Frank Coulom has tried dozens of cases, including over 20 matters tried to verdict, final judgment, or final arbitration decision. Since 2006, Mr. Coulom has been selected for inclusion on the Connecticut/New England Super Lawyers® list in the area of Business Litigation. For several years, Mr. Coulom has served on the faculty of the Connecticut Trial Advocacy Institute, sponsored by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and the Connecticut Bar Association, where he teaches other lawyers how to be better trial advocates. Mr. Coulom is the coauthor of a book on discovery practice as well as the coauthor of a book on products liability published by West Publishing Company. His practice includes insurance and reinsurance litigation, employment litigation, and complex civil litigation. His employment litigation experience includes trying matters dealing with prevailing wage, disability, age and gender discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliatory discharge, breach of employee contract, wrongful termination, fidelity claims, and ERISA pension litigation. He has also argued before the Second Circuit on labor and employment issues. Mr. Coulom's civil litigation practice has a particular emphasis on civil rights and commercial contract disputes. For the more than 25 years that he has practiced at the firm, Mr. Coulom has been involved in leading cases in numerous additional areas, such as reinsurance, insurance coverage, business torts, and intellectual property issues. Because of his extensive trial experience, Mr. Coulom serves as legal counsel to the firm on professional responsibility matters. He also regularly represents lawyers in matters of legal ethics and professional negligence and frequently lectures on legal ethics and professional responsibility. Mr. Coulom served for two years as law clerk to Judge Alfred L. Luongo, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. Professional Associations - American Bar Association, 1983 to present - Hartford County Bar Association, 1983 to present, Member, Ethics Committee - AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society, ARIAS US, 2007 to present, Member - Connecticut Bar Foundation, Life Fellow - United States District Court for the State of Connecticut, Grievance Committee Honors and Awards - AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated in Martindale-Hubbell™ in the areas of Litigation, Reinsurance Law, and Insurance Law (Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings is a trademark. AV Preeminent is a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc.) - Listed in Connecticut Super Lawyers® in the area of Business Litigation since 2006 (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.) Experience - Obtained jury verdict in favor of defendant business owner accused of sexual harassment in federal court. - Obtained dismissal of all claims against the State of Connecticut in a constitutional takings class action brought by state employees claiming entitlement to the proceeds of the demutualization of the state's health care insurance carriers. - Represented commercial client against application to vacate arbitration award based on public policy grounds. Successfully argued that no public policy was violated and that, without transcript of underlying arbitration, records were inadequate for review on public policy grounds. - Representing reinsured in attempt to enforce arbitration agreement and recover from reinsurer its portion of overcharges of workers' compensation insurance premiums. - Provided ongoing reinsurance advice to Fortune 100 company regarding its worldwide captive insurance program and the negotiation and securitization through reinsurance of that program. - Represented party in reinsurance dispute and litigated issue about whether arbitrations relating to 12 different reinsurance agreements could be consolidated into a single arbitration. - Represented reinsured in dispute with reinsurance broker about return of collateral provided by reinsurer at alleged termination of reinsurance agreement. - Represented reinsured in litigation with its reinsurer concerning the breach of a commutation agreement related to the reinsurance program. Business Litigation - Represented an advertising consulting agency in arbitrations and court cases involving various commercial disputes. Publications & Presentations Books - Civil Discovery Practice in Connecticut (1995) - Products Liability 50 State Handbook, coauthored with Edward F. Hennessey (1994), West Publishing Co. |