MEMBERS OF FIRM
Joseph P. Cooney (1906-1984).
Henry Cooney (1914-1991).
John F. Scully (1925-2004).
Richard A. Ferris (1956-2001).
Patrick J. Flaherty (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, November 27, 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, Connecticut. Education: College of the Holy Cross (A.B., 1955); Yale University (LL.B., 1958). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (Vice-President, 1995; National Executive Committee, 1991). Practice Areas: Railroad Liability; Transportation Liability; Cosmetic Liability Defense; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Domestic Relations.
Louis B. Blumenfeld (Member) born New Britain, Connecticut, October 2, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Connecticut. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1967); Boston College (J.D., 1970). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law, 1969-1970. Law Clerk to Associate Justice, John R. Thim, Connecticut Supreme Court, 1970-1971. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut (Member, 1973-1986 and Chairman, 1979-1982, Committee on the Lawyer and the Community; Member, Environmental Law Section, Federal Practice Section) and American (Natural Resources Law Section) Bar Associations; Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice; Insurance Coverage; Environmental Law; Appellate Practice.Email: Louis B. Blumenfeld
John W. Sitarz (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1972, Connecticut. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1969); University of Maine (J.D., 1972). Member: Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; National Diocesan Attorneys Association; Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association.
Eugene A. Cooney (Member) admitted to bar, 1977, Connecticut. Education: St. Michael's College (B.A., 1972); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1977). General Counsel, Connecticut Medical Insurance Company, 2003-2008. Member: Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations; Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1996-1997); American Health Lawyers Association; Connecticut Medical Defense Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Insurance Coverage; Administrative Law.
Karen Jansen Casey (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Connecticut. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1977); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1981). Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Real Estate; Nonprofit Corporations.Email: Karen Jansen Casey
Jeffrey C. Pingpank (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, Connecticut. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1972); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1975). Author: "Wrongful Discharge, A 'New' Cause of Action," 54 Connecticut Bar Journal 213, 1980. Instructor, Public Sector Labor Relations, Hartford Graduate Center, 1979-1982. Member: Connecticut (Member, Labor Law Section) and American Bar Associations.
Paul T. Nowosadko (Member) born Norwich, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1983, Connecticut. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1979); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1983). Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations.Email: Paul T. Nowosadko
Herbert J. Shepardson (Member) born Westfield, Massachusetts, October 23, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Connecticut. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1978); Western New England College (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Pi Sigma Alpha. Member, Western New England Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "Is Eighth Amendment Proportionately Applicable to Mere Length of Sentence?" 4 Western New England Law Review 335, 1981. Adjunct Professor of Law, Western New England College School of Law, 1984-1988. State Chairman, Connecticut Republican Party, 2003-2005. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Civil Litigation.
David A. Haught (Member) born Princeton, New Jersey, March 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Connecticut. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1982); Suffolk University (J.D., with honors, 1986); University of Connecticut (Visiting, 1986). Staff Member and Associate Editor, Suffolk Transnational Law Journal, 1984-1985. Author: "Constitutional Rights of Excludable Aliens," Suffolk Transnational Law Journal, Vol. 9, 1985; "Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act," Vol. 9, 1986. Contributing Editor, Connecticut Basic Practice Manual. Member: Hartford County and Connecticut (Member, Litigation, Construction Law Sections) Bar Associations.Email: David A. Haught
James T. Scully (Member) admitted to bar, 1988, Connecticut. Education: Salve Regina University (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Western New England College (J.D., 1987). Member: Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations.Email: James T. Scully
William J. Scully (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, September 4, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Connecticut. Education: Connecticut College (B.A., 1984); Western New England College (J.D., 1987). Recipient, Federal Civil Trial Advocacy Book Prize. Member: Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations.
Robert G. Clemente (Member) admitted to bar, 1988, Connecticut. Education: St. John's University; Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 1985); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1988). Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations.Email: Robert G. Clemente
Jessica D. Meerbergen (Member) admitted to bar, 1999, Connecticut; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Bates College (B.S., 1996); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1999). Phi Delta Phi (Officer, 1997-1999). Notes and Comments Editor, Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, 1998-1999.Email: Jessica D. Meerbergen
Paul A. Croce, II (Member) admitted to bar, 1999, Connecticut. Education: Hartwick College (B.A., cum laude, 1993); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 1999). Executive Editor, Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, 1997-1999.Email: Paul A. Croce, II
Lorinda S. Coon (Member) admitted to bar, 1984, Connecticut; 1985, New York. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S., with honors, 1979); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Justinian Society. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Insurance Coverage; Nonprofit Corporations.Email: Lorinda S. Coon
ASSOCIATES
David A. Post (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 2004, Connecticut, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A. 1999); Western New England (J.D. 2003). Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations.Email: David A. Post
John M. O'Donnell (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, May 21, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Connecticut; 2008, Massachusetts. Education: The College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 2004); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 2007).Email: John M. O'Donnell
Kay A. Williams (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Connecticut; 2007, New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); University of Connecticut (J.D., 2006). Member: Connecticut and New York State Bar Associations.Email: Kay A. Williams
RETIRED PARTNER
Vincent J. Dowling (Retired Partner) (Retired).