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Address
59 Elm Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (New Haven Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
Rating not available
Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeAdministrative, Appellate, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business, Commercial Collections, Civil Trial, Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Construction, Creditors Rights, Employment Law, Eminent Domain, Environmental, Franchise, Governmental Relations Law, Healthcare, Housing, Insurance Defense, Land Use, Legal Malpractice Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense, Municipal Bond Public Authority Financing, Non Profit and Tax Exempt Organizations Municipal, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Probate Law, Professional Liability Defense, Real Estate, Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate, Urban Development and Zoning Law. Year Established: 1977
Firm Size: 14
Representative Clients:Amerada Hess Corp.
Architects & Engineers Insurance Company
Bank of America, N.A.
Bank of New York
Carabetta Enterprises, Inc.
Chicago Title Insurance Co.
Citizens Bank
City of New Haven
City of West Haven
Deitsch Plastic Co.
First City Servicing, Inc.
First State Insurance Company
Gulf Insurance Company
Harbor Health Services, Inc.
Hartford Insurance Company of Illinois
IKEA Property, Inc.
Jonathan Rose Companies, LLC
M & M Investments
NewAlliance Bank
The New Haven Rowing Club
Peoples Bank
TD Banknorth, N.A.
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Michael Susman (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, March 20, 1931; admitted to bar, 1955, Connecticut. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., 1952; LL.B., 1955). Member, Board of Editors, University of Connecticut Law Review, 1954-1955. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development Law; Real Estate Leasing; Municipal Law; Commercial Law.Email: Michael Susman
James H. Segaloff (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, September 1, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Connecticut. Education: Syracuse University (A.B., 1965); University of Connecticut (LL.B., 1968). Member and Chairman, New Haven Civil Service Commission. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Municipal Law; Zoning Law; Real Estate Law; Corporate Law.Email: James H. Segaloff
Joseph E. Faughnan (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, August 25, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Connecticut. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1972); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1976). Member and Chairman, North Branford Planning and Zoning Commission, 1987. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut (Member, Academy of Continuing Professional Development, 1984-1985) Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law.Email: Joseph E. Faughnan
Laura M. Sklaver (Member) born Waterbury, Connecticut, April 23, 1950; admitted to bar, 1981, Connecticut. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., 1972); Case Western Reserve University (M.S.L.S., 1975); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1981). Member: New Haven County, Connecticut (Member: Executive Committee, Business Law Section, 1994; Secretary, 1996-1997; Treasurer, 1997-1998; Elder Law; Estates and Tax Sections) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Closely Held Corporations; Limited Liability Company; Partnership Law; Real Estate Financing Law; Estate Planning Law; Healthcare Law.Email: Laura M. Sklaver
James J. Perito (Member) born Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, July 23, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Connecticut; 1984, Florida; U.S. Supreme Court; Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court. Education: Lafayette College (B.S. Biology, 1978); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1983). Joseph Bogdanski Moot Court Award. Judicial Law Clerk, Connecticut Superior Court, 1983-1985. Past Member, Branford Inland Wetlands Commission and Conservation Commission. Member: Branford Land Trust; Branford Town Open Space Committee; Branford Rotary Club President. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut (Member: Sections on Conservation and Environmental Quality, Planning & Zoning; Committee on Professional Ethics) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Zoning Law; Environmental Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate Law; Civil Litigation.Email: James J. Perito
Matthew C. Susman (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, November 26, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Connecticut; 1985, New York; 1986, Vermont. Education: Cornell University; Columbia University (A.B., 1979); Fordham University (J.D., 1984). Member: Fordham Urban Law Journal, 1982-1984; Town of Hamden Board of Ethics, 1992-1996; Economic Development Commission, 1996-2002; Board of Directors, South Central Connecticut Regional Growth Partnership, 1996, Chairman, Brownfields Committee. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut (Member: Executive Committee, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Sections) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Municipal Finance.Email: Matthew C. Susman
Thomas E. Katon (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, August 25, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1981); University of Bridgeport (J.D., 1986). Associate Editor, University of Bridgeport Law Review, 1985-1986. Author: Note, "Connecticut Mandatory Cable Access Statute: Ripe for Review," 7 Univ. of Bridgeport Law Review 329, 1986. Member, Theodore I. Koskoff American Inns of Court. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Professional Liability Section; State Liaison to Business Litigation Committee); Professional Liability Underwriters Society; Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: Hotz Corporation v. Carabetta, 226 Conn. 812, (1993). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Employment Law.Email: Thomas E. Katon
Karen Baldwin Kravetz (Member) born Binghamton, New York, May 15, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, New York, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1994); Hofstra University (J.D., 1997). Managing Articles Editor, Hofstra Law Review, 1996-1997. Formerly with: Appeals Bureau, Legal Aid Society of Nassau. Member: Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Municipal Defense; Legal Malpractice Defense.Email: Karen Baldwin Kravetz
——————————Meghan K. Gallagher (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey, February 12, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Connecticut. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 2000); Quinnipiac University (J.D., 2004). Note and Casenote Editor, Quinnipiac Law Review, 2003-2004. Member: New Haven County Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Practice; Litigation.Email: Meghan K. Gallagher
Philip Gupta Kent (Associate) born Freeport, Illinois, June 26, 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Connecticut; 2003, New York. Education: Boston University (B.A. in English, cum laude, 1993; B.S., Mass Communications, 1993); Mercy College; Quinnipiac University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Distinguished Academic Achievement Awards: Contracts Law, 1999; Jurisprudence, 2001; Sports and Entertainment Law, 2001; Award for Excellence in Clinical Work, Advanced Tax Clinic, 2001; Dean's Scholar, 1998-2001. Judicial Law Clerk to Judge Socrates H. Mihalakos of the Connecticut Appellate Court, 2001-2002. Emergency Certified Teacher's License, New York, 1996-1997 and 1997-1998. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Contract Law; Personal Injury; Commercial Law.Email: Philip Gupta Kent
Michael A. Leone (Associate) born Longmeadow, Massachusetts, June 10, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Connecticut. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 2001); University of Connecticut (J.D., 2005). Law Clerk to Judge Eugene H. Austin, J.S.C., New Jersey, 2005-2006. Author: Scrawl, 1999. Captain, Trinity College Football, 2000. Member: Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Practice; Litigation.Email: Michael A. Leone
Joanne H. Badr (Associate) born Asheville, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 2008, Connecticut and North Carolina; 2009, New York. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 2003); Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Member: New Haven County and North Carolina Bar Associations. Languages: Arabic.Email: Joanne H. Badr
OF COUNSELDavid P. Hambleton (Of Counsel) born Nashua, New Hampshire, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, Connecticut. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, 1960); Columbia University (LL.B., 1963); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1973). Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1962-1963. Clerk, Judge M. Joseph Blumenfeld, U.S. District Court, Connecticut, 1963-1964. Member: Connecticut Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporation Law; Business Law.
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