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Address
90 Gillett Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105 (Hartford Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.6
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(Main Office) Horton, Shields & Knox, P.C. was established in 1976. The members of the firm are appellate and trial lawyers, who annually author the Connecticut Practice Book Annotated, Superior Court Rules, Connecticut Juvenile Law Annotated and the Connecticut Rules of Appellate Procedure Annotated. The firm provides a broad range of legal services to its clients, both corporate and individual. Statement of PracticeAppellate and Trial Practice in Connecticut State and Federal Courts. Civil, Divorce and Criminal Appeals, Insurance Defense, Insurance Coverage, and Products Liability. Legal Ethics and Responsibility, Attorney Discipline, Attorney Grievances and Bar Admissions. Trial consultation on civil matters including medical malpractice, products liability and insurance defense. Year Established: 1976
Firm Size: 8
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Address90 Gillett Street
Hartford, CT 06105, (Hartford Co.)
PhonePhone: 860-522-8338
Fax: 860-728-0401
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Website
http://www.hortonshieldsknox.com
Office HoursMonday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wesley W. Horton (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, April 16, 1942; admitted to bar, 1970, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1964); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1970). Co-Author: "Rules of Appellate Procedure Annotated," West Publishing Company, annually, 1977; "Superior Court Civil Rules Annotated," West Publishing Company, annually, 1979; "Connecticut Appellate Review," Connecticut Bar Journal, annually, 1985; "Rules of Appellate Procedure Annotated," West Publishing Company, annually, 1993. Author: "The History of the Supreme Court," Thomsen/West, 2008; "Connecticut Constitution: A Handbook," Greenwood Press, 1993; "Annotated Debates of the 1818 Constitutional Convention," Special Edition, Connecticut Bar Journal, January, 1991. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Charles S. House, Connecticut Supreme Court, 1970-1971. Recipient: Medal of Excellence, University of Connecticut Law School Alumni Association, 1989; University of Connecticut Law Review Award, 1997; Connecticut Law Tribune Award for Service to the Bar, 2001. Lecturer and Adjunct Professor, University of Connecticut Law School, 1970. Member, Board of Editors, Connecticut Law Tribune, 1986. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut (Member, 1978, and Chair, 1997-2007, Committee on Professional Ethics) and American Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1991; American Counsel Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2001; President, 2008); Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society (Member 2004, and President, 2004). Practice Areas: State and Federal Appellate Litigation; Constitutional Law; Insurance Law; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Attorney Discipline; Attorney Grievances.Email: Wesley W. Horton
Robert M. Shields, Jr. (Member) born New York, N. Y., December 14, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Connecticut; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1973); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1978). Co-Author: "Superior Court Civil Rules Annotated," West Publishing Co., annually, 1989-2000. Assistant City Attorney, Milford, 1978-1982. Special Master, 1995-1999, Attorney Trial Referee, 1999 and Factfinder/Arbitrator, 1999, Connecticut Superior Court. Member: Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations; Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association; American Counsel Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Litigation; Mediation; Insurance Law; Administrative Law.Email: Robert M. Shields, Jr.
