Paul A. Montuori, Esq.

Paul Montuori is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Boston College and a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College Law School where he was the winner of the school’s Grimes Moot Court Competition and a member of the Northeast Regional Champion Moot Court Team. Over the last two decades, Paul has had extensive experience in corporate, commercial, and criminal litigation and appeals. His clients have ranged across the whole spectrum of American society, from Fortune 500 Companies to Grammy award winning recording artists, to national surety bonding companies, to construction contractors to criminal defendants. After serving as a law clerk the Honorable Edward F. Harrington of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Paul practiced in the litigation department of a multi-national firm. While there, in addition to focusing on civil litigation and corporate compliance, Paul participated in a program with the New York City Office of the Appellate Defender working on volunteer post-conviction criminal appeals for indigent defendants. Paul’s practice currently focuses on litigation and appeals, corporate governance, construction, and land use with extensive experience in State and Federal Courts and before arbitration panels. Notably, Paul argued the groundbreaking case of Newcomb v. Middle Country Central School District before the New York Court of Appeals, a case which re-set the standard for notice in lawsuits against municipalities. Paul has also represented a group of ERISA academics as amici in the United States Supreme Court case of LaRue v. Dewolff, in which the party’s position concerning a worker’s ability to sue prevailed 9-0. Paul is proud to once again serve the court system by acting as a volunteer arbitrator and referee for the New Yor City Civil Court Small Claims program. Previously named a Super Lawyer “Rising Star” in the legal industry, Paul has been a frequent lecturer on oral advocacy and brief writing at Boston College Law School, has been quoted in publications such as the New York Post and Christian Science Monitor, and written several scholarly publications concerning money laundering, drug dependency in the federal prisons and compensation to the formerly incarcerated. He has also served on ABA Panels, including the Task Force to Revise the Standards for Provision of Civil Legal Aid to the Indigent. Paul is proud to be a long-time member of the New York City Bar’s Committee on Corrections and Community Reentry, previously serving as secretary. Through this work Paul has been able to be closely involved with the ongoing efforts related to ensuring constitutional conditions of confinement on Rikers Island. Paul also happily serves as a certified official for the United States Tennis Association and Intercollegiate Tennis Association. His passion for horse racing has lead him to be a member of His Majesty’s Royal Enclosure at the fabled Royal Meeting held at Ascot Racecourse. He is also proud author and takes every opportunity to share his works with the community. To date Paul has published the children’s books The Pumpkin Pies and the Pumpkin Puddings and Who Seized the Seasons? He finds no greater joy than seeing children actively engaged in reading one of his books!

Admissions

  • New York
  • Massachusetts
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
  • United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Education

  • Boston College Law School, magna cum laude, 2000
  • Boston College, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1997