Phone: 203-333-6135 x 101
Fax: 203-333-6190

923 East Main Street
Bridgeport, CT 06608

Practice Areas:
Criminal Law  {Board Certification}
Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation, Family Law

Honors / Achievements:
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Connecticut Super Lawyers
2008, 2009, 2010 New England Super Lawyers

Frank J. Riccio, Esq. practices in the areas of criminal law, personal injury, worker's compensation and family law, with a strong emphasis on criminal law and litigation.  Mr. Riccio holds his law degree from New York Law School.  He is admitted to practice before Connecticut courts as well as federal courts in Connecticut, Southern District of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.  

He then received his law degree from New York Law School in 1968, was admitted to the practice of law in Connecticut in 1968 and was admitted to practice in New York in 1969.  In 1995, Attorney Riccio achieved his Board Certification as a Criminal Trial Lawyer from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Since his practice began in 1968, Attorney Frank J. Riccio has operated a general practice of law with an emphasis in Criminal Trial Advocacy. Throughout his career, he has tried over 250 criminal trials to a conclusion, with the overwhelming majority being homicide cases.

From 1980 to 1991, Attorney Riccio combined his private practice with being a State of Connecticut Special Public Defender, having been assigned cases that the Public Defender's Office could not undertake for a host of reasons. It was during this time period that Attorney Riccio tried at least 15 cases to a conclusion per year.

Of the numerous criminal cases Attorney Riccio has litigated, of particular note are Charlie Santiago v. State of Connecticut, 45 Conn. App. 297 (1997), aff'd 64 Conn. App. 67 (2001), wherein Attorney Riccio successfully brought a Petition for New Trial based on newly discovered evidence in a 1993 homicide case the first such motion to be granted in Connecticut in over fifteen years; and State of Connecticut v. Robert Stoddard, 206 Conn. 157 (1988), where the Defendant successfully appealed from the judgment of the Connecticut trial court which convicted him of felony murder and alleged that the failure of the police to inform him of counsel's repeated efforts to contact him to provide legal assistance prior to his confession rendered inoperative the waiver of the presence of counsel.  Recently, he has successfully defended former Major League Baseball player Jose Offerman in felony assault charges brought against him.

Awards

He has been chosen to be included as a member of 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 New England Super Lawyers
and 2008, 2009, 2010 Connecticut Super Lawyers.

Education

Juris Doctor, New York Law School, New York, NY, 1968
Bachelor of Arts, Fairfield University, 1964

Jurisdictions Admitted To Practice

Connecticut, 1969
United States District Court, Connecticut, 1983
United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1985
Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985
United States Supreme Court, 1991
United States Tax Court, 1991

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Connecticut Bar Association
American Bar Association (Member, Criminal Law Division)
American Association of Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Greater Bridgeport Bar Association

Birth Information