Hon. William H. Bright, Jr. Superior Court Administrative Judge Judicial District of Tolland Judicial District Courthouse 69 Brooklyn Street Rockville, CT 06066 860.896.4930 [email protected]

Judge William H. Bright is the Administrative Judge for the Judicial District of Tolland, where he presides over criminal, civil and habeas corpus matters. He was appointed a Superior Court Judge by Governor M. in January 2008. After unanimous confirmation from the General Assembly, he commenced his judicial career in March of 2008. Since then he has presided over civil, criminal, juvenile and habeas corpus cases in Hartford, Manchester and Rockville. He also sat on the Complex Litigation docket in Hartford for two years before beginning his current assignment in 2013. Judge Bright currently chairs the Judicial Branch’s Pro Bono Committee. He is also a member of the Judicial Branch’s Access to Justice Commission, the Rules Committee of the Superior Court, the Civil Commission, and the Civil Jury Instruction Committee. Judge Bright is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Bar Foundation and a James W. Cooper Sustaining Life Fellow.

Judge Bright had a distinguished career as a trial lawyer before becoming a judge. He was the Managing Partner of McCarter & English’s Hartford office and served as the Chair of the firm’s Business Litigation group. He was named one of the Best Lawyers in the United States by Chambers USA and was named one of the top 50 lawyers in the state by Connecticut Magazine. He focused on complex commercial litigation matters, including business torts, fraud, intellectual property, franchise disputes and environmental law. He actively engaged in pro bono matters, particularly with Lawyers for Children, the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, and the Innocence Project.

Judge Bright is a 1984 graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA and received his law degree, cum laude, from the Law School in 1987, where he was on the Law Review. He and his wife, Jennifer, have four sons and have lived in Columbia for over 25 years. Hon. Robert N. Chatigny United States District Judge District of Connecticut Federal Building United States Courthouse 450 Main Street – Room 228 Hartford, CT 06103 860.240.3659 [email protected]

Judge Robert Chatigny was appointed United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut on September 29, 1994 and served as Chief Judge from 2003 to 2009. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Georgetown University Law Center.

Judge Chatigny served as a Law Clerk to Judge Jon O. Newman (Second Circuit 1980-81), Judge Jose A. Cabranes (District of Connecticut 1980) and Judge Samuel Conti (Northern District California 1979-80).

Judge Chatigny practiced law in Hartford from 1984 until his appointment to the bench. Prior to that time, he was an associate with Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C.

While in private practice, Judge Chatigny was appointed by the Governor of Connecticut to the State Judicial Selection Commission and the State Commission on Prison and Jail Overcrowding. He was twice elected to the House of Delegates of the Connecticut Bar Association and served on the Association’s Federal Practice Section Executive Committee. He also served as an advisor to the Federal Courts Study Committee created by Congress to develop a long-range plan for the Federal Judiciary.

Judge Chatigny is a Bencher Emeritus of the Inn of Court and a Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Life Fellow. 3/2/2015 Dean M. Cordiano, Attorney: Hartford, CT ­ Day Pitney LLP / Lawyers

Dean M. Cordiano – Of Counsel Professional Experience

Dean M. Cordiano has more than 30 years of experience trying and arbitrating complex securities, commercial and environmental cases. He has tried and arbitrated more than 50 cases to judgment. Dean has experience with cutting­edge environmental cases and has won three verdicts in multimillion­dollar cost­recovery actions, as well as defending complex commercial and business lawsuits. Dean has also conducted numerous arbitrations and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings. His extensive experience as an arbitrator and court­appointed special master has allowed him to be more effective [email protected] both as an advocate and as a problem solver in helping clients find innovative, economical resolutions of their business disputes. Hartford 242 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103 Practice Areas T: (860) 275 0179 F: (860) 881 2451 Environmental and Land Use Litigation Environmental and Land Use Regulation Products Liability and Torts Litigation Real Estate Redevelopment Shareholder and Securities Litigation White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations

Representative Matters

Defended national chemical companies and manufacturers in private cost­recovery actions in Connecticut, Rhode Island, , Oregon, and California Defended national pesticide and pharmaceutical companies in product liability and toxic tort litigation Represented several Connecticut water utilities as plaintiff's counsel to recover remediation costs and diminution in property values Defended brokerage firms in national securities and class action litigation Defended Fortune 500 corporations in complex commercial litigation

News, Publications & Presentations

Co­author, "Vacating Arbitration Awards in Connecticut," Connecticut Lawyer, April 2014 Featured, "Chambers USA 2013 Names 39 Day Pitney Attorneys 'Leading Lawyers for Business,'" Day Pitney Press Release, May 24, 2013 Co­Author, "Injunctive Relief Under the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act," Connecticut Lawyer, April 1, 2013 Featured, "Ninety­eight Day Pitney Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, October 22, 2012 Co­author, "Innocence is in the Eye of the Beholder: An Analysis of the Innocent Landowner Defense Under CERCLA," Connecticut Lawyer, August/September 2012 Featured, "Chambers USA 2012 Names 41 Day Pitney Attorneys 'Leading Lawyers for Business'," Day Pitney Press Release, June 8, 2012 Co­author, "Federal Preemption in the Environmental Law Context," Connecticut Lawyer, January 2012 Featured, "Fifty Day Pitney Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, October 24, 2011 http://www.daypitney.com/people/people­detail.aspx?proID=20 1/3 3/2/2015 Dean M. Cordiano, Attorney: Hartford, CT ­ Day Pitney LLP / Lawyers Speaker, "Complex Civil and Family Litigation: A View from the Complex Litigation and Regional Family Trial Dockets," Hartford County Bar Association, March 24, 2011 Co­author, "Should Lawyers Be Sanctioned for Arbitration Misconduct?" Connecticut Law Tribune, December 13, 2010 Featured, "Fifty­seven Day Pitney Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers; Six Additional Lawyers Recognized as 'Rising Stars'," Day Pitney Press Release, November 12, 2010 Co­author, "Court Rules No Apportionment Under Connecticut Transfer Act," Day Pitney Alert, June 16, 2010 Featured, "Ten Day Pitney Partners Named Top Attorneys in Corporate Litigation," Day Pitney Press Release, March 10, 2010 Co­author, "Federal District Courts Begin to Apply the Lessons of Burlington but Questions Remain Unanswered," Connecticut Lawyer, November 2009 Featured, "Fifty­six Day Pitney Partners Recognized as New England Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, October 30, 2009 Co­author, "Recent Developments in the Law of Arbitration (Part 2 of 2)," Connecticut Lawyer, October 2009 Co­author, "Second Circuit Affirms District Court Rejecting RCRA and Clean Water Act Claims at Shooting Range Site in a Case of First Impression," Day Pitney Alert, September 2, 2009 Co­author, "Recent Developments in the Law of Arbitration (Part 1 of 2)," Connecticut Lawyer, August/September 2009 Quoted, "State Agencies Ineligible For Fees In EPA Suits," Connecticut Law Tribune, May 5, 2008 Co­author, "Supreme Court Confirms Decades­Old Purpose of Pillar of Environmental Law," Connecticut Lawyer, February 2008 Co­author, "The Application of Daubert in Environmental Cost Recovery and Toxic Tort Cases," Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts Committee Newsletter Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, American Bar Association, December 2007 Co­author, "U.S. Supreme Court Rules That PRPs Can Seek Cost Recovery Under CERCLA," Day Pitney Alert, June 19, 2007 "A Split in the Circuits Will Force the Supreme Court to Decide Whether PRPs Have Additional Remedies Under CERCLA," Environmental Commentary, Andrews Litigation Reporter, Vol. 27, Issue 12, January 10, 2007 "Avoiding the Perils of Electronic Discovery," Connecticut Lawyer, May 2006 Co­author, "Evaluating Contaminated Properties in Condemnation Proceedings. . . Connecticut's Approach Is All­Inclusive," Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter, January 2006 Speaker, "Representing Broker and Firm," NASD Securities Arbitration Forum, New Britain, CT, February 3, 2005 "An Environmental Consultant's Guide to Identifying and Avoiding Liability," Environmental Audit Guidebook, May 2003 Co­author, "Litigating Environmental Enforcement Actions," The Connecticut Law Tribune, March 2003 Co­author, "Circuits Split On Disposal Theory," The Connecticut Law Tribune, April 23, 2001 "Ninth Circuit Grants En Banc Review on Issue of CERCLA Liability for Passive Migration," The Connecticut Law Tribune, April 23, 2001 "Individual Liability for Environmental Enforcement Actions," Connecticut Bar Journal, Vol. 64, No. 3, June 1990 "Groundwater Contamination Claims in Connecticut," Connecticut Bar Journal, Vol. 60, No. 3, June 1986 Co­author, "Connecticut Construction Law," Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1984 "Trial Proceedings Closed to the Public," Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, Vol. 4, No. 3, December 1981 Book Review, Lawsuit (S. Speiser), Kansas Law Review, Vol. 28, No. 4, Summer 1980

