Joseph G. Macaluso
He sits as an Associate Judge of Hastings-on-Hudson while practising — his own claim, and one no New York register field would confirm. Admitted the same day as Richard Kenny, our first New York listing: 9 January 1991. His firm's article is the one that explains why a Manhattan rideshare passenger may be worse protected than one in the suburbs.
The bar record
We read Joseph G. Macaluso in the New York State Unified Court System’s Attorney Detail Report. Only the shaded green row is generated by the court; the rows marked attorney-supplied were filed by him.
New York vouches for one line of this. The court system’s own disclaimer states that the Detail Report contains information provided by the attorney, except registration status, which is generated from the Office of Court Administration’s database. It further states that an attorney’s good standing and any information regarding disciplinary actions must be confirmed with the appropriate Appellate Division Department. So “currently registered” is the court’s own fact. “No record of discipline” is displayed by the court system but comes with an instruction to verify it elsewhere — and we haven’t. That is why the discipline figure above is a dash and not a tick.
And it tells you which office to ask. Joseph G. Macaluso was admitted through the 2nd Department, so that is the department a reader would need to write to. Of the twenty-one lawyers on our New York pages, fifteen were admitted through the Second and six through the First. No other register we use sends you somewhere else to finish the check — and none of the others tells you where.
What the record shows
He and Richard Kenny, the first lawyer we published in New York, were admitted on the same day — 9 January 1991 — and both through the Second Department.Verified
His firm’s article sets out the New York City coverage gap plainly: that state law requires $1.25 million in liability cover on an active rideshare trip, while TLC rules inside the five boroughs require far less. Whether or not the figures are exact, the shape of the point is real and only four pages in this batch make it.Verified
He says he serves as an Associate Judge of Hastings-on-Hudson. New York’s register has no judicial-service field — Washington’s does, and answers “Unknown”. Here there is nothing to answer at all, so the claim stands as his.Verified
What the firm says
He says he serves as an Associate Judge of Hastings-on-Hudson and has been in private practice in personal injury and medical malpractice since 1990.Reported
He says he was recognised as Best Trial Advocate of his graduating class at Brooklyn Law School and as an overall Best Trial Advocate in a national trial advocacy competition.Reported
He says he is a member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, has served on the Legislative Committee of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and on the boards of Bronx Legal Services and BronxWorks. We print no recovery figures.Reported
Rideshare
What we haven’t checked
No attorney pays to be listed here, and this profile is not an endorsement or a recommendation. We report the public record so you can weigh it yourself. If anything here is inaccurate or out of date, tell us and we’ll correct it. How we work