Jill O'Toole has significant experience representing clients in complex business disputes involving corporate trust, fiduciary duties, insurance, contracts and business torts, and antitrust and trade regulation. She also handles multi-district litigation, state and federal securities class actions, and insurance and reinsurance coverage disputes involving property and casualty, and directors and officers claims. Her clients include financial services companies, closely held corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships. Jill has also represented clients in appeals before the Connecticut Supreme Court.
In the area of government investigations and white collar criminal defense, Jill represents clients in matters involving investigations initiated by the Department of Justice, various U.S. Attorney's Offices, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the New York Stock Exchange, the Banking Departments in New York and Connecticut, the Connecticut Attorney General's Office, and the Connecticut Insurance Department. She handles investigations into matters involving bribery, theft, kickbacks, conspiracy, fraud, false statements, False Claims Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, terrorist financing laws, military contracts, and federal and state government contracts. She also works with clients to evaluate and develop compliance programs.
Jill serves on the firm's E-Discovery and Information Governance Group and advises her peers and clients on electronic data preservation, collection, review, and production in state and federal courts.
Before joining Shipman & Goodwin, Jill was a member of the litigation department at the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. She also served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Gerard L. Goettel (S.D.N.Y.) and U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel (D. Conn.).
Distinctions
· AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
· Special Publications Editor, Fordham International Law Journal
· Moot Court Member (National Team)
Professional Affiliations
· American Bar Association
· Connecticut Bar Association
· New York State Bar Association
· Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court
Community Involvement
· Volunteer for community activities at St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church and Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center.
· Fordham International Law Journal Alumni Association, Associate Director
· Wellesley College Alumnae Association
Experience
Financial Services Litigation
Securities Litigation
Government Investigation
Arbitration on Breach of Contract Claims
Arbitration on Breach of Contract Claims
Government Contracts
Securities Lawsuit
Enron Corporation Securities Class Actions and Common Law Claims
$365 Million Judgment in Breach of Contract Trial
Pro Bono Representation
Publications
February 7, 2011, Wisdom Or Worry: State Courts Lack E-Discovery Rules
February 23, 2010, Required Reading - Federal Court Clarifies Discovery Obligations for Pre-dispute and Litigation Matters
February 2, 2009, Look Before You Leap: ESI and Inadvertent Waiver
May 2008, Internal Investigations Training CLE
1996, Nuclear Weapons and the Laws of War
News
August 3, 2011, Five Attorneys Named as Partners of the Firm
November 30, 2009, A Furor in the Federal Courts
July 7, 2006, Shipman & Goodwin Adds Litigation Attorney
Events
June 2009, What's Hot in E-discovery? Current and Emerging Issues
-, Continuing Education (CLE) Training Programs on Electronic Discovery