Connecticut Lawyers - New Haven

Firm: Jacobs & Dow, LLC

350 Orange St , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Nicholas M. Presto is a trial attorney at Jacobs & Dow in New Haven, Connecticut. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut state court and the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. His practice primarily focuses on representing individuals in personal injury, workers' compensation, and criminal defense matters.

Firm: Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.

195 Church St , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Business

Patrick J. Lapera is a business transactional lawyer with over thirty five years of experience in sophisticated corporate, finance, and commercial transactions. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York, where he works with clients on merger and acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity and venture financings, tax exempt financings, reorganizations, real estate and construction contracts, licensing agreements, joint ventures, partnerships and limited liability companies, securities offerings, corporate finance and startup company financing. He also represents clients in the organization and governance of non-profit organizations, including securing tax-exempt status.

Firm: Mirsky Law LLC

65 Trumbull St. , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Wiggin & Dana

1 Century Tower , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor , Employment & Labor

Firm: Hershman Legal Group, PC

One Church Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: General Practice, Elder Law, Elder Law, Elder Law

Firm: Wiggin & Dana LLP

1 Century Tower , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Real Estate

Firm: Berdon Young & M

350 Orange St , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Government Agencies, Trusts, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing

Whether the matter involves representing the client in litigation, a tranaction or guiding the client through a life cycle event, my goal is to provide value for my clients.. Because my practice includes representing clients over a wide range of legal issues both transactional and litigation, including real estate and land use, municipal law, estate planning and probate, family law and dissolution, commercial transactions, personal injury and worker’s compensation and liquor law I am able to provide comprehensive, cost effective, legal service to my clients. My clients include individuals, closely held business, publicly traded companies as well as municipalities such as the Town of Branford (2005-2007; 2014-present) and political subdivisions such as the Pine Orchard Association (2007-2013) and the Branford Sewer Authority (nka the Water Pollution Control Authority) (2005 to 2007 and 2013 to the present).. In my liquor law practice I represent wholesalers, suppliers, manufacturers, package stores, restaurants and bars on a wide range of liquor law and non-liquor law related issues.  I advise industry members on a variety of matters including compliance with federal and state liquor regulations governing advertising campaigns, inducements, tied-house prohibitions, franchise control, label registration; corporate, finance and operational structure and permitting.  I also represent industry members in connection with both the negotiation of distribution agreements and the dissolution of distribution relationships.  My practice includes representation of industry members before the State of Connecticut DCP and the Federal TTB as well as in litigation matters in court.  My clients range from Fortune 500 companies to closely-held privately companies to hedge funds to small independent “main street” businesses.

Firm: Paul M. Kaplan, Esq.

1948 Chapel St , New Haven , Connecticut 06515

Practice Areas: Real Estate

As a graduate of Boston University in 1981 and Albany Law School in 1984, Attorney Kaplan has practiced extensively in the areas of real estate, commercial transactions, real estate tax appeals, bankruptcy, personal injury, foreclosures and landlord/tenant disputes.. A respected member of the Connecticut State and Federal court systems, he also is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.. Attorney Kaplan has earned a legal ability rating of *BV® (High to Very High) from Martindale-Hubbell, a national publication that rates attorneys based upon their legal ability and ethical standards.. Attorney Kaplan is an elected member of the Planning and Zoning Commission of Orange,CT and has previously served on the Zoning Board of Appeals. He is also an adjunct professor at Norwalk Community College.. Attorney Kaplan is committed to maintaining personal contact with every single client and, with the assistance of a dedicated professional staff, has supervision over each file.

Firm: Law Offices of Paul V. Carty

233 Orange Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06515

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

400 Orange St , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Business , Intellectual Property , Business

Firm: Leclairryan

545 Long Wharf Dr Fl 9 , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy, Real Estate

Firm: Law Offices of Orlando Cordero LLC

71 Orange Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Pattis & Smith, LLC

383 Orange St Apt 1 , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense , Discrimination, Employment & Labor , Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sexual Harassment, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense

Norm Pattis is veteran of more than 100 successful jury trials, many resulting in acquittals for people charged with serious crimes, multi million dollar civil rights and discrimination verdicts, and successful criminal appeals. The Hartford Courant describes his work as “Brilliant” and “Audacious”. Newsday describes Norm as the "Legal Top Gun", the Hartford Courant says his work is "Brilliant and Audacious", and legal icon F. Lee Bailey describes Norm Pattis as "One of the giants of the profession.". Norm founded and leads Pattis Law Firm, a Connecticut based criminal defense and civil rights firm which focuses on serious felonies including violent felonies, white collar crimes, sex offenses, drug crimes, and misconduct by lawyers, doctors, and government officials. Pattis has defended capital murder cases and won federal civil rights verdicts for police brutality, false arrest, discrimination, malicious prosecution, and violations of rights including several million dollar discrimination verdicts. He has argued scores of criminal appeals in both State and Federal Courts.. Attorneys across the United States frequently associate lawyer Norm Pattis as trial counsel in high stakes cases in other jurisdictions and regularly refer their most serious New England matters to the Pattis Law Firm.. He worked with Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming and as a faculty member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA).. A regular in the national media for high-profile cases, Norman Pattis is a frequent speaker, prolific blogger, author of Taking Back the Courts and his new Juries and Justice (Sutton Hart 2012).

Firm: Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Richardson, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti PC

405 Orange Street. , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor , Personal Injury, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Nina Pirrotti represents individuals in employment litigation and negotiation. The president of the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), she is well versed in all aspects of employment law, including discrimination (on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, religious creed, marital status, pregnancy, or national origin), sexual harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, contract disputes (including those involving restrictive covenant agreements), FMLA and related leave of absence issues, unpaid wages, severance agreements, and whistleblower claims.. Nina also advocates on behalf of students and faculty. She has guided numerous students through their universities’ internal disciplinary procedures and has advised faculty members who have been targets of internal investigations. Nina has also litigated on behalf of students seeking to discharge their rights under Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education.. In 2010, Nina was named by the Connecticut Law Tribune as one of its Women in the Law – High Achievers.  She was honored as a Super Lawyer in 2013 .. Even before Nina decided to represent employees, students, and faculty, she had already devoted almost 15 years to civil rights and public service. At the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, she was appointed to the Career Criminal Major Crimes Bureau, prosecuting homicides, bank robberies, kidnappings, and pattern crimes. And as an Assistant Corporation Counsel at the Law Department for the City of New York, she received the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Municipal Affairs Award for outstanding achievement.. Nina is an experienced trial advocate, having served as lead counsel in approximately 25 jury trials and 50 bench trials. She taught Trial Advocacy at the New York Prosecutor’s Training Institute, the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, and the New York City Law Department, and trial practice at Quinnipiac Law School as an adjunct professor.. In addition to her duties as president of CELA, Nina is also the Co-Chair of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) Affiliate Relations Committee, as well as its Second Circuit representative. She has also served as a Track Coordinator for the American Bar Association’s 6th and 7th Annual Section Conferences and is a liaison for the ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law’s Diversity in the Legal Profession committee. She routinely lectures nationally on employment related topics.. Nina received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University, where she majored in Theater. She received her law degree from Yale Law School, where she was a member of the Journal of Law and Feminism and participated in the Barrister’s Union, a competitive mock trial organization. Nina began her legal career as an associate at commercial litigation firms and devoted significant time to pro bono matters, including employment discrimination and First Amendment/whistleblower cases.

Firm: Dolan Divorce Lawyers PLLC

101 Whitney Avenue , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Charles & Boni-Vendola

60 Trumbull St , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Dolan Divorce Lawyers, PLLC

101 Whitney Avenue , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Nicole A. Carnemolla is a partner at Dolan Divorce Lawyers. Nicole handles the firm’s family law matters, with a particular focus on high income/asset divorce cases and custody matters. Attorney Carnemolla joins Dolan Divorce Lawyers after working as an associate attorney at Lynch Law Group, LLC in Shelton, CT, where she handled both civil and matrimonial matters. While Attorney Carnemolla has developed significant experience in both civil litigation and matrimonial cases, she is continually drawn back to family matters and focuses her practice in that area.. Attorney Carnemolla graduated from Quinnipiac University School of Law, magna cum laude, with concentrations in both family law and civil litigation. While in law school, Attorney Carnemolla served as a Note Editor on the Quinnipiac Law Review and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi National Honor Society. Her note “Raising the Bar for Child Advocates in Connecticut’s Family Court” was published in Volume 33 of the Quinnipiac Law Review. During law school, Attorney Carnemolla interned for a private law firm that focused exclusively on family matters, as well as for the presiding family judge in the Ansonia-Milford Judicial District. Attorney Carnemolla has also completed the State of Connecticut AMC/GAL training and is currently on the approved list of AMCs/GALs in the Judicial Districts of New Haven, Milford, Bridgeport, and Waterbury. Prior to law school, Nicole graduated from Quinnipiac University, summa cum laude, with her bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Psychology.

Firm: Dolan Divorce Lawyers, PLLC

101 Whitney Avenue , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Nicole C. Bikakis handles Family Law matters for the firm, with a particular focus on high asset and high-income divorce cases and custody disputes. Attorney Bikakis joins Dolan Divorce Lawyers after working as an associate attorney at Saxe, Doernberger & Vita, P.C., in Trumbull Connecticut. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, Attorney Bikakis was selected as a New England Super Lawyers Rising Star in the area of Insurance Law.. Attorney Bikakis is a Connecticut native, but grew up in Athens, Greece before returning to Connecticut to obtain a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut, from which she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Attorney Bikakis subsequently received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where she was the Executive Editor of the Connecticut Journal of International Law. During law school, Attorney Bikakis also interned for the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, and at a law firm in Stamford, Connecticut focused on commercial law.. After graduating from law school, Attorney Bikakis served as a clerk in the Civil Division of the Connecticut Superior Court, where she gained valuable experience and contacts working on family cases and other civil matters. She then moved to Saxe, Doernberger & Vita, P.C., in 2014, before joining Dolan Divorce Lawyers in 2018.

Firm: Bershtein Volpe & Mckeon, PC

900 Chapel St Fl 11 , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Real Estate

Firm: Garcia & Milas

44 Trumbull Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Franchise and Distribution, Construction, Litigation