Mr. Ricciuti has extensive experience as a trial lawyer, appellate lawyer, investigator and litigator.  Mr. Ricciuti concentrates his practice in the areas of white collar crime, securities enforcement/internal investigations, complex civil litigation and homeland security.

Since joining K&L Gates in 2005, Mr. Ricciuti has handled a variety of state and federal criminal matters, internal investigations related to regulatory inquires and securities enforcement actions, complex civil domestic and international commercial arbitrations and cases, and a variety of matters related to homeland security.  Mr. Ricciuti has also handled matters involving foreign assets and export controls.

From 1995 to 2005, Mr. Ricciuti was an Assistant United States Attorney in Boston.  In this role, he tried more than 20 federal jury trials and handled more than 15 First Circuit Appeals.

From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Ricciuti served as the first chief of the Anti-Terrorism and National Security Unit in the United States Attorney’s Office.  During that time period, Mr. Ricciuti also served as the coordinator of the Massachusetts Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council, a comprehensive anti-terrorism collaboration of federal, state and local law enforcement, public safety, public health and emergency response agencies, as well as private sector entities.  From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Ricciuti served as deputy chief of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in the United States Attorney’s Office.  In those roles, he prosecuted a variety of federal criminal cases involving money laundering and narcotics.

From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Ricciuti was a trial attorney with the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, and litigated employment cases around the country. 

Mr. Ricciuti previously served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable A. David Mazzone of the United States District Court in Massachusetts from 1987 to 1988.  Mr. Ricciuti also served as an assistant district attorney in Norfolk and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts.

Mr. Ricciuti is a member of the adjunct faculty at Suffolk Law School, where he teaches constitutional law and criminal procedure.

• Governor’s Anti-Crime Council
• Governor’s Commission on Criminal Justice Innovation
• Boston Bar Association, Criminal Law Section, Steering Committee Co-Chair
• Boston Bar Association, Civil Right to Council Task Force
• Boston Bar Association, Sentencing Reform Task Force
• Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism Subcommittee, Democratic National Convention Planning Committee
• Area Maritime Security Committee, United States Coast Guard
• American Bar Association, White Collar Crime Section
• Moot Court Judge, Harvard Law School Ames Moot Court Competition, Harvard Law School First-Year Moot Court Program, Boston  College Law School Grimes Moot Court Competition
• Nelson Fellowship Program
• Discovering Justice Program
• Citizen Schools, Chelsea Public School System
• Long Range Planning Committee, Milton Public Schools
• Assistant Coach, Milton Little League
• Suffolk University Law School, Adjunct Faculty Member and instructor, Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure
• Guest lecturer, National Security Law, United States Military Academy
• Member, Internet Radicalization Task Force, George Washington University
• Advisor, Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop
• Massachusetts Federal District Court’s Committee to Evaluate Magistrate Judge Dein for Reappointment

• Federal Bureau of Investigation Director’s Letter of Appreciation
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Appreciation Award
• Department of Homeland Security Appreciation Award
• United States Secret Service Appreciation Award
• Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Awards for achievement in narcotics cases
• Drug Enforcement Administration Awards for achievement in narcotics cases
• Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations Division, Appreciation Awards
• Department of Justice performance awards
• United States Marshals Service Certificate of Appreciation