Connecticut Lawyers - New Haven

Firm: Kennedy Johnson D'Elia and Gilooly

555 Long Wharf Drive , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C

195 Church St Fl 13 , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Lucas Rocklin practices litigation and labor law.  He has extensive experience in representing financial institutions and creditors in commercial litigation matters including collections, foreclosures, workouts, bankruptcy, and landlord-tenant matters. His labor law practice includes collective bargaining agreement negotiations and arbitration. Attorney Rocklin is decisive, effective and efficient and provides clients with regular communication about their matters.. Named a “Rising Star” attorney by Connecticut and New England Super Lawyers each year since 2009, Attorney Rocklin was also named a “New Leader in the Law” in 2014 by the Connecticut Law Tribune.. Attorney Rocklin is a graduate of Syracuse University, B.A., and Brooklyn Law School, J.D.  He was distinguished in law school for his excellence in labor law and academic achievement, receiving the Robert Lewis Labor Law Award and Academic Progress Award.  Attorney Rocklin is admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York.

Firm: Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Richardson, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti PC

405 Orange Street. , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor , Personal Injury, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Nina Pirrotti represents individuals in employment litigation and negotiation. The president of the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), she is well versed in all aspects of employment law, including discrimination (on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, religious creed, marital status, pregnancy, or national origin), sexual harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, contract disputes (including those involving restrictive covenant agreements), FMLA and related leave of absence issues, unpaid wages, severance agreements, and whistleblower claims.. Nina also advocates on behalf of students and faculty. She has guided numerous students through their universities’ internal disciplinary procedures and has advised faculty members who have been targets of internal investigations. Nina has also litigated on behalf of students seeking to discharge their rights under Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education.. In 2010, Nina was named by the Connecticut Law Tribune as one of its Women in the Law – High Achievers.  She was honored as a Super Lawyer in 2013 .. Even before Nina decided to represent employees, students, and faculty, she had already devoted almost 15 years to civil rights and public service. At the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, she was appointed to the Career Criminal Major Crimes Bureau, prosecuting homicides, bank robberies, kidnappings, and pattern crimes. And as an Assistant Corporation Counsel at the Law Department for the City of New York, she received the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Municipal Affairs Award for outstanding achievement.. Nina is an experienced trial advocate, having served as lead counsel in approximately 25 jury trials and 50 bench trials. She taught Trial Advocacy at the New York Prosecutor’s Training Institute, the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, and the New York City Law Department, and trial practice at Quinnipiac Law School as an adjunct professor.. In addition to her duties as president of CELA, Nina is also the Co-Chair of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) Affiliate Relations Committee, as well as its Second Circuit representative. She has also served as a Track Coordinator for the American Bar Association’s 6th and 7th Annual Section Conferences and is a liaison for the ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law’s Diversity in the Legal Profession committee. She routinely lectures nationally on employment related topics.. Nina received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University, where she majored in Theater. She received her law degree from Yale Law School, where she was a member of the Journal of Law and Feminism and participated in the Barrister’s Union, a competitive mock trial organization. Nina began her legal career as an associate at commercial litigation firms and devoted significant time to pro bono matters, including employment discrimination and First Amendment/whistleblower cases.

