Danielle B. Gatto is a partner in the litigation group, concentrating her practice in the areas of commercial litigation, real property actions, zoning matters, and employment litigation. Ms. Gatto also assists with commencing, and defending Constitutional actions, as well as complex tax certiorari proceedings. She also has extensive experience with adverse possession and prescriptive easement claims.

Ms. Gatto has successfully argued before the Appellate Division, as well as in state and in federal court proceedings. She also has significant experience with motion and trial practice in state and federal courts, representing large and small businesses, individuals, and municipalities.

Ms. Gatto is approved by the Officer of Court Administration in the State of New York to serve as a Receiver and Counsel to Receiver, and has been appointed by various Justices of the Nassau County Supreme Court to serve in these roles in order to oversee the appropriate and expeditious sale of real property.

Ms. Gatto has published numerous articles pertaining to COVID-19-related litigation issues, including articles on commercial contract rights and business interruption insurance.

Ms.  Gatto has also published the following: “The Procedural Hurdles to Remove a Case to Federal Court” in the New York Law Journal, which she co-authored; “Limiting the Unrestricted Motion in Limine,” in the New York Law Journal, which she co-authored; “The Improper Use of Motions in Limine,” in the Nassau Lawyer, also co-authored; and authored “New Legislation to Promote a ‘Healthy’ Workplace,” in Hofstra’s Labor and Employment Law Journal blog.

She has received the Long Island Young Professionals Award (2013), was named an Outstanding Woman in the Law (2016), has been selected to New York Metro Rising Stars lists in Business Litigation (2015 to 2025) and has been selected to New York Super Lawyers in Business Litigation (2026).  She was also the co-chair of the Commercial Litigation Committee at the Nassau County Bar Association.

In her spare time, Ms. Gatto volunteers with her PTA and local animal rescue groups.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Employment & Labor
• Litigation

EDUCATION

• Hofstra University School of Law, 2009
• Tulane University, B.A., 2006

ADMISSIONS

• New York State Bar
• United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• New York State Bar Association (Federal Procedure Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section)
• Nassau County Bar Association
  • Co-Chair Commercial Litigation Committee
  • Women in Law Committee
• Nassau County Women’s Bar Association
• Suffolk County Bar Association
• Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court