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| | Address | | 555 Long Wharf Drive, 8th Floor, P.O. Box 1936 | | New Haven, Connecticut 06509-1936 | | (New Haven Co.) | | | |
| | | Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate, Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Commercial Landlord/Tenant, Commercial Litigation, Communications, Corporate, Employee Benefits, Environmental and Land Use, Family Law, Financial Services, Health Care, Healthcare Fraud and Abuse, Immigration, Insurance Defense and Insurance Coverage Defense, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Medical Malpractice Defense, Municipal Law, Products Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Trusts and Estates, and Utilities Regulation. | | Year Established: 1847 | Firm Profile:
With offices in New Haven, Hartford, and Madison, Connecticut, and New York City, Tyler Cooper & Alcorn provides legal services to businesses and individuals across Connecticut and throughout the nation. As a firm, we can trace our roots back to 1847 and we take great pride in our more than one hundred fifty year tradition of providing legal counsel to our clients. | | Firm Size: 60 |
Other Office Locations of Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, LLP
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Madison, Connecticut, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
| | PARTNERS | | Michael J. Dorney (Partner) born Ansonia, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1963, Connecticut and Connecticut Appellate Court; 1964, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1967, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, U.S. Tax Court; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1960; LL.B., 1963). Member: Connecticut Bar Association (Member, 1970-1985 and Chairman, 1973-1976, Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section; Member: Federal Practice Section, 1985—; Standing Committee on the Courts, 2000—); American Bar Foundation; Connecticut Bar Foundation; Connecticut Judicial Branch Civil Commission; Connecticut Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers (President, 2000—). (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.) Practice Areas: Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Municipal. | | Joseph C. Lee (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1967, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1961); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1967); Wesleyan University (M.A.L.S., 1999). Co-Chair, Business Services Department. Member, Board of Editors, Connecticut Law Review, 1965-1967. Author: "Administrative Law in Connecticut," 64 Connecticut Bar Journal SI-259 (1990). Former Managing Partner of the Firm, 1996-2002. Member: Connecticut Bar Association (Chairman, Administrative Law Section, 1989-1992); American Bar Foundation; Connecticut Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Energy; Public Utility Law; Secured Transactions; Real Estate; Administrative Law. Email: Joseph C. Lee | | David W. Schneider (Partner) born Chillicothe, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1971, Connecticut; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Gettysburg College (B.A., 1964); Yale University (B.D., 1967; J.D., 1971). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta. Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1969-1971. Law Clerk to Judge Robert P. Anderson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1971-1973. Practice Areas: Probate Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: David W. Schneider | | Robert W. Allen (Partner) born Bridgeport, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1973, Connecticut. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1970); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1973). Law Clerk to Justice Herbert S. MacDonald, Connecticut Supreme Court, 1973-1974. Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental Law; Consumer Credit; Insurance. Email: Robert W. Allen | | Richard W. Bowerman (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1975, Connecticut. Education: Gettysburg College (B.A., 1968); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1975). Member: Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1987-1988); Defense Research Institute (Connecticut State Chairman, 1990—). (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Employment Law; Entertainment Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Richard W. Bowerman | | Margaret P. Mason (Assistant Managing Partner) born Radford, Virginia; admitted to bar, 1978, Connecticut; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Randolph-Macon Woman's College; Goucher College (B.A., 1975); Yale University (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Danforth Fellow. Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1977-1978. Past Chair, Statewide Grievance Committee and President, Board of Directors, 1988—, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc. Member, Executive Committee and Past Co-Chair, Federal Practice Section, Connecticut Bar Association. Executive Committee and Past President, New Haven County Bar Association, 1994-1995. President, New Haven County Bar Foundation, 1994-1997. Tutor in Trial Advocacy, Yale Law School. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Member: New Haven County (Member, Executive Committee; Past President, 1994-1995) and Connecticut (Member, Executive Committee and Past Co-Chair, Federal Practice Section) Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council; Defense Research Institute; Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association; American Law Institute; American Bar Foundation; Connecticut Bar Foundation; American Judicature Society; New Haven County Bar Foundation (President, 1994-1997). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Medical Malpractice Defense. Email: Margaret P. Mason | | William W. Bouton III (Partner) (Please see Hartford listing for Biography). | | William S. Fish, Jr. (Managing Partner) (Please see Hartford listing for Biography). | | Ben A. Solnit (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1984, Connecticut; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); Yale University (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Ellen A. Peters, Connecticut Supreme Court, 1984-1985. Director, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, 1993—. Co-Chair, Litigation Department. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Construction Law; Insurance. Email: Ben A. Solnit | | Noble F. Allen (Partner) born Banjul, The Gambia; admitted to bar, 1991, Connecticut; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Military College of Vermont; Norwich University (B.A., 1982); The American University (M.A., 1985; J.D., 1991). Board Member, Youth Continuum, Inc., 1995—. Court-Appointed Arbitrator, Superior Court, New Haven Judicial District, 2001—. Member: Connecticut Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, Litigation Section, 2001—); Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chair, Connecticut Chapter, 1999-2000). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Immigration Law. Email: Noble F. Allen | | Robert B. Flynn (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey; 1992, New York; 1995, Connecticut. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1985); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1991). Email: Robert B. Flynn | | Niclas A. Ferland (Partner) born Hartford, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut. Education: Kenyon College (B.A., with high honors, 1989); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1992). Law Clerk to the Honorable Alan H. W. Shiff, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Connecticut, 1992-1993. Chair, Bankruptcy Department. