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WE ARE NOT PERSONAL INJURY "DOG BITE" PLAINTIFF LAWYERS.. Most people consider their pets as more than just possessions, but rather as family members and best friends. When situations arise where they might lose them, it is unbearable. Most people never think about needing a lawyer to save their pet, and when they start searching, they find few attorneys or organizations with any real experience in animal law. This is because very few lawyers devote their lives to saving animals, and few focus their profession on animals and the rights of their owners.. Our work has involved pet owners facing eviction because of their dog or cat, bite incidents where dogs are seized and ordered to be killed, custody and ownership disputes of beloved pets, and criminal charges involving dogs and feeding stray animals. We also represent animal rescues, fosters and adopters. We provide litigation strategies, techniques and guidance on animal litigation matters to attorneys throughout the country in state and federal courts.. A lot of our work involves defending dogs involved in bite incidents who are unjustly facing death. They and their owners are pre-judged by a system which ignores their rights. We are proud our animal rights litigation work is at the forefront of shaping the direction of companion animal law. In zealously representing the interests of companion animals, we are advancing the rights of all can learn more about our work at The Center for Animal Litigation on our website @.. We welcome inquiries should you have an issue with a companion animal which we may be able to provide assistance. The Center also provides a low cost consultation service to review documents and facts surrounding your animal situation and to speak with an attorney concerning your options.

Samantha K. Levasseur focuses her practice on workers’ compensation and employment law defense. She has represented a diverse range of employers and insurers before the State of Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission, including self-insured employers, employers with large retentions and deductibles, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators. Her work has included defending complex cases related to occupational exposure, permanent total disability, widow/dependent benefits, death and claims of employment discrimination brought before the Workers’ Compensation Commission pursuant to C.G.S. 31-290a. Samantha has also argued on appeal from a formal hearing decision before the Connecticut Compensation Review Board.. As part of her employment law practice, in addition to the work she has done with the Workers’ Compensation Commission under C.G.S. 31-290a, Samantha has appeared before the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and Connecticut Superior Court to defend employers, both private and municipal, against allegations of discrimination and wrongful termination. She has also appeared in Connecticut Superior Court to represent clients in various personal injury matters.. While a student at University of Connecticut School of Law, Samantha was a member of the mock trial society and served for two years as co-president of the VIS International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team. She also served as a notes and comments editor for the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal where her note, "Regional Shortcomings and Global Solutions: Kidnap and Ransom Insurance in Latin America," was published in the Journal’s Spring 2008 edition. Samantha spent a semester abroad at the University of Exeter School of Law, where she studied comparative law while simultaneously completing a research project on international defense trade between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Michael Schweitzer has dedicated his career to the defense of workers’ compensation claims. He leads Goldberg Segalla’s Connecticut workers’ compensation practice and brings to each matter extensive experience defending respondents before Connecticut’s Workers’ Compensation Commission; deposing claimants, witnesses, medical professionals, and other experts; and advising on all aspects of Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Law. He represents self-insured employers, employers with large retentions and deductibles, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators.. He is part of the Goldberg Segalla team that has developed its own comprehensive way of handling workers’ compensation claims designed to maximize quality of service and results. The team’s practice model includes keeping each file with the same attorney through the entire litigation process; providing pre-hearing and post-hearing reports that apprise the claim professional of future risk/exposure, the defense strategy, and any recent developments in the claim; and aggressively exploring settlement possibilities through stipulation agreements. Michael is the author of Goldberg Segalla’s Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Manual for Employers and Carriers, and he is pleased to provide a copy upon request.. Michael is also a proven trial lawyer who has obtained more than 10 first-chair jury and bench trial verdicts, successfully resolved high-exposure cases through alternative dispute resolution, and argued cases on appeal before the Connecticut Appellate Court. Michael has defended companies in multimillion-dollar actions stemming from motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, product liability, and other torts. This work has involved utilizing experts in accident reconstruction, vocational rehabilitation, economics, neuropsychology, and other fields to successfully defend complex and potentially high-value claims involving severe and catastrophic personal injuries.

