SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: December 13, 2002
ALPHA HOSPITALITY CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 1-12522 13-3714474
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer of
incorporation) Identification No.)
707 Skokie Boulevard, Suite 600, Northbrook, Illinois 60062
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (847) 418-3804
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
Alpha Hospitality Corporation (the "Company") is pleased to
announce the appointment of Thomas P. Puccio to fill an outside
director vacancy on the Company's Board of Directors. He will
also become a member of the Company's audit committee. Mr.
Puccio practices law in his own firm in New York City. Prior to
forming his own firm, he was practice area administrator and
senior partner at Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCoy, a corporate law
firm with headquarters in New York, and prior thereto a partner
at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in its New York office. He is a
member of several federal district and circuit courts, the
Supreme Court of the United States, and the New York and District
of Columbia bars.
Mr. Puccio served with the United States Department of
Justice for thirteen years in various capacities including Chief
of the Criminal Division and Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney in
the Eastern District of New York and Chief of the New York
Federal Organized Crime Strike Force.
In private practice Mr. Puccio has represented numerous
"Fortune 500" corporations, unions and individuals in a wide
variety of litigation matters. He currently serves as Trustee of
Local 295 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, having
been appointed by Eastern District Federal Judge Eugene Nickerson
as a result of a civil RICO case brought by the United States
Attorney's Office in the Eastern District.
Attached to this Form 8-K is the complete resume of
Thomas P. Puccio.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 13, 2002 ALPHA HOSPITALITY CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Scott A. Kaniewski
Scott A. Kaniewski
Chief Financial Officer
RESUME OF THOMAS P. PUCCIO
Thomas P. Puccio practices law in his own firm, which
is located at 230 Park Avenue in New York City. He specializes
in litigation handling both civil and criminal matters at the
trial and appellate level in both state and federal courts
throughout the United States. Prior to forming his own firm, he
was practice area administrator and senior partner at Milbank
Tweed Hadley and McCoy, a corporate law firm with headquarters in
New York and prior thereto a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
in its New York office. He is a member of several federal
district and circuit courts, the Supreme Court of the United
States and the New York and District of Columbia bars.
Puccio served with the United States Department of
Justice for thirteen years in various capacities including Chief
of the Criminal Division and Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney in
the Eastern District of New York and Chief of the New York
Federal Organized Crime Strike Force. As one of the Department's
senior trial lawyers, he investigated and prosecuted members of
the Special Investigations Unit of the New York Police Department
Narcotics Division after the findings of the Knapp Commission and
also prosecuted the first member of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to be charged with corruption. He was the Chief
Prosecutor in the Abscam investigation. He is one of the few
recipients of the Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award,
one of the highest honors that can be bestowed by the Department
of Justice, to have been given the award on two occasions during
his government career. Puccio has also been honored for his
federal service by the New York City Police Department, as well
as several federal law enforcement agencies including the FBI,
the Secret Service, DEA and the Postal Service.
In private practice Puccio has represented numerous
"Fortune 500" corporations, unions and individuals in a wide
variety of litigation matters. He has represented clients in all
manner of disputes including corporate, white-collar criminal,
tax, securities, tort, contract, defamation, banking, employment
and labor matters. He has defended corporate and labor leaders
as well as a number of public officials. He has defended
corporations and their officers in class actions. He currently
represents the New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, a
union of 40,000 police officers in the City of New York, in its
major litigation.
He currently serves as Trustee of Local 295 of the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, having been appointed by
Eastern District Federal Judge Eugene Nickerson as a result of a
civil RICO case brought by the United States Attorney's Office in
the Eastern District.
Puccio has lectured throughout the United States on
trial practice. He is the author of In the Name of the Law
published by W.W. Norton & Company in which he discusses his
government and private career. His work has been the subject of
articles in the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Newsday, Fortune,
Business Week, the National Law Journal and other publications.