Biography

Associate Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1967. Editor, PLI Unreasonable Force Litigation Handbook, 1992-1994, 1998-2000. Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator M. R. Young, 1963-1967. Author: "The Constitutionality of Basic Protection," 1 Conn. Law Review

Practice Areas

• Criminal Law
• Civil Practice
• Civil Rights
• Appellate Practice
• Constitutional Law
• Fifth Amendment Law
• Fourth Amendment Law
• Freedom of Information
• Freedom of Religion
• Civil Liberties
• Civil Rights Section 1983
• Discrimination
• Gay and Lesbian Rights
• Prisoners Rights
• Race Discrimination
• Sex Discrimination
• Women's Rights
• Civil Appeals
• Assault and Battery
• Burglary
• Capital Offenses
• Civil Forfeiture
• Crime Victims Compensation
• Criminal Appeals
• Criminal Conspiracy
• Criminal Defense
• Criminal Forfeiture
• Criminal Fraud
• Death Penalty
• Drivers License Suspension
• Driving While Intoxicated
• Dui/Dwi
• Electronic Surveillance
• Expungements
• Extortion
• Extradition
• Federal Criminal Law
• Felonies
• Forgery
• Grand Jury Practice
• Habeas Corpus
• Hit and Run
• Homicide
• Mail Fraud
• Malicious Prosecution
• Manslaughter
• Misdemeanors
• Money Laundering
• Murder
• Parole and Probation
• Post-Conviction Remedies
• Search and Seizure
• Sex Crimes
• Sexual Assault
• Shoplifting
• Stalking
• Theft
• Traffic Violations
• Vehicular Homicide
• Victims Rights
• Weapons Charges
• Wire Fraud
• Wiretapping
• Education Law
• Academic Employment
• School Board Liability
• School Desegregation
• School District Liability
• School Equal Protection
• School Tenure
• Teachers Credentials
• Title IX Discrimination
• Labor And Employment
• Affirmative Action
• Age Discrimination in Employment
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Covenants Not To Compete
• Employee Discipline
• Employee Drug Testing
• Employee Privacy
• Employee Rights
• Employer Intentional Torts
• Employer Liability
• Employment Civil Rights
• Employment Breach of Contract
• Employment Contracts
• Employment Disability Discrimination
• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Law
• Employment Litigation
• Employment Rights
• Employment Termination
• Equal Employment Opportunity Law
• Fair Employment Practices
• Fair Labor Standards
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Federal Employment Law
• Harassment
• Labor Law
• National Origin Discrimination
• Negligent Hiring
• Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation
• Public Sector Employment Law
• Retaliatory Discharge
• Restrictive Covenants
• Sexual Harassment
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Workplace Violence
• Wrongful Termination
• Libel, Slander and Defamation
• Trial Practice
• U.S. Supreme Court Litigation
• Federal Litigation
• Federal Civil Litigation
• Civil Litigation
• Litigation
• Complex Litigation
• Right of Privacy
• Privacy Law
• Clergy Malpractice
• Clergy Sexual Misconduct
• Professional Malpractice
• Intentional Torts
• Torts
• Civil Liability

Education

• Georgetown University
  1967
• Harvard University
  1963

Associations

• New Haven County, Connecticut (Member, Federal Practice Section, 1987—) and American Bar Associations
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
• Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Past Ch

Admissions

• Connecticut 1968
• U.S. Supreme Court 1973

Representive Cases

• Porter v. Nussle, 534 U.S. 516 (2002)
• Liscio v. Warren, 901 F.2d 274 (2d Cir. 1990)
• Dobosz v. Walsh, 892 F.2d 1135 (2d Cir. 1989)
• Warren v. Dwyer, 906 F.2d 70 (2d Cir. 1990)
• O'Neill v. Krzeminski, 839 F.2d 9 (2d Cir. 1988)
• United State