Thomas m licata

Thomas M. Licata

Of Counsel

212.661.7300

Mr. Licata has over two decades of experience in the areas of general and automobile liability defense, workers’ compensation, product liability, commercial litigation, insurance coverage, No-fault/PIP, and fraud in New York and New Jersey State and Federal Courts. Mr. Licata has lectured at the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Insurance Council of New Jersey, insurance companies, and bar associations regarding insurance, forum selection, civil procedure, and conflicts of law.

Before joining Malapero, Prisco, Klauber & Licata LLP, he was a senior associate at Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP, where he supervised multi-district federal court litigation across the country involving latex glove, breast implant, and dietary supplement litigation. Mr. Licata has been Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney. He is a judicial Special Master and judicial complex commercial case mediator.

Mr. Licata has an AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell©. He is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™ and Best’s Directories of Recommended Insurance Attorneys and Adjusters®. In 2013, Mr. Licata was voted “Best Attorney-at-Law 2013” and awarded the Italian Voice Newspapers “Publisher’s Front Page Award.”

Areas of Practice

Admitted

New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts, New Jersey, and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Law School

Seton Hall Law School, JD, 1987, Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award, 1987

College

Pace University, BA, 1984, Cum Laude; Member of The Society of Fellows of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society

Membership

Bergen County Bar Association, The Society of Fellows of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society