Craig V. Rizzo

Mr. Rizzo handles a variety of high exposure matters in the areas of medical malpractice, municipal defense, employment, labor and automotive litigation through trial. He has extensive experience in health care regulatory matters. He has taken successful trial verdicts in every Downstate venue of the Second Department.

Mr. Rizzo has served as a member of the Board of Directors of a Public Benefit Corporation and is a founding member of the philanthropic arm of the that Corporation. He was appointed to the Nassau Health Care Corporation Board of Directors by the Governor and was shortly thereafter appointed to Chairman of the Board of Directors in May of 2010. Mr. Rizzo had previously served as an Executive Vice President and Acting General Counsel to a major medical institution overseeing various departments including quality, risk management, labor and policy development. He also served on the Executive Committee for the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program. He is a founding Advisory Board Member of the Feinstein Medical Research Institute and currently sits on the Institutional Review Board of the Feinstein Medical Research Institute. He has also served on the Advisory Board of Franklin General Hospital, now Long Island Jewish at Valley Stream. Mr. Rizzo also previously served as a Legislative Aide to a New York State Senator.

In 2010, Mr. Rizzo was appointed as a Commissioner on the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission. He is a member of The Long Island Business Council, Co Chairman of Toys for Tots and a former delegate to the Nassau/Suffolk Judicial Nominating Committee.

In 2012 Mr. Rizzo was the recipient of the United Hospital Fund’s Distinguished Trustee award, presented at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, for his service as Chairman of the Board of Nassau Health Care Corporation. Moreover, Mr. Rizzo was honored by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin which consists of over 11,000 physicians nationwide for his work in health care and community service.

Appointed to the Board of Governors of the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in March 2013, Mr. Rizzo was also a board member of the Fair Media Council which, among other things, advocates for quality local news and public information.

Mr. Rizzo is a frequent lecturer and has given speeches and presentations to many major medical centers/health systems. He obtained his law degree from Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in New York. He is also admitted to the United States District Court for both the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.