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Connecticut Law Tribune Honors Top Law Firm Litigation Departments in State
Connecticut Law Tribune Honors Top Law Firm Litigation Departments in State
NEW YORK – May 13, 2013 – ALM’s Connecticut Law Tribune, Connecticut’s only weekly newspaper devoted to covering the legal community, will pay tribute to some of the most influential and admired law firms in the region at its inaugural “Litigation Department of the Year” awards dinner on May 30th.
The awards program features two distinct categories: an award for the top law firm litigation department (separate awards for large firm, litigation boutique and out-of-state firm with a Connecticut office) in general litigation; and an award to the top specialty litigation practice groups in each of nine areas of practice.
The winners of the first-ever Litigation Department of the Year awards in Connecticut are:
GENERAL LITIGATION DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR
LARGE CT LAW FIRM:
Robinson & Cole
LITIGATION BOUTIQUE:
Axinn Veltrop Harkrider
OUT-OF-STATE FIRM, WITH CT OFFICE:
Bingham McCutchen
SPECIALTY LITIGATION
APPELLATE:
Wiggin and Dana
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT:
Pullman & Comley
INSURANCE:
Ryan Ryan Deluca
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle
PRODUCT LIABILITY/MASS TORTS:
Ury & Moskow
COMMERCIAL:
McCarter & English
FAMILY LAW:
Schoonmaker, George & Blomberg
PERSONAL INJURY:
Polito & Quinn
SOLO LITIGATION PRACTICE:
Crosby Law Firm
In addition, a special “Lifetime Achievement in Litigation” award will be presented to William R. Davis of Riscassi & Davis.
The event will take place on May 30, 2013, from 6 to 10 p.m., at The Bond Ballroom in Hartford, Conn. For more information, please go to http://www.cvent.com/d/rcqvsz.
The Connecticut Law Tribune is Connecticut’s only weekly newspaper devoted to covering the legal community, giving readers the latest developments in Connecticut’s courts, law firms and legislature. The Connecticut Opinions section covers the Superior Court, federal courts and state administrative agency decisions with headnotes and indexes, as well as verdicts and settlements. Frequent special focus supplements highlight specific areas of law including labor & employment, health law, intellectual property law and more. For more information, please go to www.ctlawtribune.com.
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