Salvatore LaMonica is a partner and co-founder of LaMonica Herbst & Maniscalco, LLP (the “Firm”).  After graduation from law school, he was employed at the Manhattan District Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service.  From 1989 to 1991, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Dorothy Eisenberg, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York.   From there, he became a partner at Jaspan Schlesinger Silverman & Hoffman (“JSS&H”), located in Garden City, as a member of their bankruptcy and workout department.  In 1998, he left JSS&H and started the Firm. He is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy and bankruptcy-related issues. 

On March 4, 2009, Salvatore LaMonica was appointed to the panel of Chapter 7 trustees of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Education
J.D., Hofstra University School of Law, 1988
B.S., Manhattan College, 1985
Xaverian High School, Brooklyn, New York, 1981

Bar Admissions
Courts of the State of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

Honors and Affiliations
Managing Editor, Hofstra Law Review (1987-1988)
Frequent lecturer for the National Bankruptcy Institute, the Nassau County Bar Association and the Suffolk County Bar Association on bankruptcy related matters.

Publications
An Analysis of the Condominium and Cooperative Abuse Relief Act of 1980, Hofstra Law Review, Volume 15:3 (1988) (author).  

Professional Associations
Nassau County Bar Association
Turnaround Management Association, Long Island Chapter
New York State Bar Association
Columbian Lawyers of Nassau County
American Bankruptcy Institute