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Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1976, Research and Managing Editor, Duke Law Journal, Order of the Coif SUNY­Binghamton, B.A., 1973, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

State of Connecticut U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut U.S. District Court, Southern District of

Professional Affiliations

American Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Environmental and Toxic Tort Committee Connecticut Bar Association, Litigation Section, Executive Committee Connecticut Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Executive Committee Oliver Ellsworth Inns of Court, Barrister University of Connecticut School of Law, Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts, Instructor in Law

Outside Interests

West Hartford Sports Council Secretary and General Counsel, West Hartford Youth Soccer Association Advanced Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association Special Master, Connecticut Superior Court and Federal District Court

Awards and Achievements

Chosen for inclusion in the Chambers USA Legal Directory as a leading environmental attorney, 2012­2013

Recognized as a Connecticut Super Lawyer, 2006­2012

Recognized as a Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel edition, 2010

http://www.daypitney.com/people/people­detail.aspx?proID=20 3/3 Attorney Mark S. Gilcreast Managing Attorney, New England Staff Counsel Offices of Allstate, Encompass, and esurance Law Offices of Mark S. Gilcreast 201 Oak Street, Suite 201 860-293-7046 [email protected]

Mark S. Gilcreast is the Managing Attorney for the New England staff counsel offices of Allstate, Encompass, and esurance insurance companies. He manages the Law Offices of Mark S. Gilcreast in Hartford and Hamden and also oversees staff counsel operations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. His offices represent the insureds of Allstate and its affiliated companies in the defense of bodily injury and property damage cases. In addition, his offices represent those companies in UM/UIM, subrogation, and other types of litigation.

Attorney Gilcreast joined staff counsel as a trial attorney in 1996, after ten years of private practice. He has held his current position since 2005. He earned his J.D. from Western New England University and his B.A. from Boston College. He is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and is admitted to the bars of the State of Connecticut and the Federal District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Peter Giuliani is a Partner at Smock Law Firm Consultants. His law firm management experience spans more than 47 years, both as a management consultant to law firms and other professional service firms (40 years), and as Executive Director of Cummings & Lockwood, a 180-lawyer law firm based in Stamford, Connecticut (7 years). His functional specialties include strategic planning; financial management and law firm economics, administrative and technology infrastructure planning; strategic mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; and practice group management.

