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Steven J. Palermo
Steven J. Palermo is an American personal injury attorney who practices in New York with the law firm of Palermo Tuohy Bruno, P.L.L.C. Steven is married. He and his wife Jill have two children.

Early Life and Family
A native of Huntington, New York, Steven Palermo is the son of (insert parents’ names) Palermo. Steven has two brothers, Edward and Christopher who are both attorneys.

Steven attended St. Anthony’s High School in Huntington, NY where he played football and lacrosse. As the quarterback of his football team, he led the Friars to the playoffs in the 1985-86 school year. Steven distinguished himself as a goal scorer in lacrosse, amassing well over 100 goals in three years. In the 1987, his team won the Long Island Catholic High School Championship.

Steven’s accomplishments on the lacrosse field led to an athletic scholarship to Long Island University. Unfortunately, he suffered a career ending injury. No longer able to play lacrosse, Steven transferred to Villanova University in Pennsylvania.

Education
Graduating from Villanova University in 1992 with a degree in history, Steven Palermo continued his education at [|Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center] in Huntington, NY, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1997.

Legal Career
In 1998, Steven and his brother Edward Palermo established the law firm of Palermo & Palermo and initially focused their practice on criminal law. While Steven was successful in criminal law and honed his trial skills, he found that he much preferred civil litigation, which led him to concentrate on personal injury law. Since 2003, Steven has handled hundreds of personal injury cases, ranging from motor vehicle accidents, work-related accidents, slip and fall, assault, spinal and neck injuries to wrongful death and other types of serious injury lawsuits.

The firm has grown in caseload and staff since its inception and has changed its name as new attorneys joined the practice. Today, the firm operates as Palermo Tuohy Bruno, P.L.L.C. with Steven Palermo serving as the managing partner. Prominent newspapers such as the [|New York Law Journal], [|New York Post], [|Long Island Newsday] and the Daily News have covered a number of Steve’s high profile cases.

Career Highlights
Steven Palermo’s career highlights include:
 * Trial verdict of $1.9 million dollars for a client who was assaulted and raped by an inmate who the [|New York State Department of Corrections] released from prison accidentally. The case garnered much media attention because it was the first time the State of New York was held liable for incorrectly releasing a prisoner before his actual release date.
 * A $3.2 million dollar settlement for a child injured in a motor vehicle accident.
 * A $1.7 million settlement for a worker involved in construction site accident.

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