BPS to Host Free Legal Clinics and Food Drive in Bristol
The law firm of Brown, Paindiris & Scott, LLP will be hosting a series of free walk-in legal clinics at its Bristol office every Saturday in the month of March. The firm, which recently opened its Bristol office, will host these clinics for the...
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Chicago Tribune published article on Attorney Jaffe’s civil rights case
The civil rights case in which Attorney David Jaffe represents a New York resident has been receiving much publicity, including national press stories. For example, an article reporting on the arrest of the Hartford Police Officer Rashim Campbell, who...
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David Jaffe represents New Yorker beaten and maced by Hartford Police Officers
Attorney David Jaffe represents a New Yorker who was beaten and maced by several Hartford police officers while he was visiting friends in Connecticut. The incident led Police Chief Daryl Roberts to launch an internal investigation. One of the...
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Law Tribune Article on David Rintoul Playing with the Glenn Hansen Orchestra
The Connecticut Law Tribune recently had an article on David Rintoul playing trombone with the Glenn Hansen Orchestra, along with friend and fellow employment litigator, Mickey Busca. The Glenn Hansen Orchestra plays music from the golden age of big...
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Five BPS Lawyers Named Superlawyers
Five partners at Brown, Painridis & Scott have been named to the annual "Superlawyers" listing. The Superlawyers are chosen by other lawyers as being in the top 5% of all lawyers in the state. Richard Brown, chair of the Criminal law...
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David Rintoul brings Family Shakespeare in Portland back for 2009
Family Shakespeare in Portland returned to town with a performance by the Flock Theatre of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet on August 29, 2009. While rained out from its usual location on the Portland Town Green, a crowd enjoyed a fresh performance of...
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BPS Opens Bristol Office
The law firm of Brown, Paindiris & Scott is pleased to announce the opening of its newest office in Bristol, Connecticut. The addition of this office will allow the firm to reach out to a broader client base, establish a greater presence in the state of...
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Attorney Barry Armata Joins Brown, Paindiris & Scott
As of May 1, 2009, Brown, Paindiris & Scott has added another successful lawyer to its ranks.
Attorney Armata concentrates his practice in the area of...
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CPTV's On The Record
Attorney Paindiris was interviewed on CPTVs On The Record, upon his return from attending the inauguration of President Obama in Washington, D.C. Doug Schwartz, of Quinnipiac Polls, was also interviewed, along with Mr. Paindiris, by CPTV's Moderator, Steve...
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Lake Compounce Lawsuit
David Jaffe recently settled a lawsuit against Lake Compounce Amusement Park. The case involved a five year old boy who was walking hand in hand with his mother when a visibly dead oak tree, located in a busy area of the amusement park failed and a large...
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David Jaffe settles false imprisonment civil rights case.
Recently, Attorney David Jaffe settled a false imprisonment case against the Town of Newtown after years of litigation. The lawsuit alleged a violation of the civil rights of of a man who was convicted of and imprisoned for a crime which he did not...
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"The Rare Art of Picking the President"
Glastonbury lawyer Nicholas Paindiris, the Connecticut political director for the Barack Obama campaign, is feeling pretty good about his “hobby” of the past two decades – helping to pick presidential candidates.
The real excitement is early in the...
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David Rintoul to Present Seminar at the Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting: Getting Off the Ground
David is presenting a seminar on legal and business issues in starting a professional consulting practice at the Society of Actuaries 2008 Annual Meeting in Orlando Florida. He will be discussing topics such as competing against a former employer, setting...
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David Rintoul organizes Family Shakespeare Day in Portland
David Rintoul, on behalf of the Portland Economic Development Commission, of which he is a member, brought the New England Shakespeare Festival's performance of Much Ado About Nothing to the Portland Town Green on August 17.
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Richard Brown published in Connecticut Medicine
Richard Brown has written an article, entitled Dealing with Disciplinary Hearings before Connecticut’s Department of Health, which was published in the February issue of Connecticut Medicine, the Journal of the Connecticut State Medical Society. An earlier...
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Richard Brown appointed to Connecticut Sentencing Task Force
Richard Brown was recently appointed to the Connecticut Sentencing Task Force. A new law went into effect on July 1, 2006, which created the Sentencing Task Force to deal with sentencing issues and policies. Included on the Task Force are two...
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Richard Brown representing John Haggett in Attorney General’s Antitrust Lawsuit
Richard Brown is representing John Haggett in the recent antitrust lawsuit initiated by Attorney General Blumenthal. The Complaint is part of the state’s antitrust investigation into allegations of bid-rigging in the heating and air-conditioning...
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Richard Brown representing Maguire Group in Federal Investigation
Richard Brown is representing The Maguire Group, a New Britain contractor, in the state and federal investigation into the $52 million reconstruction project on I-84. The FBI and other federal authorities are investigating the problem with the hundred...
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Richard Piotrowski, represented by Richard Brown, Spared Prison Sentence
Richard F. Piotrowski, the former Deputy Commissioner of the state Department of Public Works, represented by Attorney Richard R. Brown, was recently spared prison when he was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Peter C. Dorsey to two years' probation...
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Richard Brown, attorney for Lisa Moody, was recently quoted in the Hartford Courant
Richard Brown, attorney for Lisa Moody, was recently quoted in the Hartford Courant on the decision of the Chief State’s Attorney to close the investigation into whether the governor’s chief of staff, Lisa Moody, perjured herself when she testified at a...
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Richard Brown and David S. Rintoul Named as
Connecticut Magazine surveyed 13,000 lawyers in the state to find out who lawyers think are the best, and published the results in the 2006 Connecticut Super Lawyer listings. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state qualify for...
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Harrassment Lawsuit Filed Against Hartford Police
David Jaffe has recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of the owner of a tow truck company, Cross Country Auto against the Hartford Police Department, claiming that his drivers were needlessly harassed and falsely arrested by officers who did not want them to...
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David Jaffe in The Verdict Reporter
David Jaffe’s $2.1 million settlement in Andrus on 4/21/05 was recently reported in the CT Verdict Reporter, November 2005 issue: “Brothers Shot in Bar Settle Unreasonable Force Claim with Police and City.” The facts of the case, which led to the $2.1...
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Lake Compounce wrongful death suit
David K. Jaffe was recently quoted in the Hartford Courant regarding the wrongful death suit filed on December 2, 2005 by the parents of a 5-year-old boy who was killed by a falling tree limb at Lake Compounce. “This was the worst tragedy a parent could...
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Attorney Sean Peoples Teaches Paralegal Course at Manchester Community College
Sean Peoples is currently an adjunct instructor in Business Law II in the Business Department at Manchester Community College in Manchester. Previously, he was an Instructor in Legal Writing in the Paralegal Program at MCC. Before accepting a teaching...
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Kate W. Haakonsen was recently quoted by the New York Times on the subject of college education support orders
Kate W. Haakonsen, was quoted in the New York Times and on CNN.com in an AP article regarding court orders for college education support. Referring to the act passed by the Connecticut Legislature in the 2002 session, Kate noted that a majority of...
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Glastonbury Lion’s Club
Christopher McCarthy is currently president of the Glastonbury Lion’s Club, a national service organization dedicated to providing services to the vision impaired. He recently presented the Lincoln Shepperton Memorial Scholarships to two Glastonbury High...
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