Keith Rudzik is admitted to practice in Connecticut, Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Mohegan Tribe's Gaming Disputes Court.  Keith primarily practices in the fields of civil and criminal litigation. He is currently a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. Attorney Rudzik graduated with Honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law (2000), where he served as an executive editor of the Connecticut Law Review. He received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Criminal Justice from Westfield State College (MA). While at law school, Keith was a member of two intensive full year clinical programs, the Criminal Clinic and the Tax Clinic, through which he was able to represent criminal defendants, as a certified legal intern, and low income taxpayers, through a special certification by the Director of the Internal Revenue Service, in numerous criminal cases and IRS disputes, respectively. Keith also received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for the Federal Income Taxation of Partnerships and the Hartford County Federal Bar Foundation Award for Excellence in the Study of Federal Law.. Prior to joining Howard, Kohn, Sprague & Fitzgerald, LLP, Keith worked as a clerk in the civil caseflow office for the Hartford Superior Court. During law school, Keith helped research and write appellate briefs at Horton, Shields, & Cormier, P.C. Immediately after law school, Keith was employed at Chipman, Mazzucco, Land & Pennarola, LLC.. **Listed on this webpage is a representative sample of the cases that demonstrate Attorney Keith R. Rudzik’s track record. The results communicated within this website are case specific  and fact-dependent. Obviously, past performance cannot guarantee future results. The reference to the sample of cases is for illustration purposes only and should not be considered as any sort of guarantee. Each case is different and must be evaluated separately. Contact Attorney Keith R. Rudzik to discuss your case if you have any questions.**

I want to win for my client. I developed the "All Win" attitude when I served in the Marine Corps. I have years of evperience as a Criminal Defense Attorney in Connecticut. I have visited every court in The State and have fought hard in each one for my clients. If you want a dedicated, smart,  professional attorney, give me a call.

I am a member of the firm’s commercial litigation group, practicing in a variety of areas. My focus is on commercial and residential foreclosures, with a significant emphasis on litigating contested foreclosures and resolving complicated title issues. I also have experience in matters concerning collections, insurance defense, and property rights. Additionally, I have background in handling mediations, and have been successful in bench trials.. I am admitted to practice in Connecticut and the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut.

Executive Counsel, Claim Legal - Workers Compensation, home office, Travelers.  Responsible for legal issues involving Medicare compliance, appellate review, insurance coverage, contracts, workflows and processes. I have spoken at dozens of national conferences and Webinars on Medicare Mandatory Insurer Reporting, Conditional Payment Recovery, Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements, insurance coverage, return-to-work and alternative work programs, claim management, and Foreign Voluntary and Global coverages.  Please contact me if you are in need of a presenter on these and any other topics related to workers compensation.. Any views expressed on Avvo or any other site represent my personal views and not those of my employer.  I have one client (Travelers) and nothing stated on these sites should be construed as legal advice or the creation of an attorney-client relationship.  You must consult your own attorney prior to taking or refraining from any action as a result of anything posted by me in the public square.

Board Certified Workers' Compensation Specialist for the State of Connecticut. Member Connecticut Bar Association including Sections Women in the Law, Workers' Compensation and Insurance law.

Bill Ronalter is a board certified civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.  His practice is devoted to representing individuals who have sustained substantial personal injuries and wrongful death cases. He has over 30 years of experience handling personal injury cases in various roles, including plaintiff’s attorney, defense attorney, and as a consultant for an insurance company. Bill managed cases throughout the country involving catastrophic injuries including death, paralysis, traumatic brain injuries, amputations, and burns. Bill has experience in the following types of cases: accidents involving motor vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians (including DUI cases), uninsured and underinsured motorist claims, defective products (including burns caused by defective lithium ion batteries in ecigarettes, laptops, and cell phones), premises liability, construction accidents,  drowning, dental and medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, sexual abuse, and wrongful arrest/imprisonment cases. He was involved in cases arising out of the 9/11 attacks and the Rhode Island Nightclub fire. He has served as an expert witness and testified regarding proper claim handling practices. Bill has also served as a guest lecturer (2009-2012) and an adjunct professor (2013-present) at the University of Connecticut School of Law, Trial Practice Class.  He also is a guest lecturer at Qunnipiac School of Law.  He also has taught numerous legal seminars for trial attorneys throughout the State of Connecticut.. Distinctions. Teaching Positions. Professional Affiliations

