Michael Joseph Rocco
Rocco & Griffin, PLLCMichael Rocco earned his J.D. from Albany Law School in 2006. He has interned for the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, in Brooklyn where he conducted legal research for the justices of the Court and readied opinions for publication. After being admitted to the New York State Bar in 2007, Mr. Rocco joined Neil H. Kupferman, Esq., P.C. in Brooklyn, New York, where he represented clients in multi-million dollar commercial and residential real estate transactions, represented both private and institutional mortgage lenders, and practiced general business law. In 2009 he moved to Tennessee where he was admitted to practice law in 2010. Prior to his admission to the Tennessee Bar, Mr. Rocco volunteered for the Public Defender’s Office for the 13th Judicial District of Tennessee. Mr. Rocco has traveled extensively in Europe and Asia, and has lived in both Hong Kong as a student and mainland China as a teacher. He speaks rusty Mandarin Chinese. In his free time, he enjoys sports, reading, and computer programming.
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- DUI & DWI
- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief
- Elder Law
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Free Consultation
First fifteen (15) minutes are free, forty dollars ($40) for a full hour.
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- New York
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- Tennessee
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- Virginia
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- Federal District Court, Middle Tennessee
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Rocco & Griffin, PLLC
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- Solo Practitioner
- Law Office of Michael J. Rocco
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- Intern
- Public Defender's Office, 13th Judicial District, Tennessee
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- Associate Attorney
- Neil H. Kupferman, P.C.
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- Albany Law School
- J.D. (2006)
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- Syracuse University
- B.A. (1999) | International Relations
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- State Bar of Tennessee # 28766
- Member
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- New York State Bar # 4486528
- Member
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- Rule 31 Family/Civil Mediator
- Supreme Court of Tennessee
