Frank J. Riccio – Mr. Riccio is a 1973 graduate of Boston College. He received his DMD in 1977 from Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry. He then attended Suffolk University where he received his JD, cum laude in 1985. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1985.

Mr. Riccio has maintained a private practice in Braintree , Massachusetts since 1987. He has substantial jury trial experience in civil litigation. His areas of concentration include medical and dental malpractice; product liability; liquor liability; general negligence; crime victim's law; insurance law, and appellate law (civil).

From 1977 until 1984, Mr. Riccio was a general dentist, in private practice. Earlier in his dental career, Mr. Riccio was a Dental Extern for the U.S. Public Health Service, Bureau of Prisons in Lompoc, California.

Prior to starting his own law practice, Mr. Riccio was an associate attorney with Sugarman & Sugarman, P.C. in Boston, Massachusetts, handling cases involving civil litigation, medical and dental negligence, product liability, liquor liability, general negligence and insurance law.

Mr. Riccio is admitted to practice in Massachusetts .  He is also admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and to the United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.  He is a Regional Governor ( Norfolk County ) of the Massachusettts Academy of Trial Attorneys; Mr. Riccio is a Fellow with the American College of Legal Medicine.  He is a Co-chair of the Health Law Council with the Massachusetts Bar Association; the National Crime Victim Bar Association; the Association of Trial Lawyers of American and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Mr. Riccio is also a clinical instructor in Oral Medicine at Harvard Dental School.

To insure quality representation of his clients, Mr. Riccio became Board Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in October 2000, and was re-certified in October 2005.

Mr. Riccio is a frequent speaker at continuing legal and dental education programs related to civil trial practice and Risk Management for dentists. He is the author of “Million Dollar Closing Arguments” (1996, audiotape, published by the ATLA Press); as well as articles in the MBA Journal, Does the Use of the Phrase “To a Reasonable Degree of Medical Certainty” Create a Higher Burden of Proof in Civil Cases? (2003), and The Current Status of Expert Discovery in Massachusetts (2006). Mr. Riccio also has experience as a mediator.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals 1 st Circuit, 1986
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1986

Education:
B.S. cum laude, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA , 1973
D.M.D., Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, Boston, MA, 1977
J.D., cum laude, Suffolk University, 1985

Certification/Memberships:
National Board of Trial Advocacy - Civil Trial Specialist;
Massachusetts Bar Association; Co-Chair Health Law Council;
Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys; Governor ( Norfolk County);
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America;
Fellow – American College of Legal Medicine
The National Crime Victim Bar Association;
Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Teaching:
Harvard School of Dental Medicine – 1995-present

Honors and Awards:
2006 - Boston Magazine Super Lawyer – Medical Malpractice Plaintiff
2005 – Boston Magazine Super Lawyer – Medical Malpractice Plaintiff
Who's Who in American Law
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in the World

Published Works:
Million Dollar Closing Arguments (audiotape) published by the ATLA press (1996)

MBA Journal - Does the Use of Phrase “To a Reasonable Degree of Medical Certainty” Create a Higher Burden of Proof in Civil Cases? (2003)

MBA Journal - The Current Status of Expert Discovery in Massachusetts (2006)