Examples of Peter’s consulting experience are as follows:

• He has directed, conducted or participated in more than 500 consulting assignments for law firms or corporate law departments involving such matters as: - Development and implementation of strategic plans - Analysis and consultation on strategic mergers, acquisitions and divestitures - Review and restructuring of partner compensation and performance evaluation - Design and implementation of law firm organization, management, and practice group structures - Analysis and redesign of partnership retirement and buy-out plans, including valuation of partners’ interests - Design and implementation of multi-tier partnership structures

• Peter has also served as expert witness in over twenty litigation matters involving valuation of partnership interests, determination of “reasonable compensation,” Peter A. Giuliani measurement of lost profits, and other matters. Partner • He is the principal author of two extensive monographs on financial management of law firms published by the American Bar Association and is the recent author of the 29 Weston Rd. model partnership agreement for the State of New York Bar Association. In addition, Weston, CT 06883 he has published more than 25 articles on legal management topics.

• His most recent book is Passing the Torch without Getting Burned, a guide to law main: 847.615.8833 firm succession planning (ABA, 2013). direct: 203.341.0601 cell: 203-561.6371 During the seven years in which he served as Cummings & Lockwood’s first-time Executive Director, Peter led and/or supported processes that resulted in: fax: 847.264.5542 [email protected] • A revised associate “track” and formal two-tier partnership program

 A new structure and process for setting Income and Equity Partner compensation

 The conversion of the firm to an LLC with a complete revision of the Firm’s governance structure

• The reorganization of the firm into two operating divisions and market focused practice groups

• The acquisition and divestiture of practices and offices

• The formation of an ancillary business for purposes of licensing firm-proprietary software.

Prior to joining Cummings & Lockwood, Peter was a consultant with four major consulting firms. He spent five years as Vice President and CFO of Altman Weil and five years as a Partner in Pensa International, a firm that he helped found and that merged with Altman Weil in 1991. He was a Principal and Partner at Arthur Young, where he also served as National Director of Legal Consulting Services. He began his consulting career in 1968 at the New York Office of Price Waterhouse, focusing on law firm management issues.

Peter has a B. S. in Economics and Philosophy from The College of the Holy Cross and an MBA in Managerial Economics and Finance from Cornell University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive status) and a Certified Management Consultant. In 1998, Peter was elected a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management in recognition of his career-long dedication and contribution to improving the management of law firms.

Attorney Steven M. Greenspan Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel United Technologies Corporation United Technologies Building One Financial Plaza, Mail Stop 524 860.728.7811 [email protected]

Steven M. Greenspan is presently Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel for United Technologies Corporation (UTC). In his role, Attorney Greenspan oversees all worldwide litigation for UTC and its various divisions and subsidiaries.

Attorney Greenspan graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982 and from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1985. While in law school, Attorney Greenspan was Managing Editor of the Connecticut Law Review. He served as a judicial law clerk for Associate Justice David M. Shea of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Thereafter, he was in private practice from 1986 to 2010 with the law firm of Day Pitney, LLP and was elected a Partner of the firm in 1993. While in private practice as a commercial trial lawyer, Attorney Greenspan tried cases to successful jury verdicts and court judgments in federal and state courts in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Minnesota, Michigan, and New Jersey.

Attorney Greenspan is a former President of the Hartford County Bar Association and was a long-time member of the House of Delegates of the Connecticut Bar Association. He is currently the President of the University of Connecticut Law School Foundation, Inc., and is a Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Life Fellow.

Hon. Donna F. Martinez United States Magistrate Judge District of Connecticut Abraham Ribicoff Federal Building United States Courthouse 450 Main Street – Suite 262 Hartford, CT 06103 860.240.3605 [email protected]

Judge Donna Martinez was appointed United States Magistrate Judge on February 8, 1994.

She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut in 1973, a master’s degree from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work in 1975, and a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1978.

After graduating from law school, Judge Martinez worked as an Assistant Corporation Counsel at City Hall in Hartford. In 1980, she joined the Office of the United States Attorney in the District of Connecticut. An Assistant United States Attorney for almost fifteen years, she represented the government in all types of civil and criminal litigation. When she left in 1994, Judge Martinez was serving as the United States Attorney’s Chief of the Organized Crime/Drug Enforcement Task Force.

