Arthur Aidala

Arthur L. Aidala completed his undergraduate studies from the State University of New York, College of Purchase in 1989.  Upon being awarded his Juris Doctorate Degree from the City University of New York Law School at Queens College in 1992, he was also admitted to the New York and New Jersey Bars in that same year. Arthur worked as a Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County D.A.’s office from 1993 to 1997, during which he supervised twenty-five Assistant District Attorneys in the Early Case Assessment and Investigations Bureau. Mr. Aidala honed his trial skills while trying multiple homicide cases as well as several other notorious trials during his prosecutorial career. He resigned from his seat in 1997, to run as a candidate for New York City Council. In 1997 Mr. Aidala opened his own law practices.

Mr. Aidala is now in private practice and is currently the Senior Partner at Aidala & Bertuna, P.C., a boutique law firm specializing in civil and criminal litigation. In his private practice, Mr. Aidala has served the needs of his community by assisting with matters that are of the utmost importance to them. Whether it is the purchase of a home, the formation of a business or an individual facing criminal charges within our legal system, it is his goal to counsel his clients to attain their desired result in an expedient and efficient manner.

In addition to his law practice, Mr. Aidala lectures regularly to the Trial Advocacy students at Fordham Law School, Brooklyn Law School and St. John’s School of Law. He has lectured at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Kings County Criminal Bar Association. He was recently a featured guest speaker at Harvard Law School and was so well received he was asked to speak again.

Arthur Aidala is often seen on television as an expert in Criminal Trial Practice and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, NY1 and many local New York television stations as well as appearing on and quoted in other various radio and print venues. In 2005 he became a legal analyst exclusively for the Fox News Channel and has appeared on Geraldo, Lou Dobbs Tonight and The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly among many others.

Mr. Aidala is a Past-President of the Columbian Lawyers Association, First Judicial Department. Additionally, he holds the position of Secretary of the Kings County Criminal Bar Association and is on the Board of Directors and the President-elect of the Brooklyn Bar Association. He is also a member of the Confederation of Columbian Lawyers, the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association, the New York Criminal Bar Association and is the legal advisor to the Neighborhood Improvement Association.

Arthur lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and is a doting father to his amazing son, Luca Joseph.

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