case. 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.

May 20, 2000 - Cross to Kill XI, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, North Hall, New York, N.Y. Guest Speaker. Topic: The Language of Cross-Examination.

June 14, 2000 - Guest Speaker, Mid- Nassau Jewish Retirement Club, East Meadows, New York. Temple Emanu-El. Topic: Sex Crimes: A Trial Lawyer’s Tales From The Barrel.

September 28, 2000 - Hicksville Library - Part III - Famous Trials of the Century - The Rosenbergs, Chicago 8 and Wounded Knee Trials.

November 2, 2000 - New York State Bar Association, L.I. Chair - CLE Four Cities - Local Criminal Court Practice - The Basics. 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.

A member of the Symposium Committee That organized: “You, the Jury: A Matter of Life or Death,” a free symposium on The Death Penalty, sponsored by the Bar Association of Nassau County on October 26, 2000 at 6:15 p.m. at the Court Bar Association, Mineola, New York. See The Unblinking Eye, Metro Television Channels 16 & 18.

November 28, 2000 - Organized CLE luncheon Meeting of the Civil Rights Committee of the Bar Association of Nassau County. Invited guest speaker was Touro Law School Professor Martin Schwartz on the topic of: 1983 Litigation and Attorney’s Fees.

January 16, 2001 - Guest speaker at Wantagh Public Library. Topic: Youth and Violence.

January 24, 2001, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association, Committee on Media Law, guest speaker and panelist on the topic of Law Enforcement and the Media. Chair, Kevin W. Goering, Cordert Brothers. The panel will consider a hypothetical fact situation regarding a “sweat shop” in Queens and will include CBS “48 Hours” correspondents Erin Moriarity, Devereux Chatillon; Talk Magazine’s General Counsel, Mike Julian; General Manager of Madison Square Garden, defense attorney, Thomas F. Liotti; former United States Attorney and Magistrate Judge Zachary Carter (now a partner at Dorsey and Whitney) and Bloomberg News Editor (and former New York Daily News Magazine Editor), Richard Rosen.

January 25, 2001, New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, Annual Meeting CLE, Avoiding Prosecution And Disposing Of Criminal Cases Without Trial. Co-panelists were Herald Price Fahringer, Esq., Howard Stave, Esq., Robert G. Morvillo, Esq., and Hon. William L. Murphy. See Thomas F. Liotti, Avoiding Prosecutions, New York State Bar Journal, February 1995 at 49-58. See also, State Bar News, New York State Bar Association, www.nysba.org, Thursday, January 25, 2001 at 3, Tammy Korgie, Program Devoted To Alternatives To Trial.

February 13, 2001, Guest Speaker, Old Westbury, Westbury and Carle Place Rotary Club. Topic: Youth & Violence.

March 20, 2001 - Attendance at Gideon Day in Albany to lobby for an increase in assigned Counsel fees for state practitioners. Met with elected representatives and their counsel.

April 18, 2001 - Panelist at the Criminal Law Institute of St. John’s University School of Law, The McKenna Forum: A Panel Discussion on the Rockefeller Drug Laws. Co-sponsored by the Vincentian Center for Church and Society. Co-Panelists included: Supreme Court Justice Randall T. Eng; Spiro Tsimbinos, Esq.; District Attorney Richard A. Brown and Professor Frank Polestino.

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.

June 7, 2001 - Guest Speaker at the Metropolitan Swimming Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, Eisenhower Park, Nassau County Aquatics Center. Mr. Liotti introduced his high school coach, Charles Schlegel, as an inductee.

September 12, 2001 - Guest Speaker at Plainview/Old Bethpage Public Library. Topic: Famous Trials of the 20th Century.

November 8, 2001 - An Introduction To Handling The D.W.I. Case In New York, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, Melville, Long Island. Topic: Field Sobriety Tests.

November 9, 2001 - Criminal Law Update - The Basics, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Liotti was Chair of the Long Island program in Melville. Topic: Ethics and the Criminal Law Practitioner.

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.