The judge has taught at the U.S. Department of Justice Advocacy Institute and at Yale Law School. She is a longtime member of the Oliver Ellsworth Chapter of the American Inns of Court and is currently serving her second term as president. Attorney Chris R. Nelson Nelson | Votto 18 Trumbull Street New Haven, CT 06511 203.787.2000 [email protected]

Chris Nelson graduated from the University of Connecticut with a double major in Political Science and Sociology in 2000 and then obtained his juris doctorate at Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2004. Mr. Nelson represents clients in a broad range of legal matters including both transactional work and litigation. Mr. Nelson has litigated cases in Connecticut’s superior courts, federal courts, bankruptcy courts, and appellate court. He has also represented clients in a number of administrative hearings before Connecticut state agencies.

Mr. Nelson has been a member of the Connecticut Bar since 2004, and he is admitted to practice in Connecticut’s federal courts, the United States Tax Court, the Southern District of New York, the United States Supreme Court, and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.

In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Nelson is very active in the legal community and has served in a number of prominent roles in both the Connecticut Bar Association and the New Haven County Bar Association. Mr. Nelson was a delegate to the Connecticut Bar Association’s House of Delegates from 2010 to 2013 and served on the Connecticut Bar Association’s Technology Committee from 2008 to 2009. Mr. Nelson also served as the Chair of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section from 2013 to 2014, and as the Co-Chair of the Commercial Law/Bankruptcy Committee from 2007 to 2010. Since 2011, Mr. Nelson has served on the Executive Committee of the New Haven County Bar Association. He also served as the President of the New Haven Young Lawyers from 2009 to 2010.

Mr. Nelson is also a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the New Haven Inn of Court, and the Quinnipiac University School of Law Alumni Executive Board. In addition, from 2007 to 2009, Mr. Nelson served on the Town of Hamden’s Technology Commission. Mr. Nelson also volunteers with New Haven’s Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, Habitat for Humanity, and the Connecticut Veteran’s Legal Center. Attorney James K. Robertson, Jr. Carmody & Torrance LLP 50 Leavenworth St. Waterbury, CT 06795 203.575.2636 [email protected]

James K. Robertson is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates. In addition to his broad trial practice, he frequently serves as an arbitrator, mediator and special master in the state and federal courts. He has served as Chairman of the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission and the Connecticut Humanities Council. Jim has also served as the Chairman of the University of Connecticut Law School Foundation.

Jim has been recognized in the Benchmark’s “Litigation Guide”, Chambers “Leading Lawyers for Business”, and various “Best Lawyers” and “Superlawyer” publications. He was the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Graduate Award from the University of Connecticut School of Law Alumni Association. He is a Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Life Fellow. He has taught “The Legislative Process” at University of Connecticut School of Law and “Systematic Theology” and “The Problems of Evil” at the Hartford Seminary.

Jim graduated with honors from Yale University, the Hartford Seminary, and the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Hon. Carl J. Schuman Judge, Connecticut Superior Court Presiding Judge, State Administrative and Tax Appeals 20 Franklin Square New Britain, CT 06051 860.515.5145 [email protected]

Judge Carl Schuman was born in New London, CT in 1954. He is a graduate of Harvard University and Duke University School of Law. From 1980 to 1997, Judge Schuman served as an Assistant State’s Attorney, Assistant State Attorney General, Assistant United States Attorney, and Adjunct Lecturer in law at the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Judge Schuman was nominated to become a judge of the Connecticut Superior Court by Governor Rowland in December 1997. His assignments have included the G.A. criminal docket, the child protection session, civil and criminal jury trials, complex civil litigation, and habeas corpus matters. He is currently the presiding judge of the state administrative and tax appeals section in the New Britain Judicial District.

