Michael G. Pomposello


Senior Trial Attorney since 2006
Location: New York, New York
Phone: 800-219-2892
Fax: 800-219-2892
Email: Email Me

Michael Pomposello has practiced law in New York for fifteen years, and has extensive trial experience, having taken over one hundred cases to verdict. As an Assistant Corporation Counsel from September 1995 until the time he joined Jeffrey Samel & Partners in 2006, he represented the interests of the City New York in numerous matters involving the New York City Police and Fire Departments, Board of Education, Health & Hospitals Corporation, Parks Department, Corrections Department, and Department of Transportation.
He was promoted to the rank of Senior Counsel in the Tort Division of the Corporation Counsel in February 2000, in recognition of his experience and skill. He also served as an instructor and judge for the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and as an instructor in the New York City Law Department Tort Division’s Trial Training Program.

Mr. Pomposello joined the firm as a senior trial attorney in 2006, and since that time has successfully handled countless matters on behalf of the firm’s clients in a wide variety of personal injury lawsuits. He brings with him a wealth of experience, not only in trial practice, but in pre- and post-trial motion practice as well.

Areas of Practice

  • Municipal Liability
  • Motor Vehicle
  • Labor Law
  • Construction
  • Professional Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Police Action
  • Product Liability
  • Dram Shop
  • Education
  • Recreation
  • Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1996
  • New York, 1996

Education

  • Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York
    J.D. – 1995
  • State University of New York at Oneonta
    B.A. – 1986

Past Employment Positions

  • Jeffrey Samel & Partners, Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1995 – 2006
  • Tort Division of the Corporation Counsel, Senior Counsel, 2000
  • National Board of Trial Advocacy, Judge
  • New York City Law Department Tort Division’s Trial Training Program, Instructor