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Visibility Rankings  | | #90 out of 506 lawyers in Bridgeport, Connecticut | | #157,182 out of 889,408 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Constitutional Law; Civil Rights; Prisoners Rights; Litigation; Public Benefits; Class Actions; Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Fifth Amendment Law; First Amendment Law; Fourth Amendment Law; Freedom of Information; Freedom of Religion; Media and First Amendment; Childrens Rights; Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Civil Liberties; Civil Rights Defense; Civil Rights Section 1983; Discrimination; Gay and Lesbian Rights; Human Rights; International Human Rights; Personal Rights; Prisoners Rights Class Actions; Public Interest Law; Race Discrimination; Reproductive Rights; Sex Discrimination; Womens Rights; General Practice; Federal Practice; False Claims Act; Federal Tort Claims; Government Immunity; Government Tort Liability; Local Government Civil Rights; Qui Tam Litigation; State Government Law; Patients Rights; Law Enforcement; Corrections Law; Excessive Use of Force; High Speed Police Pursuit Litigation; Law Enforcement Liability; Police Brutality; Police Liability; Police Misconduct; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Litigation; Long-Arm Litigation; Trial Practice; U.S. Supreme Court Litigation; Mental Health Professionals Malpractice; Psychiatric Malpractice; Psychology Malpractice; Psychotherapy Law; Personal Injury; Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Catastrophic Injury; Electrical Injury; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Pedestrian Injuries; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Mediation; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Psychological Injury; Rental Vehicle Litigation; School Bus Accidents; Severe Burns; Sexual Abuse; Slip and Fall; Spinal Injury; Subway Accidents; Third Party Wrongful Death; Tourist Injuries; Transfusion Associated AIDS; Wrongful Death; Premises Liability; Inadequate Security; Negligent Security; Premises Security; Private Security Litigation; Products Liability; Product Defects; Product Failure; Product Safety; Tobacco Litigation; Torts; Civil Liability; Mass Torts; Intentional Torts | | | Peer Review Rating | AV
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What's this? | | | Education | University of Pennsylvania, J.D., cum laude, 1990, University of Rhode Island, B.S., with highest distinction, 1987 | | | Admitted | 1990, Pennsylvania; 1997, Connecticut; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court | |
| Born | Newport, Rhode Island, July 12, 1962 | | | Biography | PRIOR EMPLOYMENT: Member, Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Hon. Edmund V. Ludwig, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1990-1991. Associate: O'Melveny & Myers, 1991-1992; Law Offices of Amitai Schwartz, 1993-1997; Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn, 1997-1999. | | | Reported Cases | Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Association v. Fontaine, 278 Conn. 779 (2006); Hurley et al v. The Heart Physicians, P.C. et al, 278 Conn. 305 (2006); Ziemba v. Rell, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8730 (D. Conn 2005), 409 F.3d 553 (2d Cir. 2005), 125 S. Ct. 2006 (2005); Ross v. Rell, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1004 (D. Conn. 2005), 398 F. 3d 2035 (2d Cir. 005), 125 S. Ct. 1117 (2005); Bitetto v. Harrington, 1997 U.S. App. Lexis 19957 (9th Cir. 2000); Bucholtz v. Belshe, 114 F.3d 923 (9th Cir. 1997); Jackson v. Mcintosh, 90 F.3d 330 (9th Cir. 1996); Dalzin v. Belshe, 993 F.Supp. 732 (N.D.Cal. 1997); Wagner v. Clark Equipment Co., 259 Conn. 114 (2002) (amicus); Craig v. Driscoll, 262 Conn. 312 (2003) (amicus); Wiseman v. Armstrong, 2005 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1716 (July 1, 2005). | | | ISLN | 900701632 | |
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