Successfully argued appeal to First Circuit upholding trial court's dismissal of coverage dispute concerning underlying claims for trademark infringement under Coverage B

Court appointed pro bono counsel in bench trial challenging terms of confinement under the First Amendment

Tried to jury verdict asbestos coverage dispute in Delaware Superior Court involving claims for coverage exceeding $50 million of coverage

Represented ceding insurance company in series of reinsurance disputes in federal court in Connecticut and Ohio seeking reinsurance recovery arising from $449 million asbestos settlement

Represented reinsurer in arbitration concerning allocation of environmental losses

Tried bench trial of successor liability claims and successfully defended judgment on appeal to Second Circuit

Briefed and argued appeal to Connecticut Supreme Court overturning trial court’s finding of breach of contract involving significant issues related to Bankruptcy Code

Successfully prosecuted an interlocutory appeal resulting in the reversal of a trial court's denial of an insurer's motion for summary judgment on the basis that the plaintiff had signed a release of all its claims

Defended property insurer against multi-million dollar claim for business interruption losses in the Southern District of Texas

Briefed issue of first impression on significant insurance coverage issues on behalf of amicus curiae before the Connecticut Supreme Court

Defended equipment breakdown insurer in the United States District Court of Rhode Island against claims of breach of contract and bad faith arising from the denial of business interruption losses

Represented ceding company against claims by its reinsurers that the cedent's post-settlement allocation of losses was done in bad faith for the purposes of maximizing reinsurance recoveries

Represented a variety of life and disability insurers against breach of contract and unfair claims practices claims

Tried breach of fiduciary duty and theft of corporate opportunity claim against rogue corporate officer

Represented pro bono a fair housing center seeking compensatory damages and injunctive relief arising from landlord's discriminatory rental practices

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D., 1999
• Fordham University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1996

Admissions

• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• State of Rhode Island
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• State of Connecticut
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Affiliations

• American Bar Foundation, Fellow
• AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS-U.S.)
• Hartford County Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Foundation, James W. Cooper Fellow
• Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court
• American Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association
• Rhode Island Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel