Michael A. Montesano, Esq., is admitted to practice in New York State and the District of Columbia as well as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern & Southern Districts of New York, and the United States Supreme Court.   

In addition Mr. Montesano is a member of the New York State Bar Association, and its General Practice Section, the Bar Association of Nassau County, The Columbian Lawyers Association of Nassau County, and is the past President of the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Nassau County.

Mr. Montesano also serves as Lodge Counsel to The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #38 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Mr. Montesano received his B.S. degree from St. John's University and his J.D. degree from the City University Law School at Queens College.  He is also a former adjunct professor at the New York Institute of Technology at the Old Westbury campus, and a former Trustee of the North Shore Central School District and past President of its Board of Education.

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1989
• District of Columbia, 1991
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1990
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1990
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

Education

• City University of New York School of Law at Queens College, Flushing, New York, 1989
  J.D.
  
  
• St. John's University, Jamaica, N.Y.
  B.S.
  Major: Criminal Justice
  
  
• Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York, 1983
  A.A.S.
  Major: Police Science
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Nassau County Bar Association Speaker's Bureau
• "The Relationship between Law Enforcement and the Community", Glen Cove High School, Glen Cove, New York, May 1985 and October 1991
• "The Role of the Church, School and Community in Reducing Juvenile Crime", The Holy Name Society, Rotterdam, New York, 1983
• "The Relationship Between Juvenile Drug Abuse and Juvenile Delinquency", Knights of Columbus, Rotterdam, New York, 1982
• Mock Trial Coach, Glen Cove High School, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New York State Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• New York State Bar Association
  Past Member, Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar
  
  
• Nassau County Bar Association
  
  
• Columbian Lawyers Association of Nassau County
  
  
• Catholic Lawyers Guild
  Past Member
  
  
• Criminal Courts Bar Association of Nassau County
  Past President
  
  
• New York State Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #38
  General Counsel
  
  
• Nassau County Magistrate's Association
  
  
• New York State Magistrate's Associate
  
  

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity

Birth Information

• 1954, Brooklyn, New York