Judge Schuman has authored approximately 400 written opinions. He is also the author of sixteen articles on constitutional law, criminal law, and various other legal subjects.

James T. (Tim) Shearin Member

850 Main Street t 203.330.2240 P.O. Box 7006 f 203.576.8888 Bridgeport, CT 06601-7006 e [email protected]

James T. (Tim) Shearin is chairman of the firm. He has wide-ranging experience in federal and state courts, at both the trial and appellate levels, and before arbitration and mediation panels. He represents clients in the areas of commercial and business, intellectual property, Internet piracy and computer crimes, banking, securities, antitrust, products liability and general civil litigation.

Tim has lectured and written on the following: the constitutionality of Connecticut's Prejudgment Remedy Statute, "ins and outs" of civil forfeitures, lender-liability law, federal discovery rules, implications of expert disclosure in federal court, limitations of technical advancements in the practice of law, rules and practices governing the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the means by which to secure federal judgments, medical malpractice liability for HMOs, defense of covenant not to compete cases, Markman hearings, the federal jurisdiction of national banks, federal court practice and procedure, expert witnesses, settlement conferences and mediation in the federal court, case management, the art of written and oral advocacy and adhesion contracts. Tim is also an American Arbitration Association-qualified arbitrator and frequently acts as an arbitrator and mediator.

Practice Areas

Litigation; Business Disputes; Intellectual Property Litigation; Securities and Antitrust Litigation; Banking; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection; Professional Liability; Technology; White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations

Representative Experience

Defended companies in class action and shareholder derivative cases with antitrust, securities, corporate finance and fiduciary duty claims

BRIDGEPORT HARTFORD STAMFORD WATERBURY WHITE PLAINS www.pullcom.com 203.330.2000 860.424.4300 203.324.5000 203.753.8966 914.705.5355 Continued

Defended company in $22,000,000 veil piercing and fraudulent transfer case Defended company in multi-million dollar claim of theft of software code Prosecuted and defended patent infringement, copyright, trademark and misappropriation of trade secrets cases Defended claims alleging unfair trade practice, Lanham Act and licensing claims Defended company accused of $9,000,000 worth of fraudulent Medicaid billing Represented both individuals and businesses in litigation brought to recover severance and pension benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act Arrested, attached and seized major shipping vessels and cargo pursuant to the prosecution of admiralty and maritime suits Frequently chosen as a private arbitrator or mediator in complex commercial cases

Bar and Court Admissions

Connecticut New York U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Federal Claims U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Clerkships

Law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Peter C. Dorsey, 1986 to 1988

Education

University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., high honors, 1986; administrative editor, Connecticut Law Review

University of Connecticut, B.A., summa cum laude, 1983; Honors Scholar Continued

Publications

"Connecticut Jurisprudence on E-Commerce Contracts of Adhesion: Page Not Found?," Connecticut Bar Journal, Winter 2014 "The Importance of Upholding an Independent Judiciary," ctpost.com, March 30, 2012 "Oral Advocacy in Connecticut's Courts," Connecticut Lawyer, February 2011 "National Banks: Where does Diversity Jurisdiction Lie?," The Banking Law Journal, January 2005 "Prioritizing Legal Services for the Poor: A Difficult Task," Connecticut Lawyer, February 2003 "Notes from District Retreat at St. Clement’s Castle," CBA Federal Practice Section Newsletter,, January 2003 "Notice Pleadings Versus Fact Pleading- Which is Better?," CBA Federal Practice Section Newsletter, Spring 2002 "Medical Malpracitce Liability: It's Not Just for Doctors Anymore," Connecticut Lawyer, February 2001

