Practice Areas ; Probate Litigation(30%, 2); Wills(10%, 3); Plaintiffs Personal Injury(20%)&sa=270&d=1&h=180&w=200&sl=false&dm=True&in=50) | ......................... 40% Probate Administrati............................ 30% Probate Litigation......................... 20% Plaintiffs Personal ............................ 10% Wills
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 203-740-2350
Fax: 203-740-2355
http://www.secolalaw.com
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| University | Fairfield University, B.A., cum laude, 1981 |
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| Law School | Oral Roberts University, J.D., third in class, 1984 |
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| Admitted | 1984, Connecticut; 1985, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1986, Virginia; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
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| Memberships | Greater Danbury and Connecticut Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association; National College of Probate Judges (Retired). |
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| Biography | Former Connecticut Probate Judge, 2001-2011. Private Practice, 1984—. Summer Clerkship for the Honorable Thomas R. Brett, U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court, Tulsa, Oklahoma, summer 1983. Published Probate Court opinion in the Estate of Charlene E. Kreinus, 17 Quinnipiac Prob. L.J. 9 (2003). Published Article, "The Judicial Review of John Marshall and Its Subsequent Development in American Jurisprudence," which appears in Restoring the Constitution: 1787-1987 (Probe Books, 1987), 9 Bridgeport Law Review 11 (1988) and 18 Lincoln Law Review 1 (1988).
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| Reported Cases | New Milford Sav. Bank v. Mulville, 258 Conn. 802, 786 A.2d 1090 (Conn. 2001); People of State of NY by Vacco v. Operation Rescue Nat., 80 F.3d 64 (2nd Cir. 1996; New Milford Savings Bank v. Roina, 659 A.2d 1226, 38 Conn. App. 240 (Conn. App. 1995; Asset Recovery Management Co. v. Tarzia, 1995 WL 16797, 1995 WL 17181 (Conn. Super. 1995); New York State National Organization for Women v. Terry, 41 F.3d 794 (2nd Cir. 1994), vacated the Second Circuit Court twice at 507 U.S. 901 (1993) and 512 U.S. 1249 (1994); Melief v. New Milford Savings Bank, 1996 WL 168011 (Conn. Super. 1996); New Milford Savings Bank v. Melief, 1994 WL 174725 (Conn. Super. 1994), affirmed, 659 A.2d 1232, 38 Conn. App. 906 (Conn. App. 1995), cert. denied, 665 A.2d 902, 235 Conn. 910 (Conn. 1995); New Milford Savings Bank v. Zukov, 1993 WL 544768 (Conn. Super. 1993); Kagan v. Ginsburg, 622 A.2d 1030, 30 Conn. App. 794 (Conn. App. 1993); K.W. Dolmar Broadcasting Co., Inc. v. Matar, 1992 WL 188915 (Conn. Super. 1992), affirmed, 632 A.2d 720, 32 Conn. App. 906 (Conn. App. 1993); Town of West Hartford v. Operation Rescue, 991 F.2d 1039 (2nd Cir. (Conn.) 1993); Town of West Hartford v. Operation Rescue, 915 F.2d 92 (2nd Cir. (Conn.) 1990). |
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| ISLN | 903878423 |
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| Transactions | 2007 Jury Verdict in car crash case - Groccia v. Lederer - Verdict of $580,000 ($80,000 economic and $500,000 non-economic) for middle-aged woman - Jury verdict featured in May 21, 2007 Connecticut Law Tribune, in Verdicts and Settlements section; 2005 Jury Verdict in car crash case - Bolanos v. Curry - Jury Verdict of $ 255,000 ($5,000 economic and $250,000 non-economic) for college-age daughter and Jury Verdict of $79,000 ($4,000 economic and $75,000 non-economic) for middle-aged mother; 1999 Jury Verdict in car crash case - Riley vs. Nordic Products, Inc. - Jury Verdict of $168,000 ($35,000 economic and $133,000 non-economic damages) for middle-aged man; Settled cases of note - a medical malpractice case of young girl settled for $690,000 in 2001 (sole counsel); wrongful death medical malpractice case of teenage male settled for 1.5 million in 2004 (sole counsel); in a NY state case, a 30 year-old male in truck-car accident with permanent injuries settled for 1.2 million in 2002. |
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