CHRISTOPHER J. SOCHACKI

Chris focuses his practice on fire and explosion litigation as well as emergency management and emergency response consultation and litigation. Chris also has extensive litigation experience in the areas of product liability defense, personal injury defense, executive, professional and employers liability defense, contractor liability, legal malpractice, and real estate error and omissions. He has litigated cases before the Connecticut state and federal courts, as well as before Connecticut administrative agencies. Before law school, Chris was employed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a social worker for the Division of Medical Assistance.

Chris is certified by the state of Connecticut as a firefighter and as a nationally-registered emergency medical technician (EMT-B). Chris is a firefighter for the Nepaug and Pine Meadow Fire Departments and serves as an executive board member for the New Hartford Volunteer Ambulance, Inc. His emergency medical and fire training has covered emergency management and response guidelines and standards, fire/explosion cause and origin investigation, fire/explosion science, fire/safety code analysis and building construction analysis, including how construction materials are intended to react to fires and/or explosions. Chris is a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). He is also certified in hazardous materials (HazMat) operations and under FEMA's National Incident Management System.

Education

• Quinnipiac College School of Law, JD, 1998
• Boston College, BA, 1993

Admissions

• Connecticut
• United States District Court: District of Connecticut
• Mohegan Tribe Gaming Disputes Court