Thomas F. Bello is an active trial lawyer with over 20 years of legal experience litigating employment discrimination and civil rights cases in the federal and state courts of New York. He is the past President of the Staten Island Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He serves as a political liaison with both local and Albany legislators and is a member of the Richmond County Bar Association. He is an adjunct professor at Wagner College, where he teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs. He is also an instructor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program. Bello previously taught at New York University and Baruch College. While at Baruch College he was the chairperson of the Faculty Advisory Board at Baruch College’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies’ Paralegal Program. Bello holds a B.S. in sociology, M.S. in industrial relations and J.D. in law.