Counsel
Location: 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10176
Phone: 212-661-5030
Fax: 212-687-2123
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Silvia Simpson Larizza practices in litigation, with a concentration in commercial litigation, employment, products liability and family law.
She has been involved in every stage of the litigation process, including document production and preparation, witness preparation, depositions, trial preparation and resolution of cases. She recently obtained a dismissal of a commercial case, with prejudice, on a motion to dismiss, which was affirmed on appeal. She also second-chairing a race and age discrimination case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where the firm obtained a full defense verdict for its client. Her experience in products liability has been both at the national and the local counsel level in coordinating and managing mass torts, and she has handled individual products cases.
Ms. Larizza is fluent in Spanish.
Areas of Practice
- Complex Litigation
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1998
- Georgia, 1994
- Pennsylvania, 2004 (Inactive)
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1998
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1998
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1998
Education
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia
- J.D. – 1994
- Honors: American Jurisprudence Award in Trial Advocacy
- Honors: Chair, Moot Court Board
- University of Georgia
- B.A. – 1991, summa cum laude
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Honors: with high honors in History
Published Works
- “Confessions and the Mentally Retarded Capital Defendant: Cheating to Lose,” Washington & Lee University School of Law Capital Digest, 1994
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member 1999 – Present (Interim Secretary, Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, 1999; Monday Night Law pro bono program, 1998-2000)
- American Bar Association, Member
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, In-House/Outside Counsel Litigation Group, Secretary 2013 – Present
Prior Employment
- Savell & Williams, Associate
Pro Bono Activities
- Monday Night Law pro bono program, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1998 – 2000
Languages
- Fluent Spanish