Larry’s lengthy legal career in both Florida and New York has taken him from serving in government as a Senior Assistant District Attorney, Senior Deputy County Attorney, and Administrative Law Judge handling civil rights and employment discrimination matters, to a corporate setting as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at an international recognized environmental engineering firm, and finally in private practice focused on employment, construction, and commercial litigation in state and federal courts.
As a former prosecutor, county attorney, chief legal officer of a large environmental engineering and scientific consultancy, and Owner of a small legal practice, Larry has extensive experience not only as a litigator but also in managing and advising corporate clients on matters involving human resources, contracts, federal and state regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, risk management, health and safety, and real estate transactions.
Larry has successfully litigated civil and criminal matters in New York State County and Supreme Court, and numerous State and federal agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, and professional disciplinary and licensing agencies in various states.
During his legal career, Larry has litigated matters involving Fortune 500 companies, large teaching hospitals and state and local governments. Larry’s clients have included not only corporate entities but victims of racial, disability, and other discriminatory conduct in the workplace and in educational settings as well as small businesses and construction companies and medical professionals.
Larry has been fortunate to work with the Syracuse University College of Law’s Disability Rights Clinic representing and obtaining successful results for disabled litigants in matters involving workplace discrimination and bias.
Larry has served on numerous non-profit and civic boards: including the Syracuse Opera, Literacy Volunteers, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, Metropolitan Development Association Airport Advisory Committee, Onondaga County Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, and a Member of US Representative Daniel Maffei’s US Military Academy (West Point) Selection Board.
For many years Larry has volunteered to coach and judge “Mock Trial Competition” at the high school, college and law school levels and has guest lectured at the Syracuse University College of Law on trial procedure and legal practice.
Larry received his Bachelor of Arts Degree (Cun Laude) from the State University of NY at Brockport and has a Master Degree in Public Administration (MPA) from Syracuse University Maxwell School. Larry earned his law degree at Syracuse University while working full time as Director of Emergency Medical Service for Onondaga County.
Larry is licensed to practice law in the States of Florida and New York as the US District Court for the Northern District of New York and the United States Supreme Court and has served as a court appointed referee in foreclosure matters and neutral mediator in US District NDNY and as a private mediator.
Larry and his wife reside in Hillsboro Beach, FL and have four grown children.