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Richard Serpe has represented victims of personal injuries for over 37 years. Especially passionate about the fate of injured children, he's devoted much of his career to representing society's most vulnerable victims. He is frequently associated in complex litigation, managing cases with difficult scientific and medical issues. He has experience managing large case cohorts, including the extensive use of database and litigation support software. His practice areas include Virginia car accidents, dog bites, wrongful death, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, tractor-trailer accidents, and more.. Richard Serpe is listed in The Best Lawyers in America ®, and has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell law directory, which is the highest given. He has been named a “Super Lawyer” – among the top 5 percent of lawyers in Virginia, by Virginia Super Lawyers since 2006. Mr. Serpe is admitted to practice law in Virginia, Texas and Louisiana.

Bill O’Mara started his legal career in 2008 when he moved back to his home town of Chesapeake. He attended Indian River High School in Chesapeake. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Washington and Lee University Law School. He has practiced in the field of plaintiffs’ personal injury and other litigation.. Bill O’Mara gained extensive courtroom and trial experience, including contested trials before judges and juries across Hampton Roads before he arrived at Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers. In 2014, Mr. O’Mara joined Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers as an associate attorney. He became a partner in 2017. He now dedicates his entire practice to helping injured people. He heads up a dedicated premises liability team that helps people injured in slip and fall accidents, trampoline accidents and other accidents at stores, hotels, and restaurants.. Bill O’Mara is married with two daughters and a son. He lives in Chesapeake. He gains satisfaction from helping people through tough times and giving them access to justice after they suffer injuries.. Bill O’Mara’s bar admissions are:

With nearly two decades of experience as a trial attorney, Stewart Gill has successfully represented individuals and their families in a broad range of injury cases, including orthopedic and spinal injuries, worker’s compensation, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, wrongful death, and closed head injury. Mr. Gill focuses his practice on representing victims of catastrophic injury, especially spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries.

Mario J. Stellute specializes in Personal Injury and Criminal Defense throughout the entire Hampton Roads area, and has successfully recovered millions of dollars for his injured clients and exonerated countless criminal defendants. Mr. Stellute was born and raised in Hampton, Virginia. He is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College, and earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. Following law school, Mr. Stellute immediately went into private practice. Mr. Stellute practices in both state and federal courts, and is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Hampton Bar Association. As the son of one of the most prominent trial lawyers in the Hampton Roads area, Mr. Stellute learned early in life how self-rewarding it is to help those injured as a result of someone else's negligence and to relentlessly defend those falsely accused of criminal misconduct. Mr. Stellute represents clients in a wide variety of cases such as auto accidents, death claims, seamen's claims, medical malpractice, slip and fall, driving while intoxicated and other criminal law and traffic offenses. Mr. Stellute is available to his clients 24 hours a day 7 days a week, and encourages his clients to contact him at their convenience. Contact him today and find out firsthand why The Stellute Law Firm is The One to Know.

Timothy H. Hankins graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with honors in 1978 and received his law degree from the University of Richmond in 1981. Mr. Hankins opened his law firm that year on Main Street in the City of Newport News, Virginia. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.  In 2024, Mr. Hankins merged his practice with Goldstein, Edgar & Reagan and is now head of the Personal Injury Department and is Of Counsel with the firm.. Mr. Hankins, named to Who's Who in American Law, is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization consisting of attorneys who have settled a case or obtained a verdict in excess of $1,000,000. He has tried personal injury, domestic relations, divorce, and criminal cases in state and federal courts and has argued on appeal before the Virginia Supreme Court and Virginia Court of Appeals. Approximately half of Mr. Hankins' caseload consists of personal injury cases including Maritime/Jones Act claims, auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, slip and fall accidents, products liability, airplane crashes, electrocutions, and medical malpractice.

