Rich focuses his practice on insurance defense litigation, particularly legal malpractice, executive, professional and employers’ defense liability. In addition, Rich handles matters involving premises liability, uninsured/underinsured motorist benefits and automobile personal injury actions. He has defended claims involving negligent security at local concert venues, wrongful death and catastrophic injuries.
While attending Quinnipiac University School of Law, Rich competed in various national mock trial competitions and was a member of the 1999 Regional Student Trial Advocacy Championship Team which went on to compete in the National Finals in New Orleans, Louisiana in that year.
Practices
- Prevailed against claims of negligence and spoliation of evidence after an individual who was shopping in our client’s beverage shop fell on an allegedly defective step and sustained an injury; the jury agreed with our partner’s arguments and returned a defense verdict.
- Represented landlord in a pre-judgment remedy application (PJR) involving the death of a mother and significant injuries to her young daughter in an apartment fire; the ignited fire was allegedly caused by a maintenance worker who allegedly rigged a power cord from the main electrical panel to his personal apartment.
Education
- Quinnipiac University School of Law, JD, 2000
- Quinnipiac Law Review, Associate Editor
- Mock Trial Society, Vice President
- University of Connecticut, BA, 1996
Admissions
- Connecticut
- United States District Court: District of Connecticut
- United States Court of Appeals: Second Circuit
- Mohegan Tribal Gaming Disputes Court
Professional Memberships
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Languages
- English
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Recognition
- Included among The Best Lawyers in America© annually since the 2023 Edition in the area Product Liability Litigation–Defendants, and annually since the 2025 Edition for Insurance Law and Insurance–Litigation