Alerts and Newsletters

ALERT: October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month LAW ALERT: Recent Connecticut Supreme Court Decision Demonstrates Importance of "End of Representation" Terms in Professional Engagement Agreements LAW ALERT: Another Court Recognizes The Attorney Client Privilege Extends To Internal Law Firm Communications IN YOUR DEFENSE: The Federal Victim-Witness Act CYBER LAW TRACKER: Privacy Victory in Europe: EU’s Highest Court Requires Google® To Comply With An Individual’s Demand “To Be Forgotten.” CYBER LAW TRACKER: Now is the Time to Take Proactive Measures in Cybersecurity

Professional Affiliations

Appointed by the Governor of Connecticut to the Judicial Compensation Commission (2012) Appointed by the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court to the Judicial Performance Evaluation Program Advisory Panel (2009 - 2013) Appointed Co-counsel to the Federal Grievance Committee by the Judges of the U.S. District Court (1997 - 2003), and a member of the Magistrate Judge Reappointment Committee (2011-2013) American Bar Association Continued

Connecticut Bar Association - Executive Committee, Federal Practice Section (former co-chairman); Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Section; Executive Committee, Antitrust Section; Financial Institutions Section; Chairman, Federal Judiciary Committee; Chairman, Fair and Impartial Courts Committee; Chairman, CBA Nominating Committee (2013-2014); Chairman, Audit Committee (2009-2013); Connecticut Bar Association House of Delegates (2006 - current) Raymond Baldwin Inn of Court - Bencher, Former Secretary and Vice President Connecticut Bar Foundation, Inc. - Vice President and Fellow Law Firm Alliance - Executive Committee Connecticut Business & Industry Association - board of directors American Intellectual Property Law Association Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association Federal Circuit Bar Association Federal Bar Council Greater Bridgeport Bar Association - past president Superior Court attorney trial referee and arbitrator Special Master in Federal Court

Community Involvement

Connecticut Business and Industry Association - director American Red Cross - past director Connecticut Legal Services Corp. - past chairman Graduate, Bridgeport Regional Business Council's Leadership Program and a past member of its board of directors University of Connecticut Law School Alumni Association, Inc. - past president University of Connecticut Law School Foundation, Inc. - past chairman Weston Democratic Town Committee - past chairperson Active in state and local politics

Honors and Awards

Inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, 2014 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of litigation - securities, antitrust, banking and finance, intellectual property and commercial litigation since 2006 Continued

Listed in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers to Businesses in the area of litigation: general commercial since 2004 Selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list since 2006 in the area of business litigation; listed among the Top 10 Connecticut Super Lawyers 2011-2013 and among the Top 50 Connecticut Super Lawyers 2010, 2011,2012, New England Super Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, 2012 and 2013

Recognized among the top Connecticut litigation attorneys in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in Benchmark Litigation - The Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys

Recipient of John Eldred Shields Professional Service Award from the Connecticut Bar Association, 2009, for outstanding service to the legal profession, the members of the CBA and the greater community Recipeint of the Raymond B. Green award from the District Court Judges, 2008, for outstanding contributions to the work of the federal Grievance Committee Received the highest peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell (AV) . *For more about the standards for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, please see www.bestlawyers.com/news/news.aspx?event_id=47. **For more about the standards for inclusion in Chambers USA, please see http://www.chambersandpartners.com/ ***For more about the standards for inclusion in Connecticut Super Lawyers, please see www.superlawyers.com/connecticut/selection_details.html. *****For more information about the standards for inclusion in Benchmark Litigation, go to www.benchmarklitigation.com. Attorney Frederic S. Ury Ury & Moskow, LLC 883 Black Rock Turnpike Fairfield, CT 06825 203.610.6393 [email protected]

Frederic S. Ury is a founding partner of the law firm of Ury & Moskow, LLC in Fairfield, CT. Ury & Moskow is a small, boutique trial firm that handles major civil and criminal cases throughout the State of Connecticut. The firm also has a national pharmaceutical mass tort practice throughout the United States.

Mr. Ury earned his JD degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, MA in 1977 and his B.S. degree with highest distinction from Babson College in Wellesley, MA in 1974.