Michael Colonese leads the Plaintiffs Practice Group at Brown Jacobson. Mike is among a select group of Connecticut attorneys who have attained Board Certification by the National Board Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate. He is also board certified as a Workers’ Compensation Specialist (fewer than 2% of Connecticut attorneys hold even one of those two designations).. His practice is devoted exclusively to representing plaintiffs and claimants in personal injury, employment, workers’ compensation, and complex litigation matters.. Mike is a lifelong Connecticut resident. He grew up in Shelton and graduated Magna Cum Laude, with a degree in Economics from UConn in 1982, and received his Law Degree with Honors from UConn in 1985. After beginning his law career with the Hartford firm of Day, Berry & Howard (now Day Pitney), Mike joined Brown Jacobson in 1987. He has been the firm’s president since 2000.. Mike is passionate about providing strong advocacy on behalf of the little guy against the big and powerful interests and believes that the best way to assure a fair settlement is by thoroughly preparing every case as if it will be going to trial.

I help people solve problems that matter to them, and make a difference every day.. Along with being an advocate for my client, I am in a unique position to be a counselor as well and provide direction and advice for the future.. I am married to Rachelle, and we have two great kids, and four wonderful grandchildren. We like to get outdoors and enjoy snowboarding, hiking and archery. We no longer have any pets, but have had several cats and one dog.

David Parnoff is a Hamden personal injury attorney who has been licensed for over 15 years. He earned his law degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law in 1999. He focuses exclusively on personal injury cases, including wrongful death, auto accidents, product liability and more. David is a passionate advocate for the injured and a skilled civil litigation attorney who is always ready to take a case to court if necessary. He has in-depth experience handling complex claims including toxic torts and catastrophic injuries. During the course of his career, he has represented thousands of claims.

Lawrence C. Sgrignari has been engaged in civil litigation and municipal law for over 35 years. He has successfully tried, arbitrated and mediated numerous jury and court cases, involving serious personal injury, business and commercial disputes and contested probate matters, including will challenges and appeals to the superior court. Mr. Sgrignari has represented individuals in administrative agency hearings before the Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Compensation Review Board and many state licensing agencies. He has appeared and argued before the State Appellate and Supreme Courts.. In addition to his civil trial practice, Mr. Sgrignari has extensive municipal experience, having served as Assistant Town Attorney for the Town of East Haven from 1985 to 1987 and as Town Attorney from 1987 through 1991 and again from 1997 through 2007. In connection with his municipal law practice, Mr. Sgrignari has represented East Haven and other municipalities in administrative proceedings, including matters before the State Board of Labor Relations, the Board of Mediation and Arbitration, the Freedom of Information Commission and other state agencies. He has negotiated and arbitrated collective bargaining agreements and grievances and has handled disciplinary hearings before local agencies and state mediators and arbitrators. Mr. Sgrignari has successfully litigated and resolved many high profile disputes on behalf of his municipal clients; most recently, he was instrumental in negotiating a settlement agreement between the Town of East Haven and the United States Department of Justice relating to effective and constitutional policing.. Mr. Sgrignari received his undergraduate degree from the University of New Haven, magna cum laude, in 1981 and his law degree, cum laude, from Temple University School of Law in 1984. After graduating law school, Mr. Sgrignari served as a judicial clerk for the State of Connecticut Superior Court, conducting legal research on a variety of matters. After concluding the judicial clerkship in 1985, Mr. Sgrignari began employment with the firm of Gesmonde, Pietrosimone and Sgrignari, L.L.C. where he currently serves as the managing member. In addition to his private and municipal law practice, Mr. Sgrignari also served as a member of the State of Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission from 2003 through 2006, a Hearing Officer for the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles from 2008 through 2011, and as a Special Master for Tax Appeals at the New Haven Superior Court.. Mr. Sgrignari is listed as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers and recognized as a Connecticut Super Lawyer. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1984, and to the U. S. District Court, District of Connecticut in 1985. He is a member of the New Haven County Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, American Bar Association, American Association for Justice, a Fellow of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the Board of Governors of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.. Membership:Top 100 Trial Lawyer (The National Trial Lawyers)Connecticut Bar AssociationNew Haven County Bar AssociationAmerican Bar AssociationConnecticut Trial Lawyer's AssociationAmerican Association for JusticeFellow of “The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation”. Miscellaneous Information:Law Clerk, Judicial Department, State of Connecticut Superior Court, 1984-1985Assistant Town Attorney, Town of East Haven, 1985-1987Town Attorney, Town of East Haven, 1987-1991; 1997-2007

