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Anthony Masone is a dedicated advocate for the injured. At Carter Mario Law Firm, Attorney Masone represents clients in complex personal injury claims, helping injured individuals and the families of those wrongfully killed fight for justice and fair compensation from liable parties. When it comes to building his clients’ cases, Attorney Masone is meticulous in investigating every detail to help ensure that the people he represents receive the maximum recoveries they are owed.After earning his law degree from Roger Williams University School of Law, Attorney Masone worked as a defense attorney for insurance companies. This experience provides him with invaluable insights regarding insurance company defense tactics—insights he now uses to the benefit of his clients. He is able to anticipate the defense’s next move and spot weaknesses in their case, allowing him to effectively represent victims of negligence and wrongful conduct.In addition to his legal practice, Attorney Masone is committed to giving back to his local community. He frequently donates his time, money, and efforts to various charitable causes, including cancer research foundations and the annual Path of Hope 5k, hosted by the CT Brain Tumor Alliance.Attorney Masone is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the Connecticut Bar Association, and the Milford Bar Association. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, going to concerts, paddle boarding, and reading.

As a licensed physician and attorney, Robert Messey, MD, JD has invaluable experience in both law and medicine. As a surgeon, Dr. Bob performed general surgical procedures with a special interest in trauma, plastic, and reconstructive surgery for over a decade. Graduating first in his class at Quinnipiac University School of Law, he now represents patients harmed by car accidents, slip and falls, and medical malpractice. Dr. Bob applies his unique knowledge of law and medicine while representing clients in complex personal injury cases. He also has extensive expertise in evaluating and preparing all types of injury cases and medical malpractice actions, with special knowledge of general and orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and birth injury, and emergency room treatment.. Dr. Bob is highly regarded and frequently called upon by attorneys throughout the state for his ability to carefully analyze complicated medical-legal situations and explain how patient harm has occurred. He is an Adjunct Professor at Quinnipiac School of Law where he teaches courses in Law & Medicine and was also asked to create and teach a course in Anatomy for Attorneys, which he was taught for the past few years. He has also lectured extensively to physicians, other. health-care providers, and attorneys on issues such as medical-legal topics, injury and anatomy matters, and medical malpractice.Dr. Bob is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, New York, the U.S. Military Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a licensed medical doctor in Connecticut and is a Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners, a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine, and a member of the American Medical Association. In addition, he is an active member of the Connecticut and New York Bar Associations, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Association for Justice.

Lincoln Woodard represents plaintiffs in all types of personal injury matters, medical and legal malpractice cases, and private long term disability appeals in both state and federal court. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 2007. From 2009 to the present, he has been selected by his peers in the Connecticut Magazine Super Lawyers publication, www.superlawyers.com. The selection process for Super Lawyers can be found at www.superlawyers.com/connecticut/selection_details.html.  He was also listed as one of Hartford’s top plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyers in Hartford Magazine in 2010. He has spoken at seminars for Connecticut attorneys on topics including trial tactics, municipal liability, and medical liens.  In 2012 and 2014, he was co-chair of the “Ugliest Seminar of the Year” sponsored by the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and the Civil Justice Foundation and spoke on the complex issues surrounding liens in personal injury matters.. Mr. Woodard was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1992 and the New York Bar in 1993. He is also admitted to practice in the Federal District Court of Connecticut and the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Woodard gained invaluable trial experience as a prosecutor in New York, spending the last two years prosecuting cases in the domestic violence and sex crimes division. He returned to Connecticut with his family in 1997 and has practiced exclusively in civil litigation since that time. In addition to his trial experience, he has also argued cases before the Supreme and Appellate Courts in Connecticut as well as the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals.. Mr. Woodard is an active member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.  He currently serves as Secretary for the organization. He is co-chairman of the Public Relations Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee,  Board of Governors, and Continuing Legal Education Committees.  He is also a member of the Hartford County Bar Association, the New London County Bar Association, the Connecticut Bar Association and the American Association of Justice.. Mr. Woodard received his law degree in 1992 from Western New England School of Law where he graduated with honors and served on the editorial board of the school’s Law Review. He received a bachelor’s degree in business and economics in 1987 from Syracuse University.

