Joseph LoPiccolo

Shareholder / Co-Founder

Prior to co-founding Poulos LoPiccolo, Joseph LoPiccolo was an associate with the prestigious Manhattan law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, recently ranked #1 in the United States in the American Lawyer’s A-List 2011 – 12. During his 8 years at Hughes Hubbard, Mr. LoPiccolo was a member of the Litigation Department, concentrating on a broad variety of complex litigation. Such matters included:

• Defending a large pharmaceutical manufacturer in personal injury, class action and multi-district litigation involving the company’s top selling arthritis drug;
• Defending a large pharmaceutical manufacturer in individual and class action lawsuits involving the company’s popular osteoporosis drug;
• Representing the SIPA Trustee in the liquidation of Lehman Brothers, Inc., the largest broker-dealer liquidation in history, where he led a team in the determination and litigation of close to $100 billion in claims against the estate as well as a team in the prosecution of millions of dollars in avoidance actions;
• Representing one of the largest interior general construction contractors in NY, including obtaining a successful arbitration award of close to $1 million related to the renovation of a NYC community center and successfully defending against numerous mechanics lien foreclosure actions.

Mr. LoPiccolo is a 2003 cum laude graduate of St. John’s University School of Law, where he was a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, and received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Towson University in 2000.

Bar Admissions

Court Admissions

• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York

Professional Activities

• Member, New York County Bar Association
• Member, Nassau County Bar Association
• Member, New Jersey Association for Justice
• NYCLA Inns of Court
• Volunteer, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York