Mr. Fusco (he/him) has been a founding Partner and Managing Partner of Callahan & Fusco since 2001. Mr. Fusco's practice concentrates on the defense of the firm's clients in commercial, construction, insurance, transportation, general liability, public entity, constitutional law, and high-profile tort litigation. He has completed major jury trials including negligence cases, NY Labor Law lawsuits, and alleged police misconduct constitutional law claims.
Before being the firm’s Managing Partner, Mr. Fusco served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York from 1992 through 1996. As a Senior Trial Attorney, he was responsible for managing major felony cases. He completed over fifty jury trials including cases involving murder, armed robbery, and undercover investigations. He was assigned high-profile cases with special victims. Mr. Fusco also drafted and successfully argued People's Appeals before the Appellate Division.
From December 1996 to September 1998, Mr. Fusco was an Associate in the New York City firm of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker where he specialized in complex construction, commercial, labor, insurance coverage, professional liability, employment, and civil rights, and personal injury litigation in both state and federal courts. Mr. Fusco also completed jury trials involving negligence and construction cases. Mr. Fusco was also responsible for handling corporate and construction-related contractual and lien law disputes.
From September 1998 to October 2001, Mr. Fusco was a partner in the firm of Wright & Fusco, LLC where he successfully defended mass toxic tort actions filed against major chemical and asbestos manufacturers and was responsible for managing the firm's insurance defense and transportation clients.
Education
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (B.A., Politics 1989)
Catholic University, Columbus School of Law, Washington D.C. (J.D., 1992)
Bar Memberships
New Jersey, 1992
New York, 1993
Pennsylvania, 2004
Court Admissions
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1992
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1998
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1998
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1999
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2004
Professional Associations
Certified Litigation Management Professional (LMI 2014)
Instructor, CLM Claims College (Investigation Course 2015)
Contributing Editor, CLM Claim Management Magazine (2013-present)
Member, Bar Association of the City of New York (2000-present)
Member, Kings County District Attorney Alumni Association
CLM Transportation Committee
Articles
Will Insurance bring the UFC to NYC? 1/3/2012
Personal Foul, Personal Injury 4/23/2012
The Roger Clemens Acquittal and the Prosecution’s Burden of Proof 7/9/2012
Concussion Liability Costs May Rise, and Not Just for N.F.L. 12/10/2012
Bottleneck Effect 11/25/2013
Burning Down Hockeytown 1/29/2014
Cracking Skulls 4/29/2014
Shadow of Doubt 7/24/2014
Wrongful Death? 10/24/2014
Lessons From DeflateGate 3/23/2015
Coverage On and Off the Field 6/24/2015
Pushing the Limits 9/29/2015
Insurance experts: NHL has idea how many players will develop dementia, Alzheimer's 2/16/2016
Pop Warner Settles Lawsuit Over Player Who Had C.T.E. 3/9/2016
Media
Guest Legal Analyst:
· ABC News
· MLB Network
· MSG Network
· The New York Times
· CNBC
· MSNBC
· Court TV
· Fox News Channel
· TSN