(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

Criminal Law, Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, Real Estate, Municipal Law, Commercial Law, Personal Injury, Family Law, Workers Compensation, Criminal Defense, Domestic Relations, Mediation, Medical Malpractice, Employment Mediation, Probate, Residential Real Estate, Immigration Law, Juvenile Law, School Law, Education Law, Foreclosure Law, Administrative Law, Estate Planning, Probate Administration, General Practice, Trusts and Estates, Employment Litigation, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Wrongful Termination, Age Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Contracts, Covenants Not To Compete, Defamation, Whistleblower Litigation, Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business Law, Construction Law, Design Professional Liability, Appellate Practice, Automobile Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall, Professional Negligence.

Address

The Old Town Hall
2252 Main Street
Glastonbury, CT 06033, (Hartford Co.)

Phone

Phone: 860-659-0700
Fax: 860-659-8292

Website

http://www.bpslawyers.com

PARTNERS

Richard R. Brown (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, August 13, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Connecticut; 1972, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1968); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1971). Assistant Attorney General, 1971-1973. Assistant Prosecutor, State of Connecticut, 1973-1975. (Also Member, Brown, Paindiris & Scott, LLP, Hartford). Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Administrative Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Richard R. Brown

Nicholas Paindiris (Partner) born Rhodes, Greece, March 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1968); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1973). Lecturer, Business Law, Manchester Community College, 1972-1974. Corporation Counsel to the Town of Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1985-1987, 1991-1993. (Also Member, Brown, Paindiris & Scott, LLP, Hartford). Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Municipal Law; Commercial Law.Email: Nicholas Paindiris

Ronald T. Scott (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Alfred University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1978). Special Master, Statewide Custody Court and the Middlesex, Hartford and New Britain Judicial Districts. (Also Member, Brown, Paindiris & Scott, LLP, Hartford). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Family Law.Email: Ronald T. Scott

John D. Maxwell (Partner) born Hartford, Connecticut, September 20, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Connecticut; 1980, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Upsala College (A.B., 1974); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., 1979). Member: Middlesex County and Connecticut Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation.Email: John D. Maxwell

Kate Haakonsen (Partner) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ursinus College (B.A., cum laude, 1975); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1978). Lecturer, Family Law, Legal Education Institute, 1990, 1991. Special Master, Family Division of Superior Court, 1988—. Attorney Trial Referee, Superior Court, 1990—. Member: Statewide Grievance Committee, 1994-1996; Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of Hartford County, 1980-1987. Member: Hartford County (Member, Board of Directors, 1985-1986) and Connecticut (Member, Family Law Section, Executive Committee, 1998—) Bar Associations; Academy of Family Mediators (Practitioner Member); Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation (Member, Board of Directors, 1996—; Secretary, 1998—; Co-President-Elect, 1999-2000; Co-President, 2000-2001). (Also at Glastonbury Office). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Mediation; Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Employment Mediation; Real Estate.

Sean Peoples (Partner) born Hartford, Connecticut, May 5, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, Connecticut; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Connecticut College (B.A., 1983); Columbia University (M.A., 1986); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1989). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Hartford County (Member, Legal-Medical Committee) and Connecticut (Member: Paralegal Program Advisory Committee and Cooperative Education External Advisory Committee, Manchester Community Technical College; Health Law Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Probate; Residential Real Estate; Immigration Law.

Christopher J. McCarthy (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut, April 14, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Connecticut; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1998, Massachusetts. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., with honors, 1986); New England School of Law (J.D., 1989). Book Review and Casenote Editor, Criminal and Civil Confinement, New England Journal. Member: Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; School Law; Education Law; Civil Litigation; Foreclosure Law; Administrative Law.

Simon Lebo (Partner) born Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Connecticut. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Phi Beta Kappa; Woolsack Honor Society. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Commercial Law; Real Estate; General Practice; Trusts and Estates.Email: Simon Lebo

David Rintoul (Partner) born Westport, Connecticut, July 11, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1989, Connecticut; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1997, U.S. Court Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: The Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1983); School of International Advanced Studies, Bologna, Italy (1981-1982); University of Connecticut (J.D., with high honors, 1986). Special Master in Employment Law, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1999—. Member: Connecticut Bar Association; Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1996—); National Employment Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Employee Benefits; ERISA; Wrongful Termination; Age Discrimination; Race Discrimination; Disability Discrimination; Employment Contracts; Covenants Not To Compete; Defamation; Whistleblower Litigation.

J. Lawrence Price (Partner) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 6, 1951; admitted to bar, 1986, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 1973); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1985). Town Council, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1986-1995. Deputy Mayor, 1989-1991. West Hartford Democrat Town Chairperson, 1998—. Connecticut Science Center Trustee, 1992-1997. Member: Hartford County and Connecticut (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Labor and Employment) Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association; Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation.

Gregory Arcaro (Partner) born 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Connecticut; 1999, U.S. District Court. Education: Mount St. Mary's College (B.A., 1993); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Gregory Arcaro

Chester J. Bukowski (Partner) born Bristol, Connecticut, April 16, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Connecticut; 1978, U.S. District Court of Connecticut; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1990, California; 1991, U.S. Claims Court. Education: Trinity College (B.A., with honors, 1974); Columbia University (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Affiliate Member, AIA Connecticut, 1995—. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Connecticut (Member, Sections on: Construction Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution) and American (Member: Section on Litigation; Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, 1983—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Design Professional Liability; Appellate Practice.

Louis W. Flynn, Jr. (Partner) born Hartford, Connecticut, November 21, 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, Connecticut. Education: Bates College (A.B., 1967); Washington & Lee University (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, East Windsor Zoning Board of Appeals, 1973-1974. Member: Hartford County Bar Association; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. [With Connecticut Army National Guard, 1968-1974]. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury Law; Automobile Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Wrongful Death; Slip and Fall; Workers Compensation; Professional Negligence.

ASSOCIATES

Jennifer Lynn Owens (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Connecticut. Education: University of California, Davis (B.A., 2000); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 2003).

Sally A. Roberts (Associate) born New York, New York, February 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, District of Columbia; 1984, Connecticut. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1979); Washington College of Law at American University (J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.

Christine R. Edwards (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Connecticut. Education: Eastern Connecticut State University (B.A., 1999); University of New Haven (M.B.A., 2003); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 2007).

William A. Stevens, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1987); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1991).

OF COUNSEL

Donald Hamer (Of Counsel) born Hartford, Connecticut, August 9, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Connecticut; 1978, District of Columbia; 1984, Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., cum laude, 1972; J.D., 1977). Lecturer, "Conservatorships," Connecticut Bar Association. Probate Judge, Glastonbury Probate District, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1990—. Member, Executive Committee, 1995— and Chair, Conservator and Guardian Standards Committee, 1992—, Connecticut Probate Assembly. Member: Connecticut and American Bar Associations; National College of Probate Judges. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Business Law.