I have written over 10 books on accident and injury law and my articles on mediation, negotiation, and settling cases with insurance companies have been published by the Connecticut Law Tribune and the New York State Trial Lawyers magazine, Bill of Particulars. I have written and produced hundreds of articles and videos on a variety of subjects involving accident and injury law.. One book which I co-authored with a former insurance adjuster called, Adjuster Secrets: Attorney and Adjuster Tips and Techniques The Guarantee Larger Settlements, was sold to personal injury lawyers across the country for as much as $799 a book.. I also teach attorneys across the country on how to get more money for their clients' personal injury cases.  Find out why accident and injury lawyers have paid tens of thousands of dollars to learn this information by contacting me today.. I have made it a priority to expand my understanding and command of negotiation and alternative dispute resolution by receiving training from the following institutions and organizations: Teaching Mediation at the Harvard Law School; Advanced Dispute Resolution Training at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law, Toronto, Canada; Advanced Negotiation Training at the Harvard Law School; Advanced Mediation Training at the Quinnipiac University School of Law; Facilitative Mediation Training at the Center for Mediation in Law; Advanced Mediation Training at the Harvard Law School; and Negotiation Training through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan.. I have been named a Connecticut Super Lawyer and a New England Super Lawyer. I have an AV Rating, its highest rating, from Martindale Hubbell and am listed in its Bar Registry of Preeminent Attorneys. I have received many other awards and national recognition that are listed on my profile under awards.. I have  collected millions of dollars for  my clients in cases including motor vehicle accidents, defective products, wrongful death, dog bite incidents, general accident cases, slip and fall incidents, breach of contract claims, unfair trade practice cases, construction litigation, will contests, and general litigation matters.. I am the author of the books “How to Find a Great Lawyer”, “How to Explode Your Practice”, “Understanding and Improving the Value of Your Personal Injury Case”,  " The Crash Course on Personal Injury Claims in Connecticut", "The Crash Course on Child Injury Claims", "The Crash Course on Motorcycle Accident Cases"," The Crash Course on Dog Bite Injury Claims",  "The Crash Course of Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest Claims", “What You Need to Know About Connecticut DUI.” I have co-authored the book "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" which went to number one on 's insurance category on the book's launch date and "Ready, Aim, Influence" which is an international best seller.. I am a member of the National Academy of Best Selling Authors and am a listed as an expert on America's Premier Experts.. I am  a graduate of the University of Connecticut (Business Administration) and Fordham University School of Law.

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Attorney Matthew Forlizzi has devoted his professional career to personal injury litigation, fighting to protect the rights of people who have been injured by no fault of their own. A zealous advocate, Attorney Forlizzi does not back down from insurance companies and ensures that his clients receive fair and just compensation for their injuries.. A Massachusetts native, Attorney Forlizzi began his legal career as an associate attorney in his father’s personal injury firm, where he represented clients injured in automobile, slip and fall, and motorcycle accidents, as well as handling wrongful death and premises liability claims. He was also appointed to the Essex County Bar Advocate Program where he represented clients charged with felonies and misdemeanors who could not afford counsel.. Prior to joining Carter Mario Law Firm, Attorney Forlizzi was a trial attorney at a mid-size personal injury firm in New Jersey, where he tried numerous cases to verdict and skillfully negotiated out-of-court settlements for his clients. He is licensed to practice in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.. In his free time, Attorney Forlizzi enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter. He is a former collegiate basketball player and an avid runner who has completed several marathons.. Bar Admissions. Connecticut. New York. Massachusetts. New Jersey. Education. New England Law-Boston, J.D.. Colby College, B.A. Government

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