Collinsville Lawyers

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For over 20 years, I’ve provided legal counsel on employment issues to clients in management and human resources. With that inside knowledge of how companies think, I offer unique perspectives to professionals who need legal help with difficult situations at work or who are transitioning from one employer to the next. I love facing novel issues in the employment arena and crafting workable solutions for my clients. Ask me about best practices and ways that I've approached complicated employment issues involving executive separations, mergers & acquisitions, layoffs, investigations, global immigration, and wage and hour compliance.
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Have been practicing law in Connecticut since 1985. Former claims professional with Aetna Casualty and Surety Counsel to Fidelity and Surety Bond Claim department Memberships: American Association for Justice: Workers' Compensation Section Connecticut Bar Association: Executive Committee of Workers' Compensation Committee 1995-present Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association: Workers' Compensation Section (Chairman 2018-2019) Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association: Board of...

Amy Smith represents individuals and legal entities in both residential and commercial real estate transactions as well as in title-related litigation matters. She also advises clients in developing effective estate plans, including traditional will and trust planning with an emphasis on appropriate federal and state estate tax considerations. Attorney Smith assists families on an array of probate and elder law issues such as long-term care planning, conservatorship, and advance medical directives. Attorney Smith represents clients and families in the Probate Courts in the administration of trusts and decedent estates, as well as contested matters such as...

I handle a wide variety of transactional corporate and securities law matters for institutional and individual investors, investment funds and their managers, as well as for public and private operating companies. My practice focuses on hedge fund, private equity, venture capital fund formation and operational issues, and illiquid investment transactions, with particular emphasis on advising private domestic and offshore capital pools and their stakeholders. I also advise investment advisers, fund managers, and operating companies on state, federal, and international compliance and enforcement considerations. My investor clients include individuals on the Fortune 400, family offices, ERISA-regulated investors, funds of funds, and...

Lawrence E. Merlin is a commercial real estate attorney who has been in private practice since 1985. Larry graduated from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1981) and Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1985). Larry began his legal career at the New York firm of White & Case where he represented such lenders as Swiss Bank Corporation, Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust in complex cross-collateralized, multi-state mortgage loans. In 1988, Larry joined the Hartford firm of Pepe & Hazard where he closed mortgage and asset-based loans for The Connecticut Bank and Trust Co., Connecticut National...

An early proponent of joint custody, and a creator of strategies to obtain it I wrote the first book on winning custody. I am concerned with the right of both parents to have a meaninful relationship with his or her parents. I generally represent the underdog. I have also branched into areas of false claims of paternity, efforts to stop the relocation of children by the custodial parent, and the defense of false allegations of sexual abuse and physical abuse.

Attorney Mateus began her legal career in 2004 as a paralegal. She worked as a paralegal for over ten years, before graduating law school, cum laude, in 2015. She earned both her undergrad and law degrees while working full time as a paralegal and raising a family. Attorney Mateus exclusively handles personal injury matters, including motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, trip and falls and dog bites. She focuses primarily on negotiating cases and bringing them to settlement. In law school, she obtained a distinguished award for her negotiating skills. Attorney Mateus provides free initial consultations and accepts cases all...

Hardworking attorney dedicated to my clients and achieving the best possible outcome. Proud to have served this great country of ours and its citizens in the USArmy. Father and husband to my family, understanding what my clients' needs are.

John Serrano of the Serrano Law Firm, LLC, located in Hartford, Connecticut is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Attorney Serrano has argued cases before the Connecticut Supreme Court and Appellate Court and has tried civil and criminal cases in Connecticut Superior Court, U.S. District Court, Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission, and the Social Security Office of Hearings. He is based in West Hartford and handles cases throughout Connecticut and disability cases in the Springfield - Holyoke area of Massachusetts.

Attorney Serrano has over 30 years experience of legal experience and speaks Portuguese and Spanish.

Attorney O’Keefe is the firm’s managing partner. He has been a member of the Connecticut bar for 31 years. He was admitted to the Connecticut bar and the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut in 1985, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1987, and to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1989. Attorney O’Keefe is a 1982 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and obtained his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Suffolk University, with honors, in 1985. Since joining the firm in 1985, Attorney O’Keefe’s practice has concentrated in all areas of litigation, including personal...

Payman Tehrani is the founder of Tehrani Law Group, LLC. In his career as a trial lawyer, Mr. Tehrani has burnished his reputation as a tireless advocate and creative legal strategist for his personal injury and criminal defense clients. Mr. Tehrani is admitted and actively practices law in three jurisdictions, Connecticut, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Mr. Tehrani has successfully tried and settled hundreds of cases in state and federal trial courts. In every case, Mr. Tehranimanages his client’s legal issues and expectations with great attention to detail and a laser focus on efficiency. He invests himself in his...

Attorney Namnoum handles a variety of cases including personal injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle crashes, motorcycle and bicyclist accidents, fall downs, construction accidents, dog bite cases, and DUI defense.

In his thirty year legal career, Hartford Personal Injury Lawyer Ken Namnoum has been successful in obtaining millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for people who have suffered injuries. Attorney Namnoum brings unrelenting energy, enthusiasm, and effort to every case to get the best possible result. Many prominent lawyers and their family members who have their own personal injury cases choose Ken Namnoum as their attorney.

Attorney Namnoum began his career in...

I bring a wide variety of legal and practical experience to my law practice. I will work hard to secure the compensation and legal benefits that you are entitled to.