Firm: Dolan Divorce Lawyers PLLC

101 Whitney Avenue , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Charles & Boni-Vendola

60 Trumbull St , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Dolan Divorce Lawyers, PLLC

101 Whitney Avenue , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Nicole A. Carnemolla is a partner at Dolan Divorce Lawyers. Nicole handles the firm’s family law matters, with a particular focus on high income/asset divorce cases and custody matters. Attorney Carnemolla joins Dolan Divorce Lawyers after working as an associate attorney at Lynch Law Group, LLC in Shelton, CT, where she handled both civil and matrimonial matters. While Attorney Carnemolla has developed significant experience in both civil litigation and matrimonial cases, she is continually drawn back to family matters and focuses her practice in that area.. Attorney Carnemolla graduated from Quinnipiac University School of Law, magna cum laude, with concentrations in both family law and civil litigation. While in law school, Attorney Carnemolla served as a Note Editor on the Quinnipiac Law Review and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi National Honor Society. Her note “Raising the Bar for Child Advocates in Connecticut’s Family Court” was published in Volume 33 of the Quinnipiac Law Review. During law school, Attorney Carnemolla interned for a private law firm that focused exclusively on family matters, as well as for the presiding family judge in the Ansonia-Milford Judicial District. Attorney Carnemolla has also completed the State of Connecticut AMC/GAL training and is currently on the approved list of AMCs/GALs in the Judicial Districts of New Haven, Milford, Bridgeport, and Waterbury. Prior to law school, Nicole graduated from Quinnipiac University, summa cum laude, with her bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Psychology.

Firm: Dolan Divorce Lawyers, PLLC

101 Whitney Avenue , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Nicole C. Bikakis handles Family Law matters for the firm, with a particular focus on high asset and high-income divorce cases and custody disputes. Attorney Bikakis joins Dolan Divorce Lawyers after working as an associate attorney at Saxe, Doernberger & Vita, P.C., in Trumbull Connecticut. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, Attorney Bikakis was selected as a New England Super Lawyers Rising Star in the area of Insurance Law.. Attorney Bikakis is a Connecticut native, but grew up in Athens, Greece before returning to Connecticut to obtain a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut, from which she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Attorney Bikakis subsequently received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where she was the Executive Editor of the Connecticut Journal of International Law. During law school, Attorney Bikakis also interned for the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, and at a law firm in Stamford, Connecticut focused on commercial law.. After graduating from law school, Attorney Bikakis served as a clerk in the Civil Division of the Connecticut Superior Court, where she gained valuable experience and contacts working on family cases and other civil matters. She then moved to Saxe, Doernberger & Vita, P.C., in 2014, before joining Dolan Divorce Lawyers in 2018.

Firm: Jacobs & Dow, LLC

350 Orange St , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Nicholas M. Presto is a trial attorney at Jacobs & Dow in New Haven, Connecticut. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut state court and the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. His practice primarily focuses on representing individuals in personal injury, workers' compensation, and criminal defense matters.

Firm: Jacobs & Rozich, LLC

91 William Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Debt Collection

I am an attorney with the law firm of Jacobs & Rozich, LLC. I offer statewide coverage for all Superior Courts in the State of Connecticut, from Putnam to Stamford and everywhere in between. I am also admitted to practice before the Federal District Court and Bankruptcy Court in Connecticut.. I offer legal representation to individuals and businesses. I pride myself on being available to my clients during all stages of their legal matters, from pre-suit to post-judgment.. If would like to contact me about your legal matter please email or call me for a free 30 minute consultation.. In my spare time I enjoy home brewing, walking my dog Baxter, and travelling with my wife.

Firm: The Hayber Law Firm

900 Chapel Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Attorney Michael T. Petela, Jr. attended Cornell University on scholarships and attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations in 2002. Following graduation he fought for worker rights with the Service Employee's International Union, organizing nursing home and hospital workers in Hartford, New Haven, and throughout Connecticut. He attained his J.D. degree from the evening program of Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2009, where he graduated with honors and received merit-based scholarships. While attending law school at night he worked full time during the day at as a paralegal for a firm representing plaintiffs against insurance companies in Hamden, CT.  Upon his admission to the Connecticut bar he became an associate attorney for a boutique employment law firm exclusively representing employees in Woodbridge, CT.  Thereafter Attorney Petela joined a prominent firm in Hartford, CT as an associate, where he litigated cases of civil rights, personal injury, workers’ compensation, labor and employment, discrimination and retaliation, wage and hour violations, social security disability, police brutality, criminal matters, motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, breach of contract, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and whistle blower claims.  He has tried numerous cases to verdict, and argued before the Connecticut Appellate and Supreme Courts.  He most recently argued the Supreme Court case of Adriana Ruiz v. Victory Properties after successfully appealing the trial court decision (the oral argument was televised and may be viewed here).  Attorney Petela continues to represent employees and injured persons in State and Federal Court, the Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Commission of Human Rights and Opportunities, the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Social Security Administration. He is admitted to practice in the State of Connecticut and the United States Federal District Court, District of Connecticut.  In 2014, Attorney Petela was selected by The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40, a professional organization comprised of America’s top trial attorneys under the age of 40.

