Nicholas A. Migliaccio
1625 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Nick has represented plaintiffs in a variety of cases including claims for civil rights violations, wage and hour violations, environmental contamination, defective products, and unfair and deceptive trade practices.
Nick joined his previous law firm, Mason LLP, as an associate in 2003 and became a partner there before Mason LLP merged into Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP. Prior to that, he was an associate at Environmental Protection International in Washington, D.C.
Nick earned earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center where he served as an editor of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review. He earned his undergraduate degree cum laude from the State University of New York at Binghamton where he double majored in environmental studies and philosophy.
Nick is admitted to practice in New York, the District of Columbia, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Third, Fourth and Sixth Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Districts of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Southern District of New York. He is a member of a number of professional organizations including the American Association for Justice and the National Employment Lawyer Association.
Practice highlights
- As class counsel, secured a $3 million settlement for pre-trial detainees in the Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, PA) jail after winning partial summary judgment on liability
- Settled a case against Chevron for $6.2 million for owners and residents of 200 properties contaminated with petroleum products from a leaking underground storage tank
- Represented New York City street vendors in a pro bono class action suit against the City of New York for excessive fines and helped secure a settlement with a value of over $1 million
- As a member of the trial team in Stillman v. Staples, won a nearly $2.5 million verdict against Staples for unpaid overtime on behalf of 342 sales managers after a six-week jury trial. After the verdict, nearly a dozen wage and hour cases against Staples were consolidated into a single multidistrict litigation that was settled for $42 million
- In the wage and hour area, he has represented plaintiffs working in a variety of positions, including cable technicians, assistant store managers, managers-in-training, nurses, salesmen, and tax preparers in claims for unpaid overtime, off-the-clock work, and failure to pay minimum wage
You can reach Nick at 202-640-1164 or by emailing him at nmigliaccio@wbmllp.com