Education
J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1977
B.A., Fordham University, 1973

Professional
Member, Bar of the State of New York, 1978
Member, Bar of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1979
Member, Bar of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1979
Member, Bar of the United States Supreme Court, 1986

Legal Employment History
>Kopff, Nardelli & Dopf LLP
Associate, August 1999
>Office of the District Attorney, County of Bronx
Assistant District Attorney, Senior Trial Counsel - Major Case Bureau, Deputy Bureau Chief - Grand Jury, Supervisor - Burglary/Auto/Gun Unit, Supervisor - Violent Crime Unit and Robbery Unit, Trial Assistant, 1978 - 1982, 1984 - 1999
>Victor C. Piacentile
1982 - 1984
>Legal Aid Society, Bronx, New York
1977 - 1978
>Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn, New York
1976 - 1977

Legal Associations
Member, New York State Bar Association
Member, Bronx County Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association

Litigation Background
Mr. Piacentile is a former Senior Trial Counsel to the Office of the Bronx District Attorney. His experience includes more than 100 felony jury trials to verdict, including organized crime cases, narcotics related murder, policy custody deaths, murder for hire, infanticide, attempted murder of a police officer, rape, pattern robberies against the elderly and armed home invasions. He has given lectures and demonstrations on techniques of direct examination, cross-examination and summation to Bronx County Assistant District Attorneys, members of the defense bar and police officers from New York City, Rockland and Westchester Counties. He is a former member of the Judicial Screening Panel of the Association of the Bar of Bronx County.