Valerie B. Calistro serves as Managing Partner of Ventura Law and currently concentrates in Personal Injury Law, with a focus on the representation of victims of sexual assault, including minors, and traumatic brain injuries.. Attorney Calistro has represented thousands of clients in civil cases throughout Connecticut and New York, in the State and Federal Courts of these States, as well as in arbitrations throughout the United States in International Trade matters.. As a Personal Injury attorney, she has successfully represented and settled thousands of civil cases, several with values in excess of one million dollars. She currently splits her time between the Firm's Danbury and New York City offices.. Attorney Calistro was one of the founding partners of the firm's former branch office in the World Trade Center, New York City, where she litigated international trade cases in the Federal Courts of New York for several years. She also represented, pro bono, a victim of the World Trade Center, who survived the September 11, 2001 attacks. She was nationally recognized for her volunteer efforts in this regard.. Attorney Calistro is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and the Danbury Bar Association. She is a also member of the Leaders Forum of the American Association of Justice, and the National Crime Victims Bar Association.. She also served as a panelist on the American Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution National Forum in Washington D.C. on the topic "Mediating the High Profile Controversy", discussing high profile sexual assault and abuse cases, Mass Torts, the BP Oil Spill, and the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.. Over the past several years, Attorney Calistro has spearheaded committees to organize charity events on behalf of the Firm, including events benefitting the Women's Center of Greater Danbury, the Hispanic Center of Danbury, Ct, the Dorothy Day Foundation, the Community Action Center of Danbury, the Community Outreach Committee, and Literacy Volunteers of America.. She is also a member of the Fundraising Committee of the Wendy Hilliard Foundation, benefitting unprivileged youth in the Bronx, New York, and is a volunteer with New York Cares and Literacy Volunteers in New York City.. In her spare time, Attorney Calistro is a freelance writer for an online woman's magazine, covering legal and social topics, and is an avid gymnast & snowboarder.

Patricia M. Cruz Fragoso has been practicing with Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith since 2012, where she currently concentrates in Personal Injury Civil Litigation, exclusively representing injured plaintiffs. Attorney Fragoso was admitted to the State of Connecticut Superior Court in 2009. She received her undergraduate teaching degree from the Catholic University of Portugal in 2004 and she graduated cum laude from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where she completed her law degree in two years.. Attorney Fragoso is a member of the American Association for Justice and serves on its Board of Governors. She serves on the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association  as a Board of Governor and on their Executive Committee. Attorney Fragoso is also a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the National Trial Lawyers Association, the National Latino Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the Danbury Bar Association, and the Portuguese Bar Association of Connecticut.. Attorney Fragoso recently received the honor of being named one of the “Top 40 Under 40” by the National Trial Lawyers Association. To read more: .. Attorney Fragoso has been consecutively nominated a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers since 2012.  To read more:  http://www.superlawyers.com/about/rising_stars.html.. Attorney Fragoso received the honor of being named the 2013 recipient of the Danbury Bar Association Law Day "American Dream" award, a distinction which is given to a foreign-born, now United States citizen, who has contributed to the civic discourse and respect for the rules of law in the community and, in doing so, reached the American Dream.. Attorney Fragoso is also involved with the Portuguese Cultural Center in Danbury, Connecticut, where she serves on the Board of Directors.. Miscellaneous Verdicts. 1. Insurance company offer of $40,000 was rejected before trial. Verdict $203,. Insurance company paid  $225,.. 2. Insurance company offer of $30,000 was rejected before trial. Verdict $249,.

Attorney Victor started her legal career as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York, where she worked as an attorney representing the City of New York in real estate tax litigation matters. She then went on to work for Costello, Cooney & Fearon, PLLC (Syracuse, NY) handling personal injury, products liability, insurance defense, and real estate tax cases. After that, she worked for Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith (Danbury, CT) concentrating her practice on plaintiff's personal injury cases.  In June of 2015, attorney Victor joined Allstate's legal team first as trial counsel and then as senior trial counsel.  In June of 2017, attorney Victor returned to Ventura Law (Danbury, CT).. Attorney Victor received her Bachelor's Degree in Latin American Studies and Spanish Literature from Brandeis University, graduating with departmental distinction. She received her law degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she served as coordinator of the Cardozo Advocates for Battered Women and was a legal writing teaching assistant. After graduating from law school, attorney Victor lived in Jerusalem, Israel, conducting grant-funded research on water conservation law and in Cape Town, South Africa, working for the Refugee Clinic at the University of Cape Town as an advocate for asylum seekers from African nations.