He has been a member of the Connecticut Bar since 1977 and the New York Bar since 1989. He is admitted in the Federal District Courts in Connecticut and New York, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer who for 37 years has concentrated his practice in criminal and civil trial practice. He also sits as an arbitrator and mediator for the private bar. He is presently a hearing officer for the Connecticut State Board of Education.

He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is an AV-rated attorney. He is listed in Martindale Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He has been listed for eight years in Super Lawyers in Connecticut and New England in the area of general litigation and in Best Lawyers.

Mr. Ury was the Chairman of the Litigation Section of the Connecticut Bar Association from 1993 to 1996. He has been a member of the CBA Bench Bar Committee for over 15 years. From 2004 to 2005, he was President of the Connecticut Bar Association.

From 2008 to 2009 he served on the Chief Justice’s Public Trust and Confidence Task Force. He was Co-Chair of the Attorney Trust Account Defalcation Task Force from 2005 to 2010. In 2007, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Bar Foundation. He has been a James W. Cooper Life Fellow since 2003. In 2010 he was appointed by the Connecticut Judicial Branch to the Bar Examining Committee.

Mr. Ury has been active for the past 12 years in the National Conference of Bar Presidents. He served three years on the Executive Council and was President of NCBP from 2011 to 2012.

Mr. Ury has been a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) for 37 years. He was a member of the ABA’s House of Delegates from 2004 to 2009 and was appointed by ABA President Carolyn Lamm to the Ethics 20/20 Commission which he served on from 2009 to 2012. He is presently Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism. In August of 2014, he was appointed by ABA President William Hubbard to the Commission on the Future of Legal Services.

He is a frequent lecturer to various bar associations and lawyer groups around the country on the future of the legal profession and ethics and professionalism. He has lectured about civil procedure to Connecticut attorneys for over 14 years. Mr. Ury has authored a number of articles on the future of the legal profession and ethics which have been published in publications around the country.

Mr. Ury is an avid bicyclist and runner. He is a founding member of Charity Treks, Inc., a non- profit organization which runs the Burlington, VT to Portland, ME AIDS vaccine bicycle ride. 184 Atlantic Street, Stamford, CT 06901 203-325-4491 | 877-731-9050 www.sgtlaw.com

Contact Randy Savicky Silver Golub & Teitell LLP 203-325-4491 ext. 174 [email protected]

Angelo A. Ziotas Partner Bio

Angelo A. Ziotas, a partner at Silver Golub & Teitell LLP, in Stamford, CT, is the current president of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.

Mr. Ziotas has been specializing in the trial of civil matters in Connecticut, including medical malpractice cases, personal injury claims involving wrongful death or serious injury as well as business disputes, for more than 20 years.

In trials throughout Connecticut, he has attained more than 40 successful verdicts and has served as lead counsel for several clients who have received jury verdicts of more than $1 million, including medical malpractice actions, motor vehicle collisions, elevator accidents and an insurance “bad faith” suit. This includes one of the largest jury verdicts in Connecticut history, when a Stamford jury awarded his clients $38.5 million to compensate a young boy who suffered severe neurological injuries during childbirth. In addition to these verdicts, he has negotiated settlements of more than $40 million dollars for firm clients in the last two years, including $14.75 million for a victim of egregious medical malpractice, $10.4 million for a young child who suffered a severe brain injury during a near drowning at a Town-supervised summer camp and $8.5 million for a small Connecticut business to compensate for losses caused by a component part manufacturer.

Mr. Ziotas was board certified as civil trial attorney by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in 1998 and has been recognized by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialties of Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation since 2006. He was named the Best Lawyers 2015 Stamford Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs “Lawyer of the Year.” He has also been included in Connecticut Super Lawyers every year since its inception in 2006, including its list of Top 50 Connecticut Super Lawyers and Top 100 New England Super Lawyers. A member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, he is one of only 35 lawyers in Connecticut to have been designated a “Local Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation.

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