Carmelo D. Morabito’s exposure to the legal field started in 2005 when he joined a New York personal injury law firm while still in High School. He continued to grow with the firm and eventually began working as an associate upon being admitted to the New York State Bar. While in New York, he focused on civil litigation, including various personal injury matters related to motor vehicle collisions, product liability, and premises liability. He gained extensive experience conducting motion practice at both the trial and appellate levels.

Carmelo joined Smith, Gildea & Schmidt’s litigation department as an associate in January of 2018. His practice areas include medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury, including wrongful death.

As a medical malpractice attorney, Carmelo has successfully represented clients injured as a result of doctors’ negligence. Medical malpractice can happen in many different ways, including a doctor’s failure to properly diagnose or treat medical conditions, a doctor’s failure to properly monitor a patient for a condition, a doctor’s failure to use proper tools during medical procedures, and a doctor’s improper prescription of medication.

In addition to practicing as a medical malpractice attorney, Carmelo is also a catastrophic personal injury attorney who has also successfully represented clients injured or killed due to negligence of others. He has represented families of individuals killed in wrongful death actions, slip and falls, and he has also successfully handled numerous car accident cases involving individuals severely injured due to the negligent and careless driving of others.

Carmelo brings years of personal injury experience to the firm.