Attorney Jason Sucoll represents individuals charged with Criminal and Motor Vehicle Offenses throughout Connecticut. In addition, he zealously pursues personal injury and workman's compensation claims. He also handles a variety of Family Law matters including but not limited to Divorce, Custody and Child Support cases.. Attorney Sucoll devotes countless hours in order to provide every client with the utmost in service, accessibility and candid legal advice.

Andrew J. Even focuses his practice on representing large and small employers, insurance companies, and third-party administrators in workers’ compensation claims before the Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission. He advises clients throughout the claims process, including informal, pre-formal, and formal hearings, and is fluent in all stages of litigation, including conducting depositions.. Andrew gained valuable experience as a summer associate in the law and regulatory affairs department of a large international health insurer, where he conducted extensive research and analysis of health care reform issues, counseled clients on behavioral health insurance issues, and handled contracts. Andrew also served as a law clerk with the Massachusetts Port Authority Labor Relations Department, where he drafted management responses to disciplinary and contractual grievances and aided with arbitration hearings and collective bargaining resolutions.. Before entering law school, Andrew earned a bachelor’s from Saint Anselm College. He went on to graduate with his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, where he participated in the Health Law Clinical Program and served as chief case law comment editor for the Journal of Health and Biomedical Law.

Alan J. Sobol is a member of Pullman & Comley’s Litigation Department and White Collar, Criminal Defense and Corporate Investigations practice.  He also serves in the firm's Health Care and Construction practices.Alan has represented both corporate and individual clients in federal and state health care, Medicare and Medicaid fraud and enforcement, physician and pharmacist licensing, federal fraud and false claims, federal insider trading and securities, financial fraud, structuring, tax, anti-trust, federal and state racketeering and public corruption cases.Alan’s criminal defense practice includes representation in conspiracy and drug trafficking, money laundering, bank robbery, identity theft, computer crimes, larceny, assault, forfeiture, immigration, and domestic cases. In his civil litigation practice, he represents commercial clients in contracts and business disputes including the defense of class action lawsuits.  He has national experience in construction and surety litigation representing owners, contractors, design professionals, insurance companies, and sureties on public and private construction projects, with experience in government contract, surety performance, and payment bond cases in federal and state court. Earlier in his career, Alan was a trial attorney, Criminal Division, a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, and a prosecutor, for the General Litigation Section, U.S. Department of Justice, in Washington, D.C.  In this role, he represented the government's interest on-site for the Mariel, Cuba refugee boat lift, to Key West, Florida, directing federal criminal law enforcement when the U.S. government sought to interdict and terminate the operation for violation of U.S. laws. In addition he indicted and prosecuted in a jury trial a federal criminal defendant involved in the Jonestown, Guyana murder/assault of U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan, diplomats, press members and others on a trip bringing back defectors from the Rev. Jim Jones' Jonestown encampment. He has been a member of the Criminal Justice Section's Executive Committee, Federal Practice, and Construction Law sections of the Connecticut Bar Association. He also has been a member of the Criminal Law Section, Litigation Section, and the Forum on the Construction Industry of the American Bar Association. Alan has been listed in Who’s Who in American Law. He is a Diplomat in the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and a U.S. Attorney General's Honor Law Graduate Program Attorney.. Alan  is the author of “Staying on Top of the Issues: New Developments for White Collar Lawyers and Their Clients,” a chapter in Managing White Collar Issues:  Leading Lawyers on Understanding Recent Notable Cases, Establishing Key Defense Strategies, and Developing Client Relationships (Thomson Reuters/Aspatore Books 2011) released in December, 2010.  He is a frequent speaker on health care fraud and abuse and related enforcement topics.