Anthony Gattuso (center) accepts his $5,000 Elmer C. Kissane Public Service Award from Paul Kissane (left), son of Elmer C. Kissane in whose memory the award was established. Offering congratulations is Associate Dean Anthony Niedwiecki (right).
Anthony Gattuso, the May 2012 winner of the Elmer C. Kissane Public Service Award, received his monetary award in August after completing a year with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
The $5,000 award is given by the Kissane family to a graduate of the law school who had a distinguished law school career and is committed to a career with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. The award is given in memory of Elmer C. Kissane who had a distinguished 43-year career with the office. During his tenure, Mr. Kissane rose through the ranks to become chief of the Criminal and Appeals Divisions.
Gattuso is assigned to the 4th District Courthouse in Maywood, handling misdemeanor and traffic cases for nine of the 27 municipalities in the Maywood area.
After graduating from Marquette University, Gattuso volunteered with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office as a law clerk in Maywood and stayed until he was a third-year law student at John Marshall. Once he got his 711 license, he began litigating more than 30 bench trials and motions, negotiating plea offers on several misdemeanor cases and assisting in preparing witnesses and exhibits for trial under the tutelage of an assistant state’s attorney.
Gattuso is a resident of Westchester and has worked with his parents, Angela and Paul Gattuso, at Paul’s Pizza, the family business.
