Thomas Plastaras
Thomas E. Plastaras
Of Counsel
LEGAL EDUCATION
California Western School of Law
San Diego, California
J.D. 1982 Cum Laude
American Jurisprudence Award; Corporate Law and Insurance Law
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York
B.S. 1979 (Health Care Administration)
Internship; Huntington Hospital, Huntington, NY
BAR ADMISSIONS
California State Bar, 1982
United States District Court, Southern District of California
New York State Bar, 1983
United States Tax Court, 1983
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Minnesota State Bar, 1984
District of Columbia Bar, 1988
United States Supreme Court, 1992
BAR MEDIA APPEARANCES
Featured on The ABC Network’s news program “20/20* with
Barbara Walters and John Stossel (May 5, 1995).
Featured on The Fox Network’s “A Current Affair” (March 17, 1994)
ARBITRATOR
Suffolk County District Courts
1990 – Present
JUDICIAL REFEREE
New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County
2004 – 2005
AFFILIATIONS
California State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Suffolk County Bar Association
Nassau County Bar Association
Nassau/Suffolk Trial lawyers Association
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
New York State Medical Defense Bar Association
Defense Research Institute (Member of the Employment Law and Medical Malpractice Committees).
Arbitrator, Suffolk County District Court, 1990—Present.
PERSONAL
Married, two children