January 24, 2002 - Organized and prepared seminar materials for the New York State Bar Association Criminal Justice Section CLE on Voir Dire. Speakers included Hon. Kate Rosenthal, City Court Judge, Syracuse; Ann Cole, juror consultant, New York City; Julie Blackman, Ph.D, juror consultant, New York City; Michael T. Kelly, Esq.; Barry M Schreiber, Esq; Terrence M. Connors, Esq. and Benjamin Brafman, Esq.
Organized and chaired the annual business meeting and awards luncheon for the N.Y.S.B.A. Criminal Justice Section. Invited guest speaker Mary Jo White, Esq., former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York See William Rainbolt, Techniques of Jury Section to be Learned and Criminal Justice Section Announces Awards, New York State Bar News, January 24, 2002 at 2 and 10 and John Caher, White Reflects On Prosecuting Terror Crimes, New York Law Journal, January 25, 2002 at 1 and 6.

February 7, 2002 - Guest Speaker for Brandeis University Women’s Club, Plainview-Old Bethpage Library. Topic: The Leopold & Loeb and Rosenberg Trials.

February 9, 2002 - Guest Speaker for the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, CLE Seminar entitled: Cross To Kill, Ithaca, New York. Topic: The Ethics of Cross-Examination.

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.

May 10, 2002 - Speaker for the Cross to Kill XIII criminal law seminar sponsored by the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, St. Francis College, Brooklyn. Topic: Designing Your Own Technique For Cross-Examination.

April 8, 2002 - Guest Speaker at Levittown Public Library. Topic: Famous Trials of the 20th Century.

June 8, 2002 - Organized and attended New York State Bar Association CLE at Montauk Yacht Club, Montauk, New York on Forensic Evidence and Ethical Problems in Multiple Representation and Conflicts of Interest.

October 29, 2002 - Guest Speaker for Molloy College Senior Group on Trials of the 20th Century, Rockville Centre, New York.

October 31, 2002 - Guest Speaker and Chair of program for New York State Bar Association on The Basics of Local Criminal Court Practice. Topic: Pretrial Hearings.

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: The Motion Famous Trials of the 20th Century. Honoraria of $300 donated to the We Care Fund.

January 21, 2003, United States District Court, S.D.N.Y. - Panelist for program sponsored by the Association of Black Women Attorneys; Metropolitan Black Bar Association; National Bar Association; Criminal Law and Juvenile Justice Section and National Black Prosecutors Association. Topic: Ravages of War, the Rockefeller Drug Laws. Panel Moderator, Les Payne, Assistant Managing Editor, Newsday.

January 23, 2003 - Presided over the Annual Meeting, luncheon and seminar of the New York State Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, New York. See Times Union, Albany, New York, January 23, 2003 at B3 Law Beat Column, Prosecutor Honored, favorable comments by Mr. Liotti concerning Schenectady County D.A. Bob Carney on his receipt of the Section’s Outstanding Prosecutor Award. See also, State Bar News, January 24, 2003, Outstanding Criminal Justice Writing Recognized.

April 23, 2003 - New York State Bar Association, Hot Topics in Criminal Law Seminar, Chair and speaker on the Ethics Update (materials at pp. C-1 to C-32 of the outline). Four cities program in Albany, Buffalo, Uniondale and New York City.

May 9-10, 2003 - Organized, attended and speaker at a seminar for the New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section at The Sagamore Inn, Bolton Landing, New York. Topics: Getting Jurors To Like You; Trying Cases By Overcoming Horrific Facts; Ethical Breaches By Lawyers and Judges - What To Do About It and Playing God: Executing the Mentally Retarded. Spoke on all topics and submitted materials on each. Moderated the discussion on Trying Cases By Overcoming Horrific Facts.

June 24, 2003 - Mr. Liotti was a presenter and panelist at the National Community Sentencing Association. Topic: Trial by Judge, Jury and Journalists: How Press Coverage Affects the Outcome of Cases. Moderator: Zachary Dowdy, Newsday. Also on the panel were Andreaus 13 and Eugene Cerruti, Professor of Law, New York Law School.

July 13, 2003 - Westbury Republican Committee’s Annual Summer Breakfast honoring Ernest J. Strada, Mayor of the Village of Westbury where Mr. Liotti introduced the honoree. See Westbury GOP Honors Mayor Ernest Strada, The Westbury Times, August 7, 2003 at 3.

November 3, 2003 - Guest speaker at Garden City Public Library for the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Topic: Capital Punishment, A Different Death. See the Garden City News, October 31, 2003 at 25. Headline: Liotti to Speak on Capital Punishment.

November 8, 2003 - Guest Speaker at the Italian Cultural Institute, New York, New York for the Confederation of Columbian Lawyers’ Associations’ Eighth Annual Law Student Forum. Topic: A Career In Criminal Law.

January 29, 2004 - Moderator for New York State Bar Association Criminal Justice Section and Media Law Section combined seminar on Media and the Law at New York Marriott Marquis. See Criminal Justice Examines “Spin Control”: Law & Press, State Bar News, January 29, 2004 at 1 and 10 and William Rainbolt, New York State Bar Association, State Bar News, March/April, 2004, Criminal Justice Section and the Committee on Media Law, Cameras In The Courtroom Continue to Have Advocates and Foes at 12.

August 15-18, 2004 - Program Chair and Moderator for two programs sponsored by the New York State Bar Association Trial Lawyers Section held at their summer meeting, Skytop Lodge, Skytop, Pennsylvania. Program #1 : High Visibility Cases: The Trial Lawyer and the Media. Thomas F. Liotti, Chair. Panelists included Robert Morvillo, Esq.; Hon. Thomas R. Sullivan and Ronald P. Fischetti, Esq. Program #2: The Quickie Voir Dire: Making the Most of Your 15 Minutes. Thomas F. Liotti, Chair. Panelists included Julie Blackman, Ph.D., trial strategy and juror consultant; Michael T. Kelly, Esq.; Stephen O’Leary, Jr., Esq. and Henry G. Miller, Esq.

February 11, 2005, Stewart Manor School, Garden City, New York. Gave demonstration of a felony DWI mock trial to two 6th grade classes.

March 15, 2005 - Guest speaker at the Queens County Columbian Lawyers Association. Topic: Federal Courts.

March 15, 2005 - Guest speaker at the Molloy Institute for Lifelong Learning, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York. Topic: If Chosen As A Juror, Can You Be Fair?

September 19, 2005 - First Annual Constitution Day Lecture, Nassau Community College. Topic: The Supreme Court of the United States, Judicial Law Making and Original Constitutional Intent.

See Liotti Serves As Guest Speaker, The Westbury Times, December 1, 2005 at 2 (photo and caption) and Liotti Is Constitution Day Speaker (photo and caption). The Attorney of Nassau County, Who’s Who, November 2005 at 2.

October 26, 2005 - Guest speaker at Nassau Community College for the Paralegal Society. Topic: Your Career In The Law.

November 21, 2005 - Guest speaker for the Bar Association of Nassau County Lawyers in the Classroom Programs, Floral Park Memorial High School, Criminal Justice class. Topic: Your Rights Under The First Amendment.

2005 Update on Evidence for the Criminal Law Practitioner - Overall planning chair and speaker for the Melville program, four cities, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association CLE Department and the Criminal Justice Section of the New York State Bar Association. Topic: Post Conviction Issues. See Liotti Chairs Evidence Update Seminar, The Attorney of Nassau County, October, 2005 at 6.

January 14, 2006 - Kickoff guest speaker for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Swimming Championships at the Eisenhower Park Aquatics Center, Nassau County, New York.

January 20, 2006 - The Cross-Examination of Cops in D.W.I. Cases - a paper and lecture presented to the D.U.I. National College at the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. See Who’s Who, The Attorney of Nassau County, February, 2006 at 2. See also In Brief, Member Activities, The Nassau Lawyer, March, 2006 at 8.

August 7, 2006 - Guest Speaker at East Meadow Public Library on Famous Trials. Honorarium of $300 donated to the Nassau County Bar Association We Care Fund.

January 26, 2007 - Guest Speaker at Molloy College, Institute for Lifelong Learning, Rockville Centre, New York. Topic: Juror Nullification.

March 21, 2007 - Guest Speaker and lecturer for the New York State Judicial Institute to Village and Town Justices of New York. Topic: Building Code and Zoning Cases. See American Board of Criminal Lawyers, The Roundtable, Liotti to Run Seminar for Office of Court Administration and New York State Judicial Institute at 5.

September 17, 2007 - Invited guest lecturer for third annual Constitution Day at Adelphi University, Garden City, New York. Topic: The Importance Of Our Constitution.

September 17, 2007 - Guest lecturer to Professor Stephanie Lake’s Criminal Justice Class, Adelphi University. Topic: The Importance Of Our Constitution. Repeat of the Constitution Day lecture.

September 17, 2007 - Substitute teacher in Business Law at Nassau Community College.

October 20, 2007 - Guest speaker at Adelphi University Men’s and Women’s Swimming Teams a their Annual Alumni Dinner. Topic: Competitive Swimming and Diving at Adelphi University: A Bond That Unites Us For Eternity.