Kimberly A. Knox (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, September 1, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Connecticut; 1987, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Connecticut College (B.A., 1982); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1986). Co-Author: "Superior Court Civil Rules Annotated," Thomsen/West, annually, 1990; "Connecticut Juvenile Law Annotated," Thomsen/West, annually, 2007. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut (Co-Chair and Co-Founder, Appellate Advocacy Committee, 2006; Co-Chair and Co-Founder Appellate Advocacy Institute, 2003; Task Force on Appellate Advocacy Certification, 2006; Task Force on Judicial Independence, 1998-1999; Task Force on Grievance Procedures, 1997-1998; Task Force on Client Funds Security, 1996-1997; Former Chair, Litigation Section, 1999-2001; Member, Committee on Professional Ethics 1989) and American (Member, Center for Professional Responsibility, 2002; Member Judicial District, Institute of Appellate Counsel, 2006) Bar Associations; American Counsel Association; Defense Research Institute; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (Member, 2002); State of Connecticut Supreme Court (Task Force on Attorney Advertising, 2004-2006); State of Connecticut Supreme Court, Civil Commission (2000). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Attorney Discipline; Attorney Grievances; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage.Email: Kimberly A. Knox
Karen L. Dowd (Member) born Surrey, England, August 7, 1967; admitted to bar, 1991, Connecticut; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1988); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1991). Co-Author: "Superior Court Rules Annotated," Thomsen/West, annually, 1994. Moot Court Instructor, University of Connecticut School of Law, 1995- 2001. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut (Executive Committee, 1999; Chair, 2005-2007; Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Center for Professional Responsibility, 2008; Litigation Section, 2008) Bar Associations; Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association; American Counsel Association (Task Force on Judicial Reform, 2007); Connecticut Trial Advocacy Institute (Faculty).. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Attorney Discipline; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Attorney Grievances.Email: Karen L. Dowd
Michael S. Taylor (Member) born Manchester, Connecticut, August 15, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Connecticut; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., cum laude, 1991; J.D., 1994). Co-Author: "Superior Court Rules Annotated," West Publishing Co., annually, 2000; "Recent Developments in Connecticut Product Liability Law," Conn. B. Journal, Vol. 73, No. 1, 1999. Moot Court Instructor, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2004. Board of Trustees, University of Connecticut, 1992-1993. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut (Member, Executive Committee of Insurance Law Section; Member, Litigation Section; Member, Human Rights and Responsibilities) and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Hartford Chamber of Commerce; Federal Bar Council; American Counsel Association. Practice Areas: State and Federal Appellate Litigation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Defense; Product Liability.Email: Michael S. Taylor
Kenneth J. Bartschi (Member) born Walton, New York, May 25, 1965; admitted to bar, 1996, Connecticut; 1997, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: State University of New York at Potsdam (B.M., 1987); Arizona State University (M.M., 1989); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1996). Co-Author: "Rules of Appellate Procedure, Annotated," Thomsen/West, annually 2004; "Superior Court Rules Annotated," Thomsen/West, annually, 2000; "Connecticut Appellate Review," Connecticut Bar Journal, annually, 2000. Author: "Legislative Responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa," 11 Connecticut Journal of International Law 169 (1995). Member, Board of Directors, Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund, 2002-2008. Winner, Maxwell Heiman Award, Hartford County Bar Association, 2006. Managing Editor, Connecticut Journal of International Law. Member: Hartford County and Connecticut (Member: Human Rights and Responsibilities Section, Appellate Advocacy Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Constitutional Law.Email: Kenneth J. Bartschi
Daniel Jonah Krisch (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, November 16, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Connecticut; 2000, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1995); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1999). Co-Author: "Superior Court Civil Rules Annotated," Thomsen/West, 2006; "Connecticut Juvenile Law Annotated," Thomsen/West, 2007. Author: "Vogt v. Germany: The European Court of Human Rights Expands the Scope of Arhues 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights to Include the Political Activities of Civil Servants," 14 Connecticut Journal of International Law 237 (1999). Winner, Connecticut Law Tribune Leaders of the Law Rookie of the Year, 2002. Moot Court Instructor, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2004-2007, 2009. Special Public Defender. Member: Connecticut (Assistant Secretary Treasurer, 2008; Former Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 2007-2008), New York State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; The American Law Institute; Federal Bar Council. Practice Areas: Appellate Litigation; Criminal Appeals; Civil Litigation; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Attorney Discipline; Attorney Grievances.Email: Daniel Jonah Krisch
Brendon P. Levesque (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, December 15, 1971; admitted to bar, 2003, Connecticut; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2006, New York; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: St. Michael's College (B.S., 1992); Quinnipiac University (J.D., 2003). Contributing Author: "The History of the Supreme Court," Thomsen/West, 2008. Co-Author: with Wesley W. Horton, "The Wheeler Court," Quinnipiac Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2 (2006). Managing Editor, Quinnipiac Law Review, 2002-2003. Special Public Defender, 2006. Moot Court Instructor, University School of Law, 2007. Member: Hartford, New York State, Connecticut (Member, Litigation Section, 2004) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Criminal Appeals; Constitutional Law; Insurance Defense.Email: Brendon P. Levesque
ASSOCIATEDana M. Hrelic (Associate) born New Jersey, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Connecticut; 2009, New York. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2005); University of Connecticut (J.D., 2008). Law Clerk, Hon. Christine S. Vertefeuille, Connecticut Supreme Court, 2008-2009. Managing Editor, Connecticut Law Review, 2007-2008. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation.Email: Dana M. Hrelic
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