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Finance. Email: Niclas A. Ferland | | Robert C. Hinton (Partner) born Manhasset, New York; admitted to bar, 1995, Connecticut; 1997, New York; Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1984); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 1995). [Capt., U.S. Army, Armor Branch 1984-1992]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Employment Law; Debt Collection. Email: Robert C. Hinton | | Timothy P. Jensen (Partner) born Woburn, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1997, Connecticut; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1990); Cambridge University, England (1989); Quinnipiac College School of Law (J.D., 1997). Notes and Case Notes Editor, Quinnipiac Law Review, 1996-1997. President, New Haven Young Lawyers, 2002-2003. Member: Connecticut Bar Association (Chair, Young Lawyers Section, New Haven Local Unit). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation. Email: Timothy P. Jensen | | Ilan Markus (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1996, Florida; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 2003, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2004, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1993); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Connecticut, New York State and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors; Commercial Litigation. Email: Ilan Markus | | Elizabeth K. Acee (Partner) born Buffalo, New York; admitted to bar, 1999, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecicut; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., 1995); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Litigation; Insurance Coverage Defense; Health Care Fraud. Email: Elizabeth K. Acee | | Elena L. Cahill (Partner) born Bridgeport, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1991, Connecticut. Education: University of Bridgeport (B.S., magna cum laude, 1987); Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Member: Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Development. Email: Elena L. Cahill | | Laura S. Mitler (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1988, Connecticut; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Southern Connecticut State University (B.S., 1971); Western New England School of Law (J.D., 1988); University of Connecticut (Mediation Certificate, 2000). Justice of the Peace, Woodbridge, Connecticut, 1995—. Arbitrator, Better Business Bureau. Member: West Haven (President), New Haven and Connecticut Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Alimony; Visitation Rights; Premarital Agreements; Paternity; Marital Property Settlements; Restraining Orders. | | David P. Atkins (Partner) born Riverside, California; admitted to bar, 1982, Virgin Islands; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1984, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Columbia University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); Yale University (J.D., 1981). Fellow: Connecticut Bar Foundation. Member: Virgin Islands, Connecticut (Member, Task Force on Attorney Grievance Procedures, 1997-1998; Member, Special Committee on In-House Counsel, 1999-2000) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (Director, 1996-1998). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appeals; Professional Licensing; Professional Discipline; Legal Ethics. Email: David P. Atkins | | OF COUNSEL | | James R. Greenfield (Of Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1950, Connecticut; 1951, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1956, U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals; 1959, U.S. Supreme Court; 1966, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit. Education: Bates College (B.S., 1947); Yale University (LL.B., 1950). Recipient, Service to the Profession Award, Connecticut Law Tribune, 2002; Lifetime Achievement Award, New Haven County Bar Association. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Member: New Haven County Bar Association (Treasurer, 1963-1968; Vice President, 1968-1969; President, 1969-1970); American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1985, 2000—); Connecticut Bar Foundation (President, 1975-1977); American Law Institute; American Bar Foundation; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (President, Connecticut Chapter, 1993-1994); International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Trial Law; Family Law; Matrimonial Law; Divorce. Email: James R. Greenfield | | Samuel W. Bowlby (Of Counsel) born Davenport, Iowa; admitted to bar, 1966, Connecticut. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1960); Yale University (LL.B., 1966). Phi Alpha Delta. [First Lieut., U.S. Marine Corps, 1960-1963]. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Public Utility Law; Securities. Email: Samuel W. Bowlby | | COUNSEL | | Kathleen A. Maher (Counsel) born St. Louis, Missouri; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1991, Connecticut. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 1978); Washington University (J.D., 1983). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1982-1983. Practice Areas: Corporate; Finance; Securities; Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Kathleen A. Maher | | Charles R. Andres (Counsel) born Wellesley, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1984, Connecticut; 1985, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 1977); Yale University (M.A.R., 1981); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1984). Notes and Comments Editor, Connecticut Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to Judge Daniel Spallone, Connecticut Appellate Court, 1986-1987. Practice Areas: Land Use; Municipal Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Charles R. Andres | | Kathryn J. Coassin (Counsel) born Glens Falls, New York; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut. Education: Sacred Heart University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1983); University of Bridgeport (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Insurance; Arbitration; Mediation; Civil Litigation. Email: Kathryn J. Coassin | | Marcy Tench Stovall (Counsel) born Greenville, Mississippi; admitted to bar, 1993, Connecticut; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1979); University of Connecticut (J.D., with high honors, 1993). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Professional Licensing; Legal Ethics. | | ASSOCIATES | | Renee M. Reed (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., 1989); Case Western Reserve School of Law (J.D., 1992). Email: Renee M. Reed | | Michael G. Caldwell (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2003, Connecticut; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 1986); Stanford University (M.A., 1989; Ph.D., 1995); Yale University (J.D., 2003). Email: Michael G. Caldwell | | Kimya P. Bush (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 2003, Connecticut; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Southern Connecticut State University (B.A., 2000); Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., 2003). | | Jennifer L. Marquis (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 2007, Connecticut. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 2004); Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., 2007). | | Lisa J. Donovan (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 2007, Connecticut. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., 2004); Boston College Law School (J.D., 2007). | | Michael J. Pendell (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 2007, New York; 2008, Connecticut. Education: Emerson College (B.A., 2000); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 2007). | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Hartford, Connecticut Office: CityPlace. Telephone: 860-725-6200. Telecopier: 860-278-3802.
Madison, Connecticut Office: 23 Woodland Road. Telephone: 203-318-3600. Telecopier: 203-318-3609.
New York City Office: 1790 Broadway, 19th Floor. Telephone: 212-265-2252. Telecopier: 212-265-2251.
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