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Attorney James Harrington speaks about Tribal Law at the Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association

Attorney James Harrington discussed Tribal Law and his successful resolution of a significant case in the Mohegan Tribal Court in a presentation given to Connecticut...

Bert Polito Has Been Named Best Lawyers© 2015 “Lawyer Of The Year” in New London, CT

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Humbert J. Polito Jr. as the 2015 “Lawyer of the...

Polito Law in the CT Law Tribune

Our firm was selected by the Connecticut Law Tribune as the Litigation Department of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation in 2013. We were pleased...

Stricter Concussion Guidelines for Athletes and What These Mean for You and Your Attorney

A recent Wall Street Journal article (3/19/13) reported that the American Academy of Neurology has provided stricter guidelines to deal with concussions in sports.  If...

THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTORS AND GIVING BACK – New London Personal Injury Lawyer

One of my instructors in law school once said “you are going to learn habits, it is simply a matter of which habits you learn.” ...

COURAGE THAT INSPIRES – Traumatic Brain Injury

One of my first challenges as a lawyer was to represent a young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident.  He...

Bert Polito has been named New London Area Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiff’s Lawyer of the Year for 2013

Bert Polito has been named New London Area Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiff’s Lawyer of the Year for 2013 Best Lawyers, the oldest...

Polito Law Leads Discussion on Prominent Personal Injury Case at Waterford Public Library

Polito Law Leads Discussion on Prominent Personal Injury Case at Waterford Public Library On September 22, 2012, Attorney Bert Polito led a discussion at the...

Board Certified Trial Lawyer- What is it?

To be a board certified trial lawyer, the attorney must: 1) Try a certain number of cases to verdict; 2) Take a specific number of...

Nursing Malpractice – JAMA Finds a Relationship Between Patient Mortality and Nurse Staffing Levels

Nursing Malpractice can occur with a high patient to staff ratio. Hospitals with high patient to nurse ratios experience a higher mortality rate among surgical...

New London CT Highway Fatalities

The NTSB, National Transportation Safety Board,  announced that the number of highway fatalities is down again for 2011. They attribute the decline to the use...

Medical Malpractice Certificate, An Artificial Obstacle to Victims of Medical Negligence

In its April 11,2012 Op/Ed piece New London Day argues that the current law relating to the Certificate of Good Faith should remain as is....