D. Kirt Westfall
Founding and managing partner of boutique general practice law firm, a well-known general litigation practice that covers civil and criminal litigation through trial and appeal.
Selected achievements:
• Defense and successful counterclaim of seven-figure federal judgment
• Recoveries in numerous personal injury lawsuits against top rated insurance defense
• CUIPA recovery against insurer for failure to pay cardiopulmonary disability claim
• Initiated, litigated, negotiated and resolved complex commercial litigation of multiple commercial parties
• Start to finish courtside and jury awards in multiple civil rights lawsuits
• Labor and employment recoveries against municipalities and prominent government official
• Successful reversal of lower court ruling on appeal
• Supervised, trained and mentored junior litigation associates, paralegals and secretaries
• Developed case-type spreadsheet to assess litigation efficiency and cost effectiveness
• Representation of corporations and individuals in DOJ grand jury investigations
• Negotiation, drafting and closing of corporate asset and entity purchase, sale and buyout contracts
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Quinnipiac University School of Law
- J.D. (1989) | Law
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- Honors: Cum laude; 5 x American Jurisprudence Award winner
- Activities: Law Review; National Moot Court Semifinalist; Civil Clinic
- University of Pennsylvania
- B.A. (1981) | Science, History and Sociology of
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- Minors in Biology, Political Science and English
- Honors: Dean’s List 1979-1981
- Activities: Varsity Football
- State Bar of Connecticut  # 400643
- Member
- Current
- Connecticut Bar Association  # 400643
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- United States District Court of Connecticut  # ct04533
- Member
- - Current
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