In The News

In October 2010, Connecticut Magazine listed John Stephen Papa, Jack G. Steigelfest and James F. Sullivan as Super Lawyers in the area of civil litigation defense. “SuperLawyers” by Connecticut Magazine for 2010. (Only 5% of all lawyers in Connecticut can be designated a SuperLawyer.) For information on how “Law and Politics” chooses who is designated a SuperLawyer, go the SuperLawyers website: http://superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.
In October 2010, Connecticut Magazine listed Steven J. Barber and Keith R. Rudzik as Rising Stars. (No more than 2.5% of all lawyers in Connecticut can be designated a Rising Star.) For information on how “Law and Politics” chooses who is designated a Rising Star, go to the SuperLawyers website: http://superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html
In June, 2010, Attorney Barber successfully defended an Uninsured Motorist case in New Haven Superior Court. The jury concluded the plaintiff was responsible for an accident even when the named defendant was an insurance carrier and the actual alleged wrongdoer was not insured and did not testify live at trial.
Attorneys Rudzik, Steigelfest and Sullivan were listed as “Top Lawyers” in the April 2010 issue of the Hartford Magazine*** (http://www.hartfordmag.com/TopLawyers/index.html). ***Avvo and Hartford Magazine collaborated to list some of the best and brightest attorneys in the greater Hartford area based on Avvo’s rating system. For information on how Avvo calculates its ratings for attorneys, please go to Avvo’s website: http://www.avvo.com/support/avvo_rating.
Attorney Sullivan recently published an article entitled “Can You Recover Exemplary (Double) Damages under FLSA and CMWA?” in the Connecticut Bar Association’s Employment Law Quarterly.
In February 2010, Jack Steigelfest and James F. Sullivan were recently invited to become a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America (“LCA”). The LCA is a trial lawyer honorary society that includes for Fellowship less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Inclusion is by invitation only and Fellows are selected based upon effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels and ethical reputation.
One November 16, 2009, Attorneys James Sullivan and Elizabeth Tanaka published an article in the Connecticut Law Tribune on defending shareholder derivative suits entitled “Determining Who Has the Claim.”
One November 6, 2009, Attorney Sullivan gave a presentation on “How to Respond to Grievance” in a seminar on Legal Ethics and Law Office Management, a seminar that was put on with several attorneys from the Chief disciplinary Office and the Statewide Bar Counsel.
On November 5, 2009, Attorney Moher received a defendant’s verdict in Superior Court in a case arising out of a rear end automobile accident. Jury did not find the plaintiff proved causal connection between accident and claimed injuries.
On October 26, 2009, Attorney Sullivan successfully defended a Fair Debt Collection Practices action against a large debt collector in federal court where, after trial, judgment entered for the defendant.
On October 20, 2009, associate John Miller secured a defendant’s verdict in a case arising out of an alleged rear end collision. The jury deliberated for approximately 80 minutes before returning a verdict in favor of the defendant.
In April 2009, Attorney Barber secured a defendant’s verdict for a motor vehicle operator who was sued for striking a pedestrian in a cross-walk.

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