People

Thomas R. Suozzi
Of Counsel

Mr. Suozzi is of counsel to the firm and member of the Corporate Practice Group. He is the former County Executive for the County of Nassau (2002-2009) and Mayor of the City of Glen Cove (1994-2001).  During his term as Nassau County Executive, Nassau received 13 credit rating upgrades and reduced its crime rate to the lowest of any municipality in the United States with a population greater than 500,000.  Mr. Suozzi was named the 2008 Environmentalist of the Year by the New York State League of Conservation Voters, Public Official of the Year by Governing Magazine, and he received the Distinguished Public Service Award from the American Association of Public Administrators.  During his term as Glen Cove Mayor, he received the Main Street Revitalization Award from the New York Conference of Mayors, the Regional Best Practices Award from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Quality Award Region 2 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.  Mr. Suozzi began his legal career as a clerk to the Chief Judge of the Eastern District of New York, and then joined the Litigation Department of Shearman & Sterling.  He is also a Certified Public Accountant and served as an auditor at Arthur Andersen & Company in New York City.

Professional & Community Activities

Mr. Suozzi was appointed by the governor and served as chairman of the New York State Commission on Property Tax Relief from 2008-2009.  He is a co-founder and served on the Executive Committee of Climate Communities in Washington, DC.  Mr. Suozzi served as chairman of the New York Metropolitan Transit Council, where he helped develop the first comprehensive downstate transportation plan and received the New York University Outstanding Achievement in Transportation Award for that work.  In 2005, Mr. Suozzi was president of the Association of County Executives of New York State and in 2009 he was New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s appointee to the New York State Public Authorities Reform Task Force.  Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Mr. Suozzi to his transition team in November of 2010.  He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Fordham Alumni Association, a member of the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, and also serves as a senior advisor to Lazard Frères & Co.