Regina Calcaterra founded Calcaterra Law PC. Regina specialized in complex federal and state litigation representing public entities, labor health and welfare funds, businesses, and individuals. Prior to founding the Firm, Regina was a partner at securities and consumer class action litigation firms for fifteen years. She is also a New York Times best-selling author. Regina also brought a wealth of experience to the Firm from a series of senior executive positions she held in public service, including:

• Managed statewide investigations.
• Chief Deputy to Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone
• Deputy General Counsel to the New York State Insurance Fund
• Deputy General Counsel to the New York City Employees’ Retirement System

Representative Matters

• Successfully represented New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”) and its affiliates in a national antitrust opt-out suit brought against global credit card companies that allegedly colluded and rigged the interchange fee for all merchants.
• Successfully represented the MTA’s public pension and employee benefit funds, seeking damages sustained by investors in the wake of the collapse of a private alternative investment fund concentrated on short and long index options trades.
• Successfully represented Nassau County in two similar cases filed first in federal court seeking $1.7 billion in damages, then later filed in state court. Plaintiffs first filed a federal class action in federal court alleging Nassau County discriminated against homeowners by way of the County’s tax assessment system. After Nassau County prevailed on the motion to dismiss which included dismissing plaintiffs’ efforts seeking $1.7 billion in damages, plaintiffs then filed the same class action case in state court. Nassau County again prevailed on the motion to dismiss which included dismissing plaintiffs’ second $1.7 billion damages demand.
• Successfully represented several families who lost their infants in the Rock ‘n Play Sleeper against Mattel, Inc. and Fisher-Price, Inc.
• Successfully represented survivors of childhood sexual assault pursuing justice via New York’s Child Victims Act.

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1996)
State University of New York at New Paltz (B.A., 1988)

Book Publications

Regina is a New York Times bestselling author. Her memoir, Etched in Sand, A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island (HarperCollins, 2013) has been incorporated into college and high school curricula throughout the United States. Regina is also co-author of a sequel, Girl Unbroken, A Sister’s Harrowing Journey from the Streets of Long Island to the Farms of Idaho (HarperCollins, 2016).

Honors

In November 2024, Regina will be honored by the Ronald McDonald House NY Metro for her work on behalf of children in need. Former Suffolk County Executive, Steven Bellone, presented Regina with the prestigious Suffolk County Public Service Award for her extraordinary and exemplary service and dedication to the people of Suffolk County by, amongst many efforts, leading the county through a fiscal crisis and impact of Super Storm Sandy (December 2023). Regina was recognized in Crain’s New York Business 2021 Notable Women in Law and was also selected to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers list in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Regina was named as a SuperLawyers Top Rated State, Local & Municipal Attorney in the New York Metro Area in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. She has received numerous awards for her advocacy work, including the Champion of Civil Rights & Social Justice Award, City & State New York; Woman of Substance Award, Seton Hall Law School; Lifetime Achievement Award, Primi-Dieci Society and the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Award; Speak Out for a Child Award, CASA-NYC; and the Geraldine Ferraro Award of Courage & Grace.

Community Affiliations

Regina served for nine years as a board member to the SUNY New Paltz Foundation Board. She presently serves on the Board of Believers to You Gotta Believe, an organization that works to get older foster youth adopted; as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, advocating for the best interest of youth in the child welfare system; on the Board of The Felix Organization, which provides impactful opportunities and experiences to youth growing up in foster care.

Child Safety and Product Safety Disclosures: A Look at Section 6(b)
Regina Calcaterra, Janine Pollack and Anjori Mitra
New York Law Journal. December 11, 2020

Dreamers Bring Important Perspective to Legal Industry
Regina Calcaterra, Isidora Echeverria and Montserrat Lopez
Expert Analysis – Opinion, Law 360. July 17, 2020
News

‘Appalled and Disgusted’: Nassar’s Abuse Victims Bring FTCA Claim Against FBI, Law.com, Amanda
Bronstad, June 8, 2022.

Lawyer Limelight: Regina Calcaterra, Lawdragon, Allison Preece, March 8, 2021.

No Choice But To Succeed: An Inspirational Conversation with Regina Calcaterra, Esq. Counsel
Financial, Elizabeth DiNardo, June 18, 2020.