Giovanni Ruscitti on How Italian Immigrants Built Success

This week on JobMakers, host Denzil Mohammed talks with Giovanni Ruscitti, son of immigrants from Italy; founding partner at the law firm of Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti in Boulder, Colorado; and author of the just-released Cobblestones, Conversations and Corks: A Son’s Discovery of His Italian Heritage. Giovanni shares his family story, of his grandparents being forced to leave the land they loved, coming to America with virtually nothing but a diligent work ethic, and how they were able to thrive and pave the way for his own success in entrepreneurship and job-making. Crucially, though, Giovanni explains that immigrants from all time periods, including today, bring value, innovation, culture, and strengths, and working alongside them builds up our communities for everyone’s benefit, as you’ll learn in this week’s JobMakers.

Guest:

Giovanni M. Ruscitti is one of the founding members of Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP and currently serves as the firm’s Managing Partner. Mr. Ruscitti is equally comfortable in the courtroom as in the boardroom and regularly serves as lead transactional and litigation counsel. This unique and broad range of experience allows Mr. Ruscitti to provide the firm’s clients with comprehensive, strategic, innovative, and cost-effective counsel, and he often works as a strategic adviser to boards of directors and general counsel. His practice focuses primarily on construction law, complex commercial litigation/arbitration, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and construction and commercial transactions. His clients include entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies, banks, and local, national, and international companies, and he serves a broad range of industries, including construction, manufacturing, medical, nutrition, development, telecommunications, innovation/technology, professional services, mining, and real estate. Mr. Ruscitti lives outside of Boulder with his wife of 32 years, Aggie Blake-Ruscitti. He enjoys spending time with his family, Italian & French wines, travel, fly fishing, hiking, yoga, and playing basketball.