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Steve Modica
Steve was born in New York City on May 10, 1961. After completing his undergraduate education at the State University of New York at Albany in 1983, Steve went on to Syracuse University. In 1986, he earned a law degree and a masters degree in public administration.
From 1986-88, Steve worked as a Judicial Law Clerk with the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department. Thereafter, Steve worked as an attorney for the United States Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC.
Since 1990, Steve has been in private practice. He concentrates his practice in labor and employment law, disability benefit law, work place accident, personal injury and workers' compensation law matters. He has represented clients in state and federal court proceedings (trial and appeal), labor arbitration hearings and in proceedings before governmental agencies, including the Social Security Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the New York State Division of Human Rights, the New York State Retirement System and the New York Public Employment Relations Board.
Steve and his wife, Lorrie Walsh Modica, reside in Spencerport with their daughter Anne.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Adjunct Professor
Cornell University, School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Contract & Volunteer Mediator
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Special Master
Federal Court Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuits
Appointed by United States District Judge Telesca (2006-2008)
State Court Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuits
Appointed by NY Supreme Court Judge Stephen Lindley (2007-2008)
Hearing Officer
NY Civil Service Law section 75 hearings
Court Appointed Referee/Guardian Ad Litem
Various Appointments in New York Supreme & Surrogates Courts
BAR ADMISSIONS
New York (1987)
District of Columbia (1988)
United States District Court, Western District of New York (1987)
United States District Court, Northern District of New York (1990)
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1992)
EDUCATION
Syracuse University,
Juris Doctor, cum laude and Master of Pubic Administration, 1986
Managing Editor, Syracuse Law Review
State University of New York at Albany,
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1983
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Employment Lawyers Association
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
National Organization of Social Security Claimant Representatives
New York State and Monroe County Bar Associations
Board of Trustees, Monroe County Bar Association
Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Nat'l MS Society (Upstate NY Chapter)
Board of Directors, Coordinated Care Services, Inc.
Advisory Comm., Fibromyalgia Assn of Roch. & Finger Lakes
Future Care Planning Services Community Advisory Committee
Parent Member, Budget Focus Group, Spencerport School District
SELECTED REPORTED CASES
DiMarco v. Rome Hospital, 952 F.2d 661 (2d Cir. 1992).
Fowler v. NYS Law Examiners, 4 AD Cases 254 (WDNY 1994).
Foster v. The New England, 97-9100 (2d Cir. 1998) (Summary Order)
Cayuga-On. BOCES, 32 PERB 4592 (1999), rev'd, 32 PERB 3079
(1999), aff'd, 284 A.D.2d 633 (3d Dept. 2001).
REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTATIONS
American Bar Association
Interplay between the ADA and FMLA
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
American Society of Safety Engineers
Genesee Valley Chapter
How Safety Managers Can Stay out of Legal Trouble
Cornell University, Buffalo, Rochester, Ithaca and Syracuse, NY
ADA & Collective Bargaining
Human Resources & the Law
Legal Issues for Supervisors
ADA, FMLA and Return to Work Issues
Council on Education in Management
ADA Enforcement Update
Workers Compensation Update
Eastern College, St. Davids, PA
Faculty Training, Accommodating Students with Disabilities
Executive MBA Seminar, ADA & the Work Place
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Annual Employer Conference
Presentation on Retaliation Cases
Monroe County Bar Association
Drug Testing
Developments in Employment Discrimination Law
Annual Equal Employment Opportunity Law seminar
ADA: The First Year
Public Employees with Disabilities
The Basics of Handling a Social Security Disability Case
Estimating Economic Loss in Wrongful Discharge/PI Cases
Lawyer as Employer
Lawyer Referral Service and Business Development
Serving Deaf & Hard of Hearing Clients
National Employment Lawyers Association
Disability Benefits and Advanced ADA Issues
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Upstate New York Chapter
Working but Worried (Seminars for Clients Throughout Upstate NY) Staff Training Sessions about Legal Issues for People with MS
Life Planning for People with MS
New York State AFL-CIO
Workers Compensation Navigator Program
Union Leader Training on Disability Benefits
New York State Bar Association
Emerging Issues in Labor & Employment Law
Proving the ADA Plaintiff's Case
Statutory Framework of Employee Benefit Regulation
Titles I and III of the ADA
Employment Discrimination Update
New York State Department of Labor
ADA, The First Year
ADA & the Workplace
ADA Issues; Seminar on Critical Issues for Employers
Employee Appraisals, Dismissal & Record Keeping
PUBLICATIONS, AWARDS AND MEDIA
Representing People with Disabilities (employment discrimination
chapter) (NYSBA 1999 & Supp.)
Disability Benefit Opportunities for Clients, NYS Bar Journal,
pp. 52-53 (May/June 99).
Case Comment, 36 Syracuse L. Rev. 1125 (1985).
Special Contribution Award, Regional CIL (1992)
Exceptional Leadership Award, The Advocacy Center, Inc. (1996)
40 Under 40 Award, Rochester Business Journal (1998) Lifetime Achievement Award, Upstate NY National MS Society (2005)
Nathaniel Award for Commitment to Justice/Community (2006)
HIGHEST RATING (AV) from Martindale Hubbell Peer Review
ADR Award, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2007)
Expert Guest, R-News Television Show about Workplace
Discrimination (December 1996)
Expert Guest, WHAM Radio Special Report on Sexual Harassment in
the Workplace (April 1998) (reporter won an award)
Expert Guest/Legal Correspondent, Wake Up Rochester
Television Show, WROC-TV (CBS Affiliate)
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