Shipman & Goodwin LLP

About this office:

Shipman & Goodwin represents many of the leading businesses, institutions, individuals, and government entities.

With more than 150 lawyers practicing from offices throughout Connecticut and Washington, DC, our firm has experience in a number of industry sectors, including education, government, financial services, health care, non-profit organizations, emerging and middle market companies, real estate development, energy and telecommunications, franchising, retail, and software and IT.

Since our founding in 1919, the attorneys in our firm have demonstrated their commitment to community support through board memberships of charitable and civic organizations, as advisors to government, and in substantial donations of time to such organizations.

We bring that same level of personal commitment to each of our client relationships, and invite you to learn more about the Shipman & Goodwin difference at shipmangoodwin.com.

General Practice; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Administrative Law; Antitrust And Trade Regulation; Appellate Practice; Bankruptcy; College and University Law; Closely Held Business Law; Commercial Finance; Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; Contracts; Corporate Law; Corporate Transactions; Debtor and Creditor; E-Discovery; Education Law; Employee Benefits; Energy; Environmental Law; Erisa Litigation; Finance; Franchise Litigation; Health Care; Immigration and Naturalization; Land Use; Intellectual Property; Labor And Employment; Litigation; Mergers And Acquisitions; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Municipal Law; Pensions; Products Liability; Public Finance; Real Estate; Securities; Securities Litigation; Taxation; Tax Exempt Organizations; Trusts And Estates; Venture Capital; White Collar Crime; White Collar Defense.

Supervisors Can Be Personally Liable for Violations of FMLA
Gary S. Starr, February 13, 2012
Managers and supervisors who act within the scope of their responsibility believe that their actions will not expose them to personal liability. While that is generally true, it is not always the case. Now two federal courts have found that public sector supervisors can be personally liable for...

Environment, Energy & Land Use Legislative Update
Matthew Ranelli, February 9, 2012
The 2012 legislative session opens today and will close May 9. As in all even-numbered years, this session is a "short session."Under the rules this means that the Legislature meets for three months rather than five and that only bills related to "budgetary" and...

2012 Amendments to FERPA Regulations
Julie C. Fay,Jessica L. Ritter, February 8, 2012
On December 2, 2011, the United States Department of Education (“Department”) issued revised regulations for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”), the federal law that protects the privacy of education records. These new regulations went into effect...

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