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Practice Emphasis
- Family Law, including Divorce and Custody matters
- Personal Injury Law
- Representation of attorneys in professional liability matters
- General Litigation
- Private practice of law since 1986
Education & Bar Admissions
- Grinnell College
- University of Connecticut School of Law, with Honors
- Admitted to practice in all Connecticut state courts, the United States District Court, District of Connecticut, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court
Volunteer & Professional Achievements
Professional Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Family Law Section
- Litigation Section
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Family Law Section
- Litigation Section
- Waterbury Bar Association
- Family Law Committee – Past Chair
- Waterbury Superior Court – Volunteer Attorney Program
- American Association for Justice
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
Positions in Local Charitable Organizations
- Woodbury United Methodist Church – Chair of Church Council/Past Chair of Board of Trustees
- Justice Southbury – Co-founder and Chair of Steering Committee
- Main Street Ballet Company, Inc. – Member, Board of Directors
- Woodbury Business Association, President 2006-2012, 2017-2022
Honors and Special Recognitions
- Selected to the list of Connecticut Super Lawyers® (Thomson Reuters), Family Law, annually since 2014
- Selected for Best Lawyers in America® annually since 2016
- The Legal Network’s “Top Lawyers in Connecticut:
Highest in Ethical Standards & Professional Excellence.” (2013-2016) - National Association of Distinguished Counsel,
“Nation’s Top One Percent” (2015) - American Institute of Family Law Attorneys,
“10 Best Client Satisfaction Award” (2015) - Attorney and Practice Magazine’s “Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney” (2017)
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation
- Martindale.com® and Lawyers.comSM rating:
- Peer Review Rating: BV® Distinguished™
- Client Review Rating: Distinguished
Rick is very hard working, has good people skills and is intelligent. I cannot recommend him highly enough.