Firm: Attorney At Law

696 Dixwell Avenue , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Dombroski Hillis LLC

129 Whitney Ave , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Commercial

Firm: Lynch, Traub, Keefe & Errante P.C.

52 Trumbull St , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP

195 Church St , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Estate , Estate Planning, Trusts, Public Finance & Tax Exempt Finance, Public Finance & Tax Exempt Finance, Public Finance & Tax Exempt Finance

Firm: Dolan Divorce Lawyers, PLLC

101 Whitney Avenue , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Matthew F. Dolan is a lifelong resident of Connecticut. Attorney Dolan handles the firm’s Family Law matters, with a particular focus on high asset and high income divorce cases. Attorney Dolan has been named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 for the State of Connecticut, he has been selected as a New England Super Lawyers Rising Star in the area of Family Law for 2015 through 2019 (each year, no more than 2.5% are named to the Rising Stars list), and he received the 2017 Connecticut Law Tribune New Leader in the Law Award.. Attorney Dolan obtained both his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctorate degrees from the University of Connecticut. While in law school, Attorney Dolan served as an intern for the Center for Children’s Advocacy, where he represented abused children in family law matters. Attorney Dolan held clerkships with the New Haven law firm Lynch, Traub, Keefe, & Errante, as well as the State of Connecticut Superior Court Family division. Throughout his various clerkships, Attorney Dolan played an active role in dozens of Family Law trials.. After graduating from law school, and prior to the founding of Dolan Divorce Lawyers, PLLC, Attorney Dolan worked as an associate attorney at the Bristol law firm of Furey, Donovan, Tracy & Daly, with a focus in Family Law.. Attorney Dolan is on the Board of Directors of the Jeremy Saxe Foundation for Education and Development, a nonprofit organization aimed at educating underprivileged youth in Nepal. Attorney Dolan resides in Milford.

Firm: Martha Anne Wieler

Welty Esposito & Wieler , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Blake Law Group, LLC

157 Church Street, 19th Floor , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: Pattis & Smith, LLC

383 Orange St Apt 1 , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense , Discrimination, Employment & Labor , Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sexual Harassment, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense

Norm Pattis is veteran of more than 100 successful jury trials, many resulting in acquittals for people charged with serious crimes, multi million dollar civil rights and discrimination verdicts, and successful criminal appeals. The Hartford Courant describes his work as “Brilliant” and “Audacious”. Newsday describes Norm as the "Legal Top Gun", the Hartford Courant says his work is "Brilliant and Audacious", and legal icon F. Lee Bailey describes Norm Pattis as "One of the giants of the profession.". Norm founded and leads Pattis Law Firm, a Connecticut based criminal defense and civil rights firm which focuses on serious felonies including violent felonies, white collar crimes, sex offenses, drug crimes, and misconduct by lawyers, doctors, and government officials. Pattis has defended capital murder cases and won federal civil rights verdicts for police brutality, false arrest, discrimination, malicious prosecution, and violations of rights including several million dollar discrimination verdicts. He has argued scores of criminal appeals in both State and Federal Courts.. Attorneys across the United States frequently associate lawyer Norm Pattis as trial counsel in high stakes cases in other jurisdictions and regularly refer their most serious New England matters to the Pattis Law Firm.. He worked with Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming and as a faculty member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA).. A regular in the national media for high-profile cases, Norman Pattis is a frequent speaker, prolific blogger, author of Taking Back the Courts and his new Juries and Justice (Sutton Hart 2012).

Firm: Garcia & Milas

44 Trumbull Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06510

Practice Areas: Franchise and Distribution, Construction, Litigation

Firm: Welty Esposito & Wieler LLC

385 Orange Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06511

Practice Areas: Matrimonial and Family Law, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation