Ron Zdrojeski is a member of the Business Litigation Practice Group, where his counseling and litigation experience includes representation of corporate and institutional clients on various regulatory matters, with an emphasis on litigation brought pursuant to various federal and state statutes. Mr. Zdrojeski has defended Fortune 500 businesses, public authorities, and individuals accused of various criminal and civil violations, including market manipulation and fraud, as well as environmental and health care fraud and other white-collar matters. Among the civil litigation he has handled, Mr. Zdrojeski has defended industrial corporate clients in connection with complex, multiparty toxic tort suits. He also has assisted many organizations in conducting internal investigations of possible criminal and/or noncompliance activities. Mr. Zdrojeski has practiced, litigated, and/or tried cases in 48 of the 50 states as well as in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. From 1983 to 1985, he was an assistant district attorney in the Kings County, Brooklyn, Office of the District Attorney. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Zdrojeski was a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf. Professional Associations - Connecticut Bar Foundation, James W. Cooper Fellow, 2011 Community Involvement - Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Board of Directors - Town of Wethersfield, Former Town Council Member - University of Connecticut School of Law, Former Adjunct Faculty Honors and Awards - Listed as a Litigation Star in Connecticut in Benchmark Litigation, 2011, 2012 Experience - Represented transportation company in defense of an environmental class action trial in Massachusetts state court, one of the very few class action trials resulting from an environmental incident and, to our knowledge, the first environmental class action ever tried in Massachusetts. The case involved claims for property damage resulting from an oil spill in Buzzards Bay in 2003. The class was made up of approximately 1,000 residents from the Town of Mattapoisett who alleged their shoreline property was oiled as a result of the spill. The March 2010 trial, which lasted two weeks, addressed the claims of eight individual class members. The jury ultimately awarded a very favorable result for the client. The results of these initial cases were meant to provide the parties with a basis to resolve the remaining claims. Publications & Presentations Articles - "The Indirect Regulation of Climate Change: Federal Agencies React to Congressional Inquiries," coauthored with Peter R. Knight and David M. McCullough (Summer 2008), published in Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal Presentations - "Climate Change" (2007), presented for Edison Electric Institute, lecturer - "Aggressive EPA Enforcement - What To Do if an EPA SWAT Team Shows Up" (2003), presented for the Air & Waste Management Association, lecturer - "Corporate Governance" (2002) presented at Forbes Magazine CFO Forum, lecturer News 12.22.11, Partners Discuss Environmental Class Action Case at Boston Bar Association 12.16.11, Benchmark Litigation 2012 Recognizes Six Robinson & Cole Attorneys 7.20.11, Attorneys Peter Knight and Ronald Zdrojeski Quoted in Connecticut Law Tribune 6.29.11, Three Robinson & Cole Attorneys Elected James W. Cooper Fellows 4.07.11, Ronald Zdrojeski Elected to Local Arts Board 11.29.10, New United States Attorney Pledges to Aggressively Pursue White-Collar Crime with Blue-Collar Tactics 10.28.10, Benchmark Litigation 2010 Recognizes Four Robinson & Cole Attorneys 5.10.10, Robinson & Cole Attorney Quoted in The National Law Journal on Appearance Before Former Justice Souter 4.15.10, "What To Do When the Government Knocks" Do's and Don'ts 6.01.09, Robinson & Cole Attorneys Coauthor Chapter in Climate Change Law Book |