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As head of the Hurwitz & Fine, P.C. Business Litigation Department, Ms. Schillaci’s practice includes matters in the areas of contracts, directors’ and officers’ liability, errors and omissions, regulatory and compliance matters. She also has extensive experience in the professional liability, insurance coverage, health care and environmental areas.

Her practice includes the representation of governmental entities and agencies, publicly and privately held companies and of individuals in the prosecution and defense of civil litigation matters. She handles all types of legal disputes in the business setting and has appeared on behalf of clients in state and federal court.

Ms. Schillaci has extensive governmental experience, having served as Senior Trial Counsel, Branch Chief and Staff Attorney with the U.S. SEC, Division of Enforcement. She previously served in the New York State Attorney General’s Office, Environmental Protection Bureau, where she was responsible for the prosecution of civil and criminal environmental matters. She was also senior trial assistant in the King’s County (Brooklyn) District Attorney’s Office. She is regularly engaged in diverse complex litigation. Her investigative experience has permitted her to successfully handle risk management investigations for several public and private entities.

She has also represented product manufacturers, distributors, employers and property owners in complex environmental claims including CERCLA cost recovery, SEQR and riparian rights. She also handles the defense of allegations of toxic exposure including sick building claims and exposure to mold, asbestos, silica, Beryllium, lead paint and other substances. Ms. Schillaci has spoken on the emerging area of toxic mold litigation to national and international audiences. She is extremely well versed in complex regulatory matters.

Ms. Schillaci is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellows are selected based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation. The composition of the Litigation Counsel of America is aggressively diverse, with recognition of excellence among American litigation and trial counsel across all segments of the bar.

Ms. Schillaci was named one of the Top 25 Female Attorneys in all of New York State (outside New York City) by New York Super Lawyers Magazine. Ms. Schillaci is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriters Society (PLUS) and the Commercial Law and Professional Liability Committees of the Defense Research Institute (DRI).

Ms. Schillaci is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston University who received her Juris Doctor degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 1982.