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| | Address | | One Hamden Center, 2319 Whitney Avenue | | Hamden, Connecticut 06518 | | (New Haven Co.) | | | |
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| Parrett, Porto, Parese & Colwell, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Bankruptcy, Commercial, Construction Litigation, Corporate, Criminal, Elder and Administrative Law, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Family, Foreclosures, Immigration, Labor and Employment, Medical Malpractice, Municipal, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Real Estate, Taxation, Trials and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts, Workers Compensation, Zoning. | | Year Established: 1962 | | Firm Size: 13 | | Richard J. Parrett (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, February 5, 1932; admitted to bar, 1961, Connecticut; 1962, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1965, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., with Honors and Distinction in Government, 1958); Georgetown University (J.D., 1960). Phi Alpha Delta. First Selectman, 1969-1971. Chairman, North Haven Housing Authority, 1990-2007. Town Attorney, Town of North Haven, 2007—. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, 2003—, Better Business Bureau, 2005—, Alternate Dispute Resolution Section, 1999—. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations. [With U.S. Air Force, 1950-1954; Commander, U.S.C.G. Aux., 1974-1996]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Estate Planning; Elder Law; Probate; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: Richard J. Parrett | | Carl M. Porto (Member) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, August 31, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Boston University (B.A., 1964); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1967). Town Attorney, Hamden, 1979-1981. Co-Chairman, Federal Masters Program, U.S. District Court, 1989-1997, Attorney State Trial Referee, 1991—. James W. Cooper Fellow. Connecticut Bar Foundation, Life Fellow. Member: New Haven County (President, 1985-1986) and Connecticut (Member, Committee on Automobile Reparation, 1977; Committee on Professionalism, 1991-1994; Chair, Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1999—; In-House Council Study Committee, 1999-2006; Multidisciplinary Practice Committee, 1999-2001; Multijurisdictional Practice Task Force, 2000—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Health Care; Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: Carl M. Porto | | John A. Parese (Member) born Meriden, Connecticut, December 22, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1970); St. John's University (J.D., 1973). Co-Town Attorney, Town of North Branford, 1981-1984. Special Master, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1991-2004. Member: New Haven County Bar Association (President, 2001-2002); Connecticut Bar Association (Judicial Branch, Client's Security Fund Committee, 1999-2004). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Contracts; Eminent Domain; Litigation; Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: John A. Parese | | William S. Colwell (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, April 1, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Deerfield Academy; Colgate University (A.B., 1973); New England School of Law (J.D., 1976). Chairman, Planning and Zoning Commission, Town of Cheshire, 1982-1985. Special Master, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1991—. President, Quinnipiac Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1993-1995. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations; Connecticut Estate and Tax Planning Council. Practice Areas: Probate; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Elder Law. Email: William S. Colwell | | Michael Dean Amato (Member) born Miami, Florida, June 11, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, Connecticut; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Connecticut (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1983). Certified Public Accountant, Connecticut, 1979. Member, City of Milford, Board of Finance, 1983-1988. Member, Board of Aldermen, City of Milford, 1989-1993; Member, Board of Finance, Town of Orange, 2001-2005. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Real Estate; Wills; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Michael Dean Amato | | Louis M. Federici (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Connecticut; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Drexel University (B.S., 1983); Villanova University (J.D., 1987). Legal Research Clerk, Connecticut Superior Court, 1988. Member, Guilford Board of Finance, 2005—. Former Chairman, Guilford Zoning Board of Appeals. Executive Committee Member, BSA Connecticut Yankee Council, 2005-. Past President, Hamden Jaycees. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut (Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Admitted to Practice, Mohegan Tribal Court. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Workers Compensation; Appellate Practice. Email: Louis M. Federici | | Anthony M. Solomine (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, October 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Connecticut; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 1985); Suffolk University (J.D., 1988). Phi Alpha Theta. Member: Civil Service Commission; Affirmative Action Committee, City of New Haven, 1996-1999; Board of Assessors/Tax Appeals, Town of Branford, 2005, 2006; Board Member, Saint Bernadette School; Special Master, Family Division; Professional Discipline Committee, Lawyer to Lawyer, Dispute Resolution, Client to Lawyer Fee Arbitrator/Mediator and Family Law Section. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut (Member, Professional Discipline Committee and Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: Anthony M. Solomine | | Carl M. Porto II (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, November, 14, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Connecticut; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Boston University (B.A., cum laude 1990); Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., 1993). Member, Connecticut Probate Law Journal. Member: Board of Trustees, Hamden Hall Country Day School, 1998-2003; Standing Committee on Professionalism, 2001-2004. Member, Board of Directors, Hamden Chamber of Commerce, 2003—. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Construction Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate. Email: Carl M. Porto II | | Joseph M. Porto (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, August 15, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Connecticut; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1993); Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Moot Court Honor Society. Member, Board of Directors, Boys Village, 2001-2005. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Criminal Law; Debtor and Creditor; Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Workers Compensation; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: Joseph M. Porto | | Sandra L. Smith (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut, April 11, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Connecticut; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: University of Connecticut, Storrs (B.A., cum laude, 1999); Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Workers Compensation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Real Estate; Litigation. Email: Sandra L. Smith | | Chris R. Nelson (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut, September 14, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Connecticut; 2005, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 2006, Southern District of New York. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., 2000); Quinnipiac University (J.D., 2004). Member: New Haven County and Connecticut (Chairman, CBA-YLS Continuing Legal Education Director, 2008—; Commercial Law/Bankruptcy Co-Chair, 2007—) Bar Associations; New Haven Inn of Court; Town of Hamden Technology Commission. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Law; Bankruptcy Law; Real Estate; Family Law; Criminal Law. Email: Chris R. Nelson | | Jennifer Rignoli (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut, August 5, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Connecticut; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Boston University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2003); Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Outstanding Legal Scholarship. Recipient: Distinguished Academic Achievement Awards: Legal Skills I and Legal Skills II; Service to the Law School; Service to the Community. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations; 9th District Representative (Hamden Democratic Town Committee, 2004—; St. Stephen School Board, 2004-2008; Vice-President 2006—). Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Probate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: Jennifer Rignoli | | Shari N. Spitz (Associate) born Natick, Massachusetts, 1972; admitted to bar, 2004, Connecticut, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: George Washington University (B.A. 1994; M.F.S., 1996); Quinnipiac University (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: New Haven County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Business Litigation; Collections. Email: Shari N. Spitz | | Oscar M. Parente (Associate) admitted to bar, 1982, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1979); University of Bridgeport (J.D., 1982). Commissioner, Town of Orange, Planning and Zoning Department, 2005—. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Real Estate; Corporate Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. | | John W. Colleran (Of Counsel) born New Haven, Connecticut, July 13, 1930; admitted to bar, 1955, Connecticut; 1958, U.S. District Court of Connecticut; 1965, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1952; LL.B., 1955). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Yale Law Journal, 1955; American Arbitration Association. Board of Directors: The Bank of New Haven, 1986-1991; BNH Bancshares, Inc. 1988-1991; New Haven Symphony Orchestra, 1982-1994 and Treasurer 1989-1994. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Email: John W. Colleran |
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