Paul focuses his practice on insurance coverage and has significant experience in large, complex environmental coverage cases, such as those involving waste sites, asbestos and hearing loss. He has also worked on cases involving government contracts, securities brokers, employee contracts, executive, professional and employers liability defense, defamation and Workers’ Compensation. In addition, he has acted as an arbitrator in insurance coverage disputes.
Prior to law school, Paul co-owned a business that exported hand-made Tibetan carpets from Nepal. During that time, Paul and his business partner started a restaurant for a local Tibetan refugee family that still provides a living for that family today.
Practices
- City of Hartford v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, No. HHD-CV-17-6081277 S (Conn. Super. Ct. April 10, 2018)
- Front Street Commons, LLC v. Acadia Insurance Company, No. 3:17-cv-00284-VLB (D. Conn. March 27, 2018)
- Travelers Cas. Ins. Co. of Am. v. Gargano, 2016 WL 8135416 (Conn. Super. Ct. Dec. 22, 2016)
- Geico Indem. Co. v. Gaylord, 2014 WL 4494729 (Conn. Super. Ct. Aug. 6, 2014)
- Ridley v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, 2014 WL 3687739 (D. Conn. July 22, 2014)
- Misiti, LLC v. Travelers Prop. Cas. Co. of Am., 308 Conn. 146, 61 A.3d 485 (2013)
- National Waste Associates, LLC v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. of America, 294 Conn. 511 (2010)
- Gupta v. Great Northern Insurance Co., 2009 WL 291011 (D. Conn. 2009)
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, JD, 1989
- University of Connecticut, BA, Psychology, 1982, magna cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- Connecticut
- New York
- District of Columbia
- United States District Courts: District of Connecticut, District of Columbia
- United States Court of Appeals: Second Circuit
Associations
- International Campaign for Tibet
- Planning Commission of Harwinton, Connecticut, member since 2007
- South Arundel Citizens for Responsible Development, former Vice-President and Legal Counsel
Languages
- English
Presentations/Publications
- Co-author, “Insurance Coverage chapter,” Madden & Owen on Products Liability Law, 3d ed. (West Group, 2000)
- Co-author, “Countries Strengthen Insider Trading Laws, G-7 Nations Emulate The United States in Fashioning Laws and Enforcing Existing Regulations,” The National Law Journal, Vol. 18, No. 11 (Nov. 13, 1995)