| Richard J. Guercio |
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| E-mail: rguercio@guerciolaw.com |
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Mr. Guercio is an honors graduate of St. John's University School of Government and Politics and a graduate of Memphis State University School of Law, Class of 1983 at which he served as a Bar Governor to the Student Bar Association. From 1983 to 1985, he was an Assistant District Attorney for the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. He is actively engaged in the representation of the firm's school district clients and municipal corporations - libraries, water districts and fire districts. He has extensive experience as general counsel and in the defense of such school districts and municipalities in all types of litigation and as labor counsel. Mr. Guercio is the past two term Chairman of the Education Law Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association; a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, Education Law Committee; and a member of the Law Committee of the Long Island Water Conference. He has served as a Moot Court Judge for the Suffolk Academy of Law/Suffolk County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association and the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District. He has been a guest lecturer on behalf of the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations, the Association of Superintendents of Buildings and Grounds, the Nassau and Suffolk Academies of Law, and the Bureau of Business Practice. He is also a former eight term President of the Board of Directors of Options for Community Living, Inc., a non-profit corporation providing housing for the mentally disabled, AIDS patients and the homeless. |
| Areas of Practice: |
| General Counsel to School Districts and other Municipalities Defense of School Districts and other Municipalities in all types of litigation Labor Negotiator |
| Bar Admissions: |
| New York |
| Education: |
| Memphis State University School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee, 1983 J.D. Honors: Student Bar Association, Bar Governor St. John's University School of Government and Politics, 1979 B.A. Honors: magna cum laude |
| Classes/Seminars Taught: |
| Guest Lecturer, New York State School Boards Association Guest Lecturer, Stony Brook University Guest Lecturer, Nassau County Bar Association Guest Lecturer, Suffolk County Bar Association Guest Lecturer, Association of Superintendents of Buildings and Grounds Guest Lecturer, Nassau and Suffolk Academies of Law Guest Lecturer, Bureau of Business Practice |
| Professional Associations and Memberships: |
| Suffolk County Bar Association Past Chairman, Education Law Committee Nassau County Bar Association Member, Education Law Committee Long Island Water Conference Member, Law Committee Suffolk Academy of Law/Suffolk County Bar Association Moot Court Judge New York State Bar Association Moot Court Judge Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District Moot Court Judge Options for Community Living, Inc. President, Board of Directors |
| Past Employment Positions: |
| Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney, 1983 - 1985 |
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