Eugene J. Riccio, Esq.
Attorney Eugene J. Riccio has been a criminal defense attorney for over 45 years and practices in the area of state and federal criminal cases. He represents clients throughout the State of Connecticut.
Honors and Recognition:
- Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defense-General Practice-Stamford Metro, 2024, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018*
- Listed in Best Lawyers (2025-2009)
- Listed in Super Lawyers (2024-2007)
- Top 50: Attorney, 2019, 2018, 2017 Connecticut Super Lawyers
- Top 100: Attorney, 2018 New England Super Lawyers
- Fairfield County Bar Association: 2018 Recipient of the Mario DiNatale Professionalism Award
- Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defense-White Collar-Stamford Metro, 2025, 2017, 2015, 2011*
*(For the purposes of this award Stamford Metro includes the Towns of Bridgeport, Danbury, Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Old Greenwich, Southport, Stamford, Westport)
Education:
- Marquette University (B.A. 1973)
- New York Law School (J.D. 1976)
- Fordham University (M.A. 1984)
Bar Admissions:
- Connecticut, 1976
- New York, 1977
- Massachusetts, 1997
- U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1982
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1988
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1988
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2004
Professional Associations:
- Greenwich Bar Association, Member
- Fairfield County Bar Association, Member
- Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- Counsel to the Stamford/Norwalk Judicial District Grievance Panel, 2007-present
- Stamford/Norwalk Judicial District Grievance Panel, Member, 2004-2007
- Client Security Fund, Member, 2004-2007
- Connecticut Juvenile Training School Advisory Board, Member
Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Advocacy, Quinnipiac University, School of Law, 2020-2023
Published Works:
Member, Board of Editors, Connecticut Law Tribune
- Impeachment by Prior Conviction, 59 Connecticut Bar Journal 404 (1985)