The law firm of O'Connell, Flaherty & Attmore is a general practice firm serving clientele throughout Connecticut as well as the adjacent New England states. The firm has a balance of litigation, commercial and personal practitioners offering a broad spectrum of legal services. These include continuing commercial representation, acquisitions and sales of businesses, real estate development including zoning and syndications, insolvency and commercial workouts, lending and related areas. In the area of personal representation, we have an active practice encompassing residential real estate, estate planning, probate and domestic relations. The firm also has an extensive practice in civil and criminal litigation matters, insurance, environmental law and special education law.

Statement of Practice

Trials, State and Federal Courts. Family, Probate, Estate Planning, Taxation, Corporation, Real Estate, Insurance, Commercial, Criminal, Environmental, Labor, Zoning, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Wetlands and Land Use, Health and Administrative Law, Indian Law, Special Education Law, White Collar Crime.

Address

34 East Main Street P.O. Box 296
Central Village, CT 06332, (Windham Co.)

Phone

Phone: 860-564-4064
Facsimile: 860-564-1536

Website

http://www.ofalaw.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Michael D. O'Connell (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, July 14, 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, Connecticut. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1967); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1972). Member: West Hartford Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, 1975-1976; West Hartford Bicentennial Commission, 1975-1976; West Hartford Charter Revision Commission, 1977; West Hartford Human Rights Commission, Special Projects Committee, 1977-1978. Recipient, David H. Neiditz Award for Best Appellate Brief in State of Connecticut, 1997. Editor, Trial Technical Newsletter, DRI Products Liability Section. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut (Member: Real Property Section; Administration of Civil Justice Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice; Member, Committee on Trial Techniques, 1976—; Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, 1982—) Bar Associations; Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 1982-1983; Vice President, 1983-1985; President, 1985-1986); Defense Research Institute (Member, Committee on Products Liability, 1984—). Practice Areas: Product Liability; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Indian and Gaming Law.Email: Michael D. O'Connell

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Anne R. Hoyt (Associate) born Putnam, Connecticut, May 31, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Connecticut College (B.A., with distinction, 1977); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1980). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Administrative Law. Co-Author: "Civil Commitment of Juveniles," bound for honors display University of Connecticut, 1980. Member, Statewide Grievance Committee, 1995—. Attorney Trial Referee, 1990—. Special Master, 1992-1996, Trustee, 1996—; Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1991; Vice President, 1991, Norwich Quinebaug Unit of the American Cancer Society. President, Plainfield Chamber of Commerce, 1992-1993 and Member, Board of Directors, 1992—. Member: Windham County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Douglas Gaynor v. Union Trust Company, 216 Conn. 458, 1990; Fleet Bank of Connecticut v. Allan J. Breed, et al, 29 Conn. App 924, 1992, cert. den. 225 Conn. 903, 1993; In the matter of Flynn Funeral Home, Inc., Debtor, U.S. Bankruptcy, District of Conn. No. 2-81-01105, 8 C.L.T. No. 12, p. 12 Column 2, 12/10/81. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate Law; Domestic Relations Law; Commercial Law; Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation.Email: Anne R. Hoyt