ASSOCIATIONS

  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Trial Lawyers’ Association
  • New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • Nassau County Bar Association
  • Plaintiffs Roundtable Committee
  • ​Suffolk County Bar Association
  • President Finnish American Lawyers Association
  • Finnish-American Chamber of Commerce
  • Medical Malpractice Committee​
  • Imatra Foundation, President
  • Mettala Foundation, Trustee
2009 – Present Robert Alan Saasto, Esq.

Trial attorney personal injury

1991 – 2009 Saasto & Hirsch
Brooklyn and Williston Park officesManaging partner and trial attorney
1984 -1990 Shapiro Baines Saasto & Sheinwald
55 Mineola Blvd
Mineola, New York 11501Trial attorney and Originating/Managing partner
Expanding firm to ten attorneys specializing in
Personal injury and medical malpracticeMedical Malpractice Attorney
Panel Member- Nassau County
1981 -1984 Fuchsberg & Fuchsberg
250 Broadway
New York N.Y. 10007Trial Attorney in major plaintiffs’ firm solely responsible
for trials of personal injury and medical malpractice casesNational Institute Trial Lawyers Association lecturer
1979 -1981 Law Office of Joseph Conklin
60 Broad Street
New York, N.Y. 10014Trial Attorney responsible for Kings County for
Insurance Company of North America (INA)
Defense counsel personal injury cases
1977 -1979 Waldorf & McGrane
245 Great Neck RoadGreat Neck, N.Y.Trial attorney in defense litigation in-house counsel
for Safeco Insurance Co.​

ADMITTED

Second Department New York  2/25/76
Southern District of New York 12/19/78
Eastern District of New York 12/26/78