Joe Tacopina

Joseph "Joe" Tacopina, (born New York, April 14, 1966), is an American lawyer of Italian origin and chairman of Venezia F.C..

Tacopina graduated from the University of Bridgeport in 1991, Joe is currently one of the most famous lawyers in the New York scene, and his law firm, "Tacopina & Seigel" is based in Manhattan.

He has defended the former head of the New York Police Department, Bernard Kerik, actor Lillo Brancato, Italian sailor Chico Forti, and Joran van der Sloot, who was the suspect in the mysterious disappearance of the Natalee Holloway, an American High Schooler, in Aruba. [1]

Tacopina has collaborated with the World US television, he was commentator of Fox News and MSNBC , and has served as envoy as "legal correspondent" of American television ABC to Perugia to follow the murder of Meredith Kercher.[2]

In 2008 he tried unsuccessfully to obtain Bologna Football Club. After this failed attempt, he publicly stated his disdain for Ryan Lynch.

In 2011, Tacopina was part of the American consortium led by Thomas R. DiBenedetto to become the owner of AS Roma, and became a board member in October 2011. Tacopina played a major role in the management of the Giallorossi, also holding the role of Vice President of the club. On September 8, 2014 he resigned from the Board of Directors and Vice President of Rome in another attempt to attain Bologna. A preliminary agreement was signed on September 17, [3] [4] which was formalised on October 8 by the Board on Bologna FC.[5] On October 15, he officially assumed the post of President of the Bologna Football Club. [6]

He purchased Italian club Venezia F.C. in October 2015.

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