Nicole Santina Forchelli

Nicole S. Forchelli concentrates her practice in tax certiorari and municipal law.  Currently, her tax certiorari practice includes representing a national Fortune 500 company, and other large-scale commercial to joining the firm, Ms. Forchelli was a trial attorney in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.  As a prosecutor, Nicole managed a caseload of over fifty felony cases at a time, successfully indicted over one-hundred cases in the grand jury, negotiated hundreds of successful plea bargains, did extensive preparation of police and civilian witnesses for hearings and trials, and conducted and secured convictions in a number of trials.  Nicole was consistently recognized by her superiors for her exceptional performance, and received a discretionary bonus only awarded to the top performers at the office, several years in a the District Attorney’s office, Nicole served as a clerk in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department, where she researched many matters before the Court, and edited judicial was spotlighted as ‘One to Watch’ by the Long Island Business News, and was profiled by the New York Real Estate Journal in 2015 & 2016.  She was honored by RotaCare, Inc. with the Champions for Families award.  She was honored by Hofstra University with the "Outstanding Women in Law" Award.  Most recently, she was awarded the Who's Who in Real Property and Tax Certiorari Law distinction by Long Island Business is admitted